BATON ROUGE — The Senate on Thursday gave final approval to a strippeddown version of one of Gov. Jeff Landry’s biggest priorities — a move toward education savings accounts that could provide state money to parents who want to send their children to private schools.
Emily Kate Posey, of Choudrant, and Todd Hunter Crouse, of Bayville, New Jersey, were united in marriage June 1 at First Methodist Church of Monroe. Kem Alexander officiated the double-ring ceremony.
In the northern-most part of Jackson Parish lies a tiny community known as Ansley, and in a bygone era that area was home to a hotel, a school and various other thriving businesses. Fast forward to 2024 and the hotel, school and the thriving businesses and a substantial number of the population no longer exist.
The Ogunyemi Family Foundation, Inc., established the Wisdom, Strength, and Endurance Scholarship to provide underrepresented minority students the opportunity to pursue higher education by alleviating and/or eliminating the financial barriers to the student’s success.