The first batch of catfish fingerlings were delivered to Istrouma High School and placed into large fish culture tanks in the new Aquaponics Lab run by science teacher Andrew Holmes on Tuesday, August 21, 2018. More of the fish, raised at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, are to be deli… Read more
Saints QB Drew Brees is having a back-to-school giveaway at Lusher Charter School. Brees gave away 10,000 button-up shirts to local students. Read more
Fan Fest at Southern University's F.G. Clark Activity Center gave Jaguar faithful a chance to visit with several of the school's sports teams, as well as serving as a debut for the football team's new Under Armour uniforms and equipment, Saturday, August 18, 2018. Read more
For the first time in its history, Southern will show off the spoils of a major apparel and equipment deal, debuting the school's new Under Armour football uniforms at fan day, Sat. August 18, 2018 at the F.G. Clark Activity Center. It’s a five-year deal that outfits all 15 intercollegiate … Read more
Nick Underhill latest three-and-out column breaks down the good and the bad from the Saints' crushing loss to the Arizona Cardinals in New Orleans Friday, August 17, 2018. Read more
Southern University football practice started bright and early to beat the heat, Wednesday, August 15, 2018. Read more
After the departure of two players grappling to be LSU's next starting quarterback, the once-crowded depth chart is left with just two scholarship players at the position. Read more
Getting to know their fellow students better, LSU students participated in the Tiger Games on the LSU Parade Grounds Monday August 13, 2018, in Baton Rouge, La. Read more
LSU gets into rhythm with football practice drills Monday August 13, 2018, in Baton Rouge, La. Read more
On the anniversary of the 2016 flood, the Plainview Cemetery reopened to the public Monday August 13, 2018, in Denham Springs, La. More than a hundred graves in the cemetery were disturbed by the flood with community members and government officials spending months identifying the bodies and… Read more
A sea of red dresses took to New Orleans streets Saturday for the annual Red Dress Run. See some of the best images from the event below. Read more
The first-ever 'Prayer Patrol,' uniting Baton Rouge clergy, community members and Baton Rouge Police, marched through neighborhoods Saturday, August 11, 2018, starting at Star Hill Baptist Church at Greenwell Springs Road and N. Foster Drive. It stopped four times at different sites in the a… Read more
What's going on with the Saints linebackers rotation? Read more
After trailing at the end of the first half, the New Orleans Saints pulled off a come-from-behind victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, on the road to start the 2018 NFL preseason. Read more
LSU football holds fall practice outside, Thursday, August 9, 2018, in Baton Rouge, La. Read more
Most East Baton Rouge public schools, including the brand-new Broadmoor Elementary, opened their school year Thursday, August 9, 2018. Some others, including IDEA Bridge, one of two new IDEA charter schools in Baton Rouge, proceeded to their second day. Read more
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, school and public safety officials gathered at Baton Rouge's McKinley High School, to give an update on his the Blue Ribbon Commission on School Safety that he formed in the wake of the Feb. 14 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Flo… Read more
LSU football held their Tuesday, August 7, 2018, fall practice indoors after lightning and thunderstorms moved through the Baton Rouge area. Read more
The New Orleans Saints, on Day 11 of training camp, had a change of scenery and practice at Tulane's Yulman Stadium. Read more
LSU football was on the field Saturday for Day 2 of fall camp. Read more
The Tiger take to the field in preparation for the 2018 campaign. Read more
Check out photos from Day 10 of Saints' training camp on Sunday, August 4. Read more
LSU football's quarterback battle isn't the only position still up for grabs with the season just weeks away. Read more
The contents of a time capsule originally buried in 1913 at the base of the P.G.T. Beauregard monument were unveiled in New Orleans, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018. Read more
A Ceremonial Investiture was held Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 for Brandon J. Fremin, new U.S. Attorney for Middle District of Louisiana at the Russell B. Long Federal Building & Courthouse, where Fremin took the Oath of Office, administered by the Honorable Shelly D. Dick, Chief Judge, United S… Read more
Southern University held its first practice of the Jaguaers' preseason football camp on Froday, August 3, 2018. Read more
