Good morning, Slidell.

Frank Jabbia, the St. Tammany Parish Public Schools superintendent, retired on Wednesday after seven years amid controversy over how elementary allegations were handled—and the board will search for an interim leader before its Oct.

8 meeting.

On Sept. 15, the House passed H.R.

979 (AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act) requiring all new vehicles to have AM radio, and local advocates urge residents to call senators Kennedy and Cassidy as the bill heads to the Senate.

Gov. Landry highlighted Louisiana economic wins & pushed to bring the U.S. Space Academy to the state, saying the move could boost local growth.

Louisiana officials will open the first black-bellied whistling duck season this Saturday through Oct.

11 to ease nuisance concerns in rice fields and neighborhoods. Hunters must have a duck permit (with required licenses) and follow a daily bag limit of four and a possession limit of 12.

Yesterday, Ochsner Health opened the Debra H. and Robert J.

Patrick Neuroscience Institute at its Jefferson Highway complex—a $120 million four-story facility that will start seeing patients with neurological and behavioral conditions on Monday. Nearly 600 staff members joined the center to expand brain health services.

FOX 8 will simulcast 20 New Orleans Pelicans games free over the air this season; coverage starts on Oct.

21 against the Indiana Pacers at 7 p.m. with 11 home and nine road games scheduled (schedule subject to change).