State regulators adopted rules Wednesday that require the directors of utility cooperatives to tell each of their 900,000 members how much compensation they are receiving and then requiring the customers to vote on whether those board members shou…
A Baton Rouge mother with a long history of drug addiction was arrested Wednesday and accused of killing her 18-month-old daughter by giving the toddler lethal doses of methadone and Xanax.
It appears the competition to face off against Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards in the Louisiana governor’s race is heating up with one announced Republican candidate beginning to take jabs at the other, who has reaffirmed his dedication to only a…
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When a New Orleans jury voted 10-2 to convict Charles Monroe of murder after less than an hour of deliberation late Tuesday, his defense attorney quickly moved for a mistrial on what was likely a first-of-its-kind argument.
Oil and gas companies made $244.3 million in high bids for federal leases in the Gulf of Mexico during a sale Wednesday.
Educators at public and private schools from Lafayette, La., to Gainesville, Fla. can land up to $2,500 for classroom initiatives that foster student ingenuity and imagination via the “innovative use of technology,” through an annual grant program…
Mosaic Fertilizer recently stopped draining a giant threatened lake of acidic water atop its waste pile in St. James Parish that some feared could break open and release its hazardous contents to harm surrounding swamps.
A 15-year-old Baton Rouge boy accused in the fatal shooting a local gospel singer during a suspected carjacking last month was indicted on second-degree murder Wednesday.
Check out these programs at the East Baton Rouge Parish Libraries this month.
Carlee Bell’s braids bounced on her head as she moved, a purple bow as big and loud as her 4-year-old personality trying in vain to hold them in place.
Paper Chase kicked off the 2019 spring season of Downtown Live at the Gazebo on Friday at the Zachary Historic Village.
Brenda Wilson wore a white- and blue-laced wedding dress on her big day 36 years ago. Her dress, still packaged in a shadow box, had its “little day” Feb. 16 when the Slaughter resident donated it to Born with Angels Wings, so it could be turned i…
While the houses are the stars of the annual Audubon Pilgrimage in West Feliciana, lots of activities are part of the weekend.
WALKER — Walker High School administrators, teachers, students and local business leaders held a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 7 to celebrate four businesses opening locations on the new expanded campus at 9677 Florida Blvd., Walker.
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Lane plans blood drive
Gov. John Bel Edwards said he's not ready to back up a call to oust LSU President F. King Alexander by the former chair of the state’s top policymakers for public higher education.
Lady Broncos and Hagan takes top honors at Beaver Creek
Teeing it up in the Felicianas
After 29 years working in Ascension Public Schools, in the central office and at East Ascension High School, Randy Watts is retiring.
Mental toughness, familial caring drive Ascension Catholic softball
When temperatures plummeted this winter, workers at CARA's House, the animal shelter for Ascension Parish, set up diesel-fueled heaters in the unheated room where dogs are kept in kennels.
As the Division V girls state powerlifting meet inched to a close, Holden coach David White did the math in his head.
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber is accepting applications for the 2020 class of its Leadership Baton Rouge program through May 31 at brac.org/leadership.
Copper Mill Elementary School Junior Beta Club students returned from the Louisiana Elementary Convention and the Louisiana Junior Convention with several awards, including a 2019-2020 state Beta secretary.
Tuesday is American Diabetes Association Alert Day, and the Americana YMCA wants residents of Zachary to know about their risk for prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes, as well as preventive steps they can take to reduce the chances of developing the disease.
As an elected city councilwoman, it is my duty to represent my constituents and do what I believe is best for the community. I ran for my seat on the promise that I would fight for smart economic development that would advance the interests of our…
Gardening enthusiasts can choose from more than 5,000 locally-grown plants — about 275 varieties — at the 22nd annual East Baton Rouge Master Gardeners Association plant sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the LSU AgCenter’s Burden Botanic Gard…
HAMMOND — The Southeastern Louisiana University Community Music School is hosting a series of summer programs for young musicians.
