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Christopher Celestine Jr. was Laquanda Jackson's first of her three children, a leader, responsible, respectful and, most of all, intelligent, she said.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics says the need for registered nurses will grow by 12 percent over the next six years with a shortage of 200,000 nurses by 2025.

An Alexandria man will be sentenced in August after pleading guilty in the 2022 shooting death of a high school student.