Hancock Whitney recently released a comprehensive report on the positive impacts nearly 4,000 associates have made across the communities that make up the organization’s Gulf South footprint.
Nominations closed July 9 for the 2019 Louisiana State Employees’ Retirement System Board of Trustees election.
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The Capital Area Animal Welfare Society is a nonprofit organization committed to the well-being of animals in the Baton Rouge community by providing for and facilitating the adoption of homeless animals, teaching the community responsible companio…
Artworks by members of the Associated Women in the Arts will be on display from Aug. 15 through Sept. 26 at the Elizabethan Gallery, 680 Jefferson Highway, Baton Rouge. “Sunlit Days and Sultry Nights" will open with a meet-the-artists reception fr…
The 14-U Babe Ruth Blues All-Stars won the state championship in a three-day tournament held over the July Fourth weekend in St. Francisville. The Blues beat five other all-star teams from across Louisiana.
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Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge has added expertise in cancers of the female reproductive system with the selection of Dr. Anthony Evans as the medical director of gynecologic oncology at the Breast & GYN Cancer Pavilion.
The St. George Fire Department operates eight fire stations, and its two response districts are roughly separated by Airline Highway, with one zone mostly north and east of Airline Highway, while the other is south and west of Airline Highway.
The mission of Friends of the Animals is to rescue, place in homes or save dogs, puppies and other pets from euthanasia in East Baton Rouge Parish. FOTA operates the Dog Adoption House, 8476 Highland Road, from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 11…
The Gordon Gives charity of Gordon McKernan Injury Attorneys in Baton Rouge is donating tricycles to Eaton Park Elementary School in Abbeville for use on a "Good Habits Highway" established as an Eagle Scout project.
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Second Chance Dog Rescue is a foster-based, registered nonprofit dedicated to saving homeless dogs primarily from shelters as well as dogs surrendered by their owners.
Cheney, Emily and Henry Joseph recently visited Mike the Tiger at his habitat on the LSU campus.
The Spring 2019 Commencement ceremony for River Parishes Community College was May 14, 2019, at the 4-H Building at Lamar-Dixon Expo Center.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette recognized students named to the president’s list and dean’s list for spring 2019.
Second Chance Dog Rescue is a foster-based, registered nonprofit dedicated to saving homeless dogs primarily from shelters as well as dogs surrendered by their owners.
The LSU Museum of Art's Neighborhood Arts Project continues through July 19 at the Village Resource Center, 765 N. Acadian Thruway; at the BREC Gus Young Park, 4200 Gus Young Ave.; and at the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St.
Calls for assistance received by the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office for June 28-July 4:
Cat Haven of Greater Baton Rouge is a nonprofit rescue organization for cats and kittens. The Cat Haven Adoption Center, 11130 N. Harrell’s Ferry Road, is open for adoptions from noon to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Ad…
HAMMOND — Southeastern Louisiana University has named 4,002 students to its honors list for the spring 2019 semester.
Girl Scouts Louisiana East awarded Girl Scouting’s highest honor, the Girl Scout Gold Award, to Lexus Pham, of Baton Rouge, and Jordan Smith, of Geismar, during a ceremony June 13 at the Old Governor’s Mansion. They were two of 17 Louisiana Girl …
Twenty-four Runnels School students were recently notified that their original poems had been accepted for publication in a Creative Communications anthology, A Celebration of Poets, due to be published in the fall.
Associated Grocers has awarded Sam S. Politz Scholarships to Madison Boudreaux, of Baton Rouge, a recent graduate of St. Joseph's Academy, and to Allison Picou, of Houma, a recent graduate of Terrebonne High School.
Mark Coppola, a University Laboratory School graduate, officially accepted his appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy on May 17 at the school’s 2019 graduation ceremony.
Among the 199 students named to the spring 2019 dean's list at Centenary College in Shreveport are Devin Bureau, Marissa Lally and Patrick Riley, of Baton Rouge, and Kennedy Wilcher, of Clinton. The honor list names all students who have achieved …
Sophomores Madisan Milam and Mollybeth Wilkinson represented Runnels School at the 2019 Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership Seminar at Southeastern Louisiana University June 7-9.
