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Miami Herald
22-05-2025
- Miami Herald
Engaged couple killed in crashes hours apart, leaving son, Louisiana family says
A couple engaged to be married died in separate crashes hours apart on the same Louisiana road, leaving their young son behind, according to family and law enforcement. Alexus Lee, a 25-year-old teacher, was driving on Louisiana Highway 67 at around 2 a.m. May 16 when she veered off the road for unknown reasons and hit a culvert, causing the SUV to flip, Louisiana State Police said in a news release. She wasn't wearing a seat belt and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police. Then shortly before 3:45 a.m., John 'J.R.' Collins, Lee's 35-year-old fiancé, was driving south on the same highway in the direction of Lee's accident when he took a curve at a high rate of speed, ran off the road and hit a tree, troopers said. He wasn't wearing a seat belt either and was thrown from the Chevrolet Camaro, dying at the scene of the crash about 10 miles north from the site of Lee's accident, according to state police. Loved ones have now pledged to take care of the couple's 4-year-old son. 'I love them and I'm gonna miss both of them and I'm gonna find the strength to go ahead,' Collins' father, Arthur Collins, told WALB. Alexus Lee's sister, Dominique Lee, referred to the 25-year-old woman as 'my ride or die, my diary, my emergency contact, my best friend,' in a tribute on social media. 'I know they left here knowing their child is in good hands for sure,' she told WALB. A photographer who knew the couple called them 'exceptional.' 'I wish I could have presented your memories as I collected more on your wedding day,' McDaniel Dotson wrote on Facebook. 'You were never too shy to hit the dance floor. You will truly be missed, rest easy, my beautiful friend.' Family held a joint celebration of life for the couple at East Feliciana STEAM Academy, where Lee was a teacher. The accidents are still under investigation. The pair crashed in East Baton Rouge Parish and East Feliciana Parish, about a 30-mile drive northeast from Baton Rouge.
Yahoo
23-02-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
St. Martin Parish School Board hosts first annual Magnet Program Showcase
ST. MARTINVILLE, La. () — The hosted their first annual Magnet Program Showcase inside the St. Martin Early STEAM Academy gym. Students at the Early STEAM Academy and STEAM Academy participated in the event. Families and community members were all in attendance as students from Pre-K through fifth grade showed off the skills they acquired during their time in the magnet programs. The event varied with many different performances from students in steam activities, as well as visual arts, dance, and music. Jon Downs, the magnet coordinator of St. Martin Parish Schools, said the programs have a lot to offer. 'We are very excited to offer an array of STEAM activities, STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math, and we are excited to offer pathways of learning on each of those different areas,' he said. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Downs also said it is amazing to see the kids be able to perform and learn these skills at such a young age. 'I think we're learning that we need to give our students, even Kindergarten and Pre-K students, a lot more opportunity for things like this so we can push them as much as we can to learn as much as they can,' he said. Marcie Kidder, a third grader, said she applied for the magnet program after watching the showcase and she hopes to experience the same excitement as the other kids. 'The things that made me want to apply to the STEAM program is, it seems so exciting because it's so much more hands on then my other school was, so I think it might just be better, I like all of it because it was like 'woah,'' said Kidder. Jacob Lewis, a fourth grader at St. Martin STEAM Academy, said he enjoys participating in the E-Sports club at his school. He said the teachers at the school care for each and every one of their students. 'Teachers try to do whatever they can to help us succeed, one time we were taking a test, and I got the test wrong, but then my teacher stayed up all night to try to give me another chance the next day,' said Lewis. Lewis sends a message to people to never lose faith in their dreams. 'Always follow your dreams, take the right path in life, and follow the only good people,' he said. If you are interested in enrolling your child into one of St. Martin Parish Schools' magnet programs, you can find the application . St. Martin Parish School Board hosts first annual Magnet Program Showcase Simple vs complex tax returns: What's the difference? Memorial grows for Pennsylvania officer killed in hospital shooting Uber driver helps save elderly woman from house fire: 'Angels were watching over me' Motorcyclist dead in Calcasieu Parish crash Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