At the end of the summer, families want to hear their child had “the best summer ever.” To help make that happen, the Americana YMCA is offering summer camp, keeping children in Zachary adventurous, active, engaged and healthy all summer long, acc…
Each year in December, hundreds of students show up at local high schools and play prepared music and scales for a panel of judges in hopes that they will be selected to an honor band. During January and February, all the best students, as determi…
Stephen David Jr., of Hancock Whitney Bank in Baton Rouge, has been installed as president of the Louisiana Bankers Education Council.
Lunchtime on March 8 brought excitement to the Quad Area Community Action Center on Main Street in Clinton. East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Dep. Houston Frazee wrangled a roaming hog. Jeannie Love, of RKM Primary Care, stopped to take photos.
On Feb. 2, the Wolf Den of Cub Scout Pack 61 organized and participated in a site cleanup around the Captain Bennett Landing on the Mississippi River.
Peggy Hodges and Thad Powell were named queen and king of the Lane Nursing Home 2019 Mardi Gras Parade.
The West Feliciana Parish Extension office in St. Francisville will hold a Master Gardener certification class beginning Aug. 7.
MANDEVILLE — Keep America Beautiful, the nation’s community improvement nonprofit organization, presented Keep Louisiana Beautiful with its 2018 President’s Circle Award recognition at Keep America Beautiful’s recent National Conference in Baltimo…
Deondrais Boxley of Vidalia High School in Concordia Parish was elected president of the executive leadership team of the Louisiana DECA High School Association during the group's annual career development conference in Baton Rouge. Members of the…
The Our Lady of the Lake Blood Bank recently recognized Ascension Parish government, Parish President Kenny Matassa and Parish health director Christy Burnett for outstanding participation during blood drives.
Registration is open for Girl Scout resident camp sessions between June 2 and July 7 at Camp Marydale in St. Francisville and Camp Whispering Pines in Independence.
The 2019 chairman of the Ascension Chamber of Commerce board is Barbara Irwin of Pujol, of Pryor & Irwin, attorneys at law. Irwin succeeds Michael Buturla, of Domain Architecture.
A variety of food trucks will be offering their wares from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 30, at Tanger Outlets Gonzales, 2410 S. Tanger Blvd.
In recognition of the 25th anniversary of the River Road African American Museum, Shell donated $25,000 to the organization during a Black History Month event presented at the Shell Convent refinery.
The Louisiana Ammonia Producers recently distributed nearly 100 updated "Raising Radishes with Amazing Ammonia" school kits to second-grade classes in Ascension, St. James and Iberville parishes.
The fifth anniversary of the Riff Ridgel Crawfish CookOff, an all-you-can-eat event, kicks off at 11 a.m. May 18, at the Village of Tickfaw Festival Grounds.
Shannon Sloan has announced her candidacy for Livingston Parish Council District 3 in the Oct. 12 election.
Students, teachers and cafeteria workers at Albany High School enjoyed a schoolwide pep rally celebration March 14 with the New Orleans Saints Mascot Gumbo and NFL Player Josh Hill to recognize the school’s first-place finish in this year’s “No Ki…
HAMMOND — Ann Carruth, dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Southeastern Louisiana University, has been appointed by Gov. John Bel Edwards to the Louisiana State Board of Nursing, on which she will serve a four-year term.
Deondrais Boxley of Vidalia High School in Concordia Parish was elected president of the executive leadership team of the Louisiana DECA High School Association during the group's annual career development conference in Baton Rouge. Members of the…
LSU marketing students concentrating on professional sales recently won scholarship money in a business-to-business, or B2B, sales competition sponsored by the E. J. Ourso College of Business Professional Sales Institute
Runnels School sixth-grader Noah Hebert was named the top online fundraising student in the Mississippi/Louisiana chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s 2018 Pasta for Pennies campaign.