Colin Vedros

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PINEVILLE, La. (KALB) - On April 3, 2025, Pineville High School announced that its principal, Dr. Karl Carpenter, is stepping down and will retire from his lengthy career in education. “I’ve had a poster in my band room from the very beginning of my career. ‘The chief does not teach trombone. He teaches people.’ And so, whoever is blessed with this opportunity to move into this position, continue seeing to it that our teachers are teaching people,” Carpenter said. “They don’t teach chemistry.

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VERNON PARISH, La. (KALB) - Public school students in Vernon Parish will soon see a major change in their schedules following the adoption of the District’s 2025-2026 school calendar. At Monday’s school board meeting, the Vernon Parish School Board approved a motion to adopt next school year’s calendar, allowing the district to move to a hybrid four-day school week.

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MARKSVILLE, La. (KALB) - Expanding the oversight of a government agency is the focus of one house bill by a Central Louisiana legislator as state lawmakers gear up for the state’s legislative session that starts April 14. “So really three members, three people of the public that have no oversight from the governor or no oversight from the legislature decide all of our rates in our state,” said Cenla State Rep. Daryl Deshotel (R-District 28).

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CHENEYVILLE, La. (KALB) - During the March 29 election, voters in the Town of Cheneyville elected one of its aldermen to lead the town as mayor - Ronny Green, Jr. (I). Green defeated Democratic candidate and former colleague Francis Mitchell by receiving 73 percent of the vote on Saturday. Voter turnout was higher than the state’s overall turnout, with over 45 percent unofficial turnout for Cheneyville voters. The unofficial voter turnout stands at around 21 percent statewide.

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RAPIDES PARISH, La. (KALB) - A former state lawmaker will be the newest police juror in Rapides Parish after securing the District B seat on the jury - Randy Wiggins (R). Wiggins secured the seat against candidate Kevin Sasser (R) after gaining 66 percent of the vote in the March 29 election. In the October 2023 election, Wiggins ran for the seat but lost to former police juror Joe Bishop by a total of three votes. Bishop was then appointed to Pineville mayor in late October 2024.