LSU held its 296th Commencement Exercises in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center Friday August 3, 2018, in Baton Rouge, La. Higher Education Commissioner Kim Hunter Reed delivered the commencement address. Read more
Fall preparation for the 2018 football season officially begins Friday as LSU players reported for camp. Read more
LSU head football coach Ed Orgeron makes his annual address to the Baton Rouge Rotary Club Wednesday, August 1, 2018. Read more
As part of the 10th annual 'One Day With Kids,' nine East Baton Rouge Parish Prison inmates who participated in a program aimed at helping men recognize the importance of taking responsibility for their actions and embracing their role as fathers visited with their children and close family … Read more
Check out some of the highlights from the fifth day of the New Orleans Saints 2018 training camp in Metairie Monday, July 30, 2018. Read more
Check out some of the highlights from the fourth day of the New Orleans Saints 2018 training camp in Metairie Sunday, July 29, 2018. Read more
A total of 10 people were shot, and three have died in a shooting in the 3400 block of South Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans on Saturday night. Read more
Friends, family, and loved ones gather for a night of remembrance at the Louisiana Fallen Firefighters Memorial, Saturday, July 28, 2018, in Baton Rouge, La. Read more
Fisherman gather from all over to compete in the 90th annual International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo. Read more
A motorcycle procession began in Baton Rouge, traveling to Biloxi, Miss. Saturday, July 28, 2018 on the annual Nation of Patriots 'Passing the Flag' tour, after an indoor event honoring all Armed Forces personnel, past, present and fallen, held at American Legion Nicholson Post 38 in Baton R… Read more
The New Orleans Saints worked out in pads for the first time Saturday, July 28, 2018 on day three of their 2018 training camp at the team's practice facility in Metairie. Read more
The energy noticeably increased on Day 2 of Saints training camp Friday in Metairie. Read more
The Saints got back on the field Thursday morning for the first day of their 2018 training camp practices. Scroll below for some of the best images from the day's action. Read more
Until now, there were no clubs exclusively for women, and many of the clubs still prohibit female members. The club’s members come from all walks of life. Some are graphic designers, like Skye Bailey Howard, or estheticians and business owners, like Abbie Woodward. Some work in the medical … Read more
After nearly twenty years, pirogue racing returns to the Town of Jean Lafitte Read more
Caspar, a 5-month-old dromedary camel, resides in his enclosure, Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tiger Truck Stop in Grosse Tete, La. Caspar means "Keeper of the Treasure" in Persian. Read more
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., Malcolm Jenkins Foundation, Shaquille O'Neal, Stephen A. Smith, Kingsley House and Second Harvest Food Bank partnered up for Get Ready Fest to give out food, resources, haircuts and school supplies to families pre-selected. Read more
Photos: It's HOT! BREC's Liberty Lagoon, BR Zoo's 'Frozen Safari,' more offer solutions to beat heat
With high temperatures and high humidity in the Baton Rouge area combining for uncomfortable and even dangerous weather in recent days, both man and beast took advantage of ways to chill out a little, including local snowball stands, BREC's Liberty Lagoon water park and BREC's Baton Rouge Zo… Read more
Gov. John Bel Edwards and Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture & Forestry Mike Strain visited Alton Landry, Inc. sugar cane farm in Plaquemine to speak to sugar cane farmers, Thursday, July 19, 2018. The visit was a continuation of the listening tour held last November when the two visi… Read more
Photos: Soccer 'Kicking With The Badge' is second Baton Rouge Police Dept. camp for kids this summer
Action at Baton Rouge Police Dept.'s 'Kicking With the Badge' soccer camp for kids ages 7-14, Wednesday, July 18, 2018 next to the Main Library at Goodwood. The free soccer camp from July 17-20 is the second of three camps put on this summer by BRPD's Community Policing Division, teaching no… Read more
Teenagers from across the country spent Tuesday, July 17, 2018 navigating the high ropes course at the LSU Recreation Center's Challenge Course, Tuesday, as a part of the sixth year of LeaderShip U, a summer camp which brings together 10th, 11th and 12th to develop their leadership skills.… Read more
SEC media days 2018 is underway, and The Advocate is compiling the best quotes from from the four-day event at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. Read more
Dancers light up the night as they Dance for a Cause, that cause being the Arc of East Ascension, Saturday, July 14, 2018, at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales, La. Read more