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Check out the Outdoors calendar for fishing tournaments and meetings
SWOLLFEST RODEO: Grand Isle Marina, Grand Isle. Offshore & Inshore categories. Weigh-in 4:30-6:30 p.m. daily. Benefits Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital & others. Email: swollfest@cox.net. Registration website: swollfest.com. THURSDAY. LA. WILDLIFE & FISHERIES COMMISSION MEETING: 3 p.m., Joe Herring Room, state Wildlife and Fisheries headquarters, Quail Drive,...
New indoor playground for kids to open in Baton Rouge this summer
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Chee Chee’s Playroom will be opening a second location in Baton Rouge this summer. The indoor playground features a ton of activities for kids including being able to climb around in the indoor playground, build a castle with huge blocks, ride around on the mini track or create artwork, according to their Facebook page.
Mississippi bears are on the move — one traveling as much as 150 miles to Baton Rouge, officials report
A Mississippi bear must have decided he had a taste for a little Louisiana culture and made a 100-mile trek from the woods of Franklin County to Baton Rouge. If the bear had been traveling by car, it would have taken approximately two hours to travel the 91 miles down MS-569; as the crow flies, it is 72 miles.
LSU student going on summer tour with his uncle, country music superstar Tim McGraw
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Country music artist, Timothy Wayne, 21, of Franklin, Tenn., is going to be a junior this fall at Louisiana State University. Until then, he will join his uncle, country superstar Tim McGraw, and Carly Pearce on the Standing Room Only Tour 2024. Wayne said...
Downtown Baton Rouge restaurant moving to new location in Denham Springs
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A downtown Baton Rouge restaurant that offers breakfast and lunch dining options is moving to a new location in Denham Springs. Cafe Mimi released the following statement on their Facebook page regarding the restaurant closing its doors at their 329 Florida St. location in downtown Baton Rouge.
This music series goes in-person at Henry Turner's, live on Facebook for the next 4 Saturdays
Henry Turner Jr.’s Solo Concert Series III will take place from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday at Henry Turner Jr.’s Listening Room, 2733 North St. in Baton Rouge. The five-week music series continues through June 22, and will feature Turner Jr. and special guests. The hour also will be available at the same time on Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/henryturnerjr/.
2MAD: Planting seeds in the community through gardening work
BATON ROUGE - In this week's 2 Make a Difference, Sylvia Weatherspoon highlights a gardener after the Annual Hilltop Arboretum featured some of their impressive garden. Anyone interested in highlighting someone making a difference in the community, send a name, information and a brief summary to sylvia@wbrz.com.
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