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Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center has signed a letter of intent with Baton Rouge General to expand access to cancer care, a move that will offer more patients a chance to receive coordinated care close to home.
Since the East Ascension drainage panel voted to remove the parish president as head of drainage this summer, a clutch of council members and the president have been privately negotiating a new power-sharing arrangement that would oversee drainage…
Long-term models have the storm staying out of the Gulf of Mexico.
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Louisianans aged 65 and up and anyone prone to severe illness could qualify for a third shot of the Pfizer COVID vaccine as early as next week now that a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel recommends a booster dose.
The U.S. vaccination drive against COVID-19 stood on the verge of a major new phase as government advisers Thursday recommended booster doses of Pfizer's vaccine for millions of older or otherwise vulnerable Americans — despite doubts the extra sh…
A Rosedale farmer accused of firing gunshots and shouting obscenities at workers after they asked for food and water was ordered by federal regulators to stop retaliating against employees and stop obstructing their investigation into labor violations.
Two male victims were shot off of Plank Road Thursday evening, Baton Rouge police said.
A K-9 with the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office died of heat exhaustion after an officer left him in a patrol car unattended.
As the sun set over Pointe Coupee Parish Wednesday, more than 200 friends and family of Trey Allen released green and yellow balloons in honor of a young man whose friends described as a “kind-hearted country boy” who would give others the shirt o…
While still busy, the phone lines to apply for disaster food stamps calmed down considerably on Thursday.
Hurricane Ida did at least $584 million in damage to the Louisiana agriculture industry, according to a new report from the LSU AgCenter.
In what's likely just the first salvo in a series of investigations into potential civil rights abuses by Louisiana state troopers, federal prosecutors announced the indictment Thursday of a former State Police officer accused of brutally beating …
The Livingston Parish Fair, a traditional fall pastime for the region since the 1930s, has been canceled for the second year in a row following storm damage from Hurricane Ida.
State health officials now say that 15 nursing home residents have died out of a group of more than 800 that was evacuated to a warehouse in Tangipahoa Parish in advance of Hurricane Ida.
Gov. John Bel Edwards is optimistic that Congress will approve billions of dollars in disaster relief for Louisiana by the end of September, even as partisan bickering in the nation's capital threatens to slow the state's recovery.
On the first day of fall, Erma Lea Vanlandingham visited the graves of her son and granddaughter to bring fresh golden-colored flowers.
East Baton Rouge expects it'll take until Thanksgiving to pick up around half-a-million cubic yards of debris from Hurricane Ida.
The latest round of annexations within the proposed boundaries of the city of St. George moved forward Wednesday, with a hospital and several properties in unincorporated parts of the parish opting to instead be absorbed into the city of Baton Rouge.
LAKE CHARLES – Southwest Louisiana officials on Wednesday expressed frustration at the prospect of a further delay in disaster relief more than a year after Hurricane Laura due to a partisan fight over the debt limit in Washington, with even the r…
Livingston Parish could require people tubing on the Amite River to wear life jackets and watch instructional videos beforehand.
U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge, on Wednesday announced $1.7 million in federal money for people in Livingston Parish who faced the choice of either raising or destroying their houses.
Louisiana Department of Revenue Secretary Kimberly Lewis is under consideration for a key job at LSU, officials said Wednesday.
The volume of calls from people seeking food stamps in the wake of Hurricane Ida remained steady Wednesday but not as many as the past two days.
About a month after he was sentenced to life without parole for the killings of two Black men, convicted Baton Rouge serial killer Kenneth Gleason killed himself shortly after his transfer to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, prison offi…
Job upheaval sparked by the pandemic and natural disasters reinforces the need for Louisiana to dramatically improve its education levels by 2030, Commissioner of Higher Education Kim Hunter Reed said Wednesday.
A local Girl Scout chapter has found a buyer for Camp Whispering Pines, where generations of scouts have fond memories of retreats in an endangered forest.
Graphic scenes of people having sex interrupted utility regulators at the Louisiana Public Service Commission meeting on Wednesday, held virtually over Zoom.
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center plans to invest $10 million for a new cancer treatment program at its Baton Rouge hospital that will allow oncologists to target tumors not typically treatable with standard therapies.
Officials in the state Department of Education said Wednesday they are launching a program to offer $35 million in grants for districts that want to overhaul their public schools.
As students in Tangipahoa Parish return to classrooms for the first time since Hurricane Ida hit the area over three weeks ago, the parish's school district is just beginning to grasp how much damage the storm left behind.
All students deserve access to a public education, but for students with disabilities, the public school setting can be overwhelming.
Lane Family Practice is offering third doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to immunocompromised people, a news release said.
Tyler Lucas has been named the recipient of the inaugural Karen Soileau Memorial Scholarship.
Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser and the Division of Historic Preservation announced Louisiana Main Street has received $749,000 in Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grants through the National Park Service.
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Pelican State Credit Union hosted its 17th annual Kids Bike Race on Aug. 14 at Abundant Life Church in Denham Springs.
Dr. Marylynn Nguyen has joined Magnolia Obstetrics & Gynecology in Hammond.
Internal medicine physician Dr. Abir Abdo has joined Northshore Internal Medicine Associates in Hammond, a clinic of North Oaks Health System.
On Tuesday, traffic was backed up for 10 miles in the area.
Job upheaval sparked by the pandemic and natural disasters reinforces the need for Louisiana to dramatically improve its education levels by 2030, Commissioner of Higher Education Kim Hunter Reed said Wednesday.
A local Girl Scout chapter has found a buyer for Camp Whispering Pines, where generations of scouts have fond memories of retreats in an endangered forest.
Graphic scenes of people having sex interrupted utility regulators at the Louisiana Public Service Commission meeting on Wednesday, held virtually over Zoom.
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center plans to invest $10 million for a new cancer treatment program at its Baton Rouge hospital that will allow oncologists to target tumors not typically treatable with standard therapies.
Another tropical depression is expected to form within 48 hours in the Atlantic.
Officials in the state Department of Education said Wednesday they are launching a program to offer $35 million in grants for districts that want to overhaul their public schools.
The American response has come under criticism for being too modest.
As students in Tangipahoa Parish return to classrooms for the first time since Hurricane Ida hit the area over three weeks ago, the parish's school district is just beginning to grasp how much damage the storm left behind.
All students deserve access to a public education, but for students with disabilities, the public school setting can be overwhelming.
Lane Family Practice is offering third doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to immunocompromised people, a news release said.
Tyler Lucas has been named the recipient of the inaugural Karen Soileau Memorial Scholarship.