Candidates: The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board received a list of 21 candidates Thursday who are vying to become the school system’s next superintendent. The school board will review the candidates after the previous superintendent, Leslie Brown, resigned in October. The board is expected to narrow the list Dec. 17 and decide who it will interview in January, WBRZ-TV reports.
Fan favorite: In a pandemic and a pinch, ESPN and it’s Saturday morning institution of a college football show, College GameDay, have wrung some lemonade from this lemon of a year, The Washington Post details in a new feature. The soul of the show has been 85-year-old Lee Corso, who has kept working from his home throughout an unusual football season. “Our goal the whole season,” ESPN producer Patrick Abrahams said, “was anytime anybody sees him on screen, they smile.” Read the full story.
Release policies: The U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday it has launched a statewide civil investigation into the way Louisiana releases its prisoners. In a statement, the Justice Department says it will examine the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections’ policies and practices for “ensuring the timely release of state prisoners in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Corrections who are incarcerated in state and local correctional facilities, including practices related to prisoners who are eligible for immediate release.”