The Arbor Day Foundation has awarded Baton Rouge the Tree City USA designation for the second year in a row. After a long hiatus, Baton Rouge was named a Tree City for the year of 2017, a status that has been confirmed for 2018.
Pelican State Credit Union awarded $15,000 in scholarships to 14 college-bound students this year, with one winner from each of Pelican’s 11 branch parishes and one out-of-state winner.
Registration is open for a backpack giveaway that will be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. July 28 at Greater St. Luke Baptist Church, 132 N. 23rd St., Baton Rouge.
The Red, Rock & Blue fundraising softball tournament for Louisiana military charities such as Blue Star Mothers was held June 28-30 at BREC's Oak Villa Park.
The St. George Fire Department operates eight fire stations, and its two response districts are roughly separated by Airline Highway, with one zone mostly north and east of Airline Highway, while the other is south and west of Airline Highway.
A story map for a bike tour of downtown Baton Rouge won the top score for sophomores Justin Goudeau and Tre’vion Washington of Cristo Rey Franciscan High School in the high school division of a competition making use of their knowledge of geograp…
The Woodlawn High School Class of 1979 will hold a fundraising reunion party for all classes beginning at 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, at The Londoner Grill, 4215 S. Sherwood Forest Blvd., Baton Rouge.
The mission of Friends of the Animals is to rescue, place in homes or save dogs, puppies and other pets from euthanasia in East Baton Rouge Parish. FOTA operates the Dog Adoption House, 8476 Highland Road, from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 11…
Registration is open for the first LYFE Line Teen Summit, which will be held July 17-18 for ages 12 to 17.
Jack Dean, from Baton Rouge, was recently named to the dean's list at the College of William & Mary for the spring 2019 semester.
The Catholic High School quiz bowl team was one of 336 in Atlanta the weekend of May 25 for the 2019 High School National Championship Tournament.
University View Academy, a statewide online charter school, will honor 252 graduates at its ceremony at the Raising Cane's River Center in Baton Rouge at 4 p.m. May 25.
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Secretary James M. LeBlanc, Louisiana State Penitentiary Warden Darrel Vannoy and the Louisiana State Penitentiary Museum Foundation announce the 2019 inductees to the Louisiana J…
Cat Haven of Greater Baton Rouge is a nonprofit rescue organization for cats and kittens. The Cat Haven Adoption Center, 11130 N. Harrell’s Ferry Road, is open for adoptions from noon to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Ad…
Second Chance Dog Rescue is a foster-based, registered nonprofit dedicated to saving homeless dogs primarily from shelters as well as dogs surrendered by their owners.
Calls for assistance received by the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office for June 21-27:
Jackson Phillips, a third-grader at Runnels Elementary, is a school winner in the Ochsner Nurses Week art contest.
The Dunham School presented its 2019 Liz Peters Master Teacher Award to fourth-grade teacher Valerie Jaques during its 2019 commencement exercises.
St. Jean Vianney School faculty members, along with current students and alumni, volunteered recently at the St. Agnes Family Shelter operated by The Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Baton Rouge. They helped the nuns clean and serve a meal.
St. Jean Vianney School cheerleaders received a Superior Ribbon for cheer, sideline and rally routine evaluations at UCA cheer camp.
Construction of a new multipurpose building at St. Michael the Archangel High School is making room for an innovation, design, experience and application (IDEA) classroom in the room the band had been using.
Episcopal School of Baton Rouge held a commencement ceremony for 105 students on May 18 in the Lewis Memorial Chapel of the Good Shepherd.
Upon completion of a 10-week program, six high school students from the Baton Rouge area were recently certified as emergency medical responders.
The St. George Fire Department operates eight fire stations, and its two response districts are roughly separated by Airline Highway, with one zone mostly north and east of Airline Highway, while the other is south and west of Airline Highway.