 By KELLY P. KISSEL | Metro editor Louisiana hired a new school superintendent two years ago. What's Cade Brumley's grade? Brumley's tenure began three months into a pandemic, and a business and industry leader says that turmoil was akin to what we saw in the months after Hurricane Katrina.
The plan to move Louisiana's worst juvenile offenders to Angola is coming into sharper view. According to testimony at a federal court hearing last week, the worst of the worst could be placed in solitary cells and only be let out for classroom work and counseling. Advocates say Angola is not an appropriate place to hold youngsters, although the youth would be held in an area away from adult offenders.
The owner of the Seacor lift boat, which toppled in rough weather, has settled some of the lawsuits filed after the 2021 wreck. Still pending are claims filed by contractors aboard the vessel. | 
