Iowa State

Baton Rouge, LA

Florida State

As the weather delays Saturday afternoon in the NCAA Baton Rouge regional became a long day’s journey into night and the LSU game management staff emptied their catalog of rain-related songs to play over the P.A. system (“Waterloo” by ABBA?), the talk around Alex Box Stadium and out at the oak-tree shaded tailgate parties turned to the decision.

Scott Rabalais: Jay Johnson's decision to pitch Paul Skenes Friday has long-term impact

LSU and Oregon State will wait until 2 p.m. Sunday to play in the winner's bracket of the NCAA Baton Rouge regional at Alex Box Stadium. The Sam Houston-Tulane elimination game preceding the Tigers' paused in the top of the seventh inning at 4:07 p.m. at Alex Box Stadium because of lightning. As of this posting, it had not resumed. The plan is to finish the game late Saturday night.

LSU vs. Oregon State baseball game postponed, here's when they will play

LSU assistant softball coach Lindsay Leftwich is leaving the Tigers to become the head coach at North Carolina State, the school announced Saturday. Leftwich has been at LSU for 12 seasons and throughout Tiger coach Beth Torina’s entire head coaching career, spending four seasons with her at Florida International.

LSU softball assistant Lindsay Leftwich hired as head coach at North Carolina State

Houston, TX

More lightning in the area scrubbed the restart of the Tulane-Sam Houston game in the NCAA Baton Rouge regional, putting the 8:06 p.m. scheduled start of the LSU-Oregon State game in serious jeopardy. The Tulane-Sam Houston game was to resume at 5:55 p.m., but by 6:30 p.m. the tarp was...

6:40 p.m. update: More lightning in the area still impacting NCAA Baton Rouge regional

Oregon State

The LSU and Tulane baseball teams will look to stay in the winner's bracket when they face off at 2 p.m. on Friday on the first day of the Baton Rouge Regional. This will be the place to keep up with the score and live updates from Alex Box Stadium.

Live: LSU baseball faces off against Tulane in the Baton Rouge Regional

Georgia State

DESTIN, Fla. — After months of debate, the Southeastern Conference will stick with an eight-game conference schedule for football for at least one year. SEC presidents and chancellors voted unanimously Thursday to play eight conference games in 2024. The move coincides with Texas and Oklahoma joining the league. Schools...

LSU will have an eight-game SEC schedule in 2024. See which opponent is currently known.

The LSU and Tulane baseball teams face off Friday with hopes of staying in the winner's bracket in the Baton Rouge regional. The Tigers won the lone battle between the two teams, 11-5, in New Orleans earlier this season. WHO: LSU vs Tulane, Baton Rouge regional. WHEN: 2 p.m. Friday.

LSU vs. Tulane in the Baton Rouge regional: How to watch, listen, what to know and more

In eighth grade, Thatcher Hurd wanted to be like University of Arizona catcher César Salazar. And for three years at Acalanes High School, outside of San Francisco, Hurd worked at becoming that catcher, finally getting his shot to show his dream school what he was capable of at an Arizona camp one summer when he went with his friend, now Arizona catcher Tommy Splaine.

Thatcher Hurd wanted to be a catcher. This is how he ended up as a key LSU pitcher.

New Orleans, LA

College baseball talk dominated the latest 'Bayou Bets' episode with regional play set to get underway shortly. Jim Derry and Spencer Urquhart broke down the Baton Rouge Regional in-depth, which features LSU and Tulane in the opening matchup. Derry was a little more optimistic than Urquhart about Tulane's chances to...

WATCH: Previewing LSU-Tulane matchup, Baton Rouge Regional on 'Bayou Bets'

Arkansas State

Lafayette, LA

The student-athletes at Westminster Christian Academy are making their mark with numerous accomplishments at the state and regional levels. Seven Westminster students made all-state this year, including Abigail Cunningham and Caroline Lalonde in girls’ volleyball, Gabe Proffitt and Cohen Elliott in boys’ soccer, Abigail Lewis and Adam Stelly in swimming, and Owen Melancon in cross-country.

Westminster’s commitment to athletics shines with impressive achievements and facility upgrades

Louisiana State

Louisiana Inspired highlights volunteer opportunities across south Louisiana. If your organization has specific volunteer opportunities, email us at lainspired@theadvocate.com with details on the volunteer opportunity, organization and the contact/registration information volunteers would need. Acadiana: The United Houma Nation, 400 Monarch Drive, Houma, is a state-recognized tribe of approximately 17,000 tribal...

Volunteer opportunities in Acadiana, Baton Rouge and New Orleans

The meeting started with public comments from north Louisiana principals Mickey McCarty of Neville and Gordon Ford of Lincoln Prep. Both spoke about the status of a delayed vote on the select/nonselect agenda items from January’s annual convention. From there, the LHSAA’s executive committee’s summer meeting went on as...

Though opinions were voiced, LHSAA's latest select/nonselect system vote likely in 2024

Texas State

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority-Eta Chi Omega Chapter presented 15 young women to society Jan. 7 at its 31st Winter Cotillion at the Doubletree by Hilton in Lafayette. The young women — “Cultured Pearls Precious and Rare” — were being saluted for their high school graduation. 2023...

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority-Eta Chi Omega Chapter presents 15 debutantes

HTeaO, a Texas-based iced-tea franchise, could open a location in Lafayette near River Ranch. Owners of the property at 1606 Kaliste Saloom Road were granted a variance last month by Lafayette Consolidated Government’s Board of Zoning Adjustments to build at the location despite not meeting the frontage buildout requirements due to a billboard and other constraints on the lot that is just over half an acre, documents show.

See which Texas-based franchise could open its first Louisiana location near River Ranch

Construction on the first phase of the project to dredge and beautify the University Lakes will begin this month after the project received final approval, according to a news release. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit approving the work on Friday, and construction on Phase 1 work...

Construction begins soon on LSU lakes project. Here's a timeline of what's happening when.

Mississippi State

A maintenance worker forced his way into an apartment at a complex near the LSU campus in the middle of the night last summer, attacked a resident, threatened to kill her, then jumped out of a window and fell four stories to his death, a new lawsuit claims. The resident,...

Maintenance man attacked tenant, leapt from 4-story window at off-LSU apartment, lawsuit says

There are times you just want a light bite while enjoying coffee with friends. When you’re at French Truck Coffee, the ever-reliable, trendy avocado toast does the trick. Thick focaccia bread is toasted and coated with delicious avocado spread and topped with pickled red onions. It comes with a small side of seasoned tomato salad for topping, of which I do liberally. And while you can pick it up and eat it with your hands, the tasty density of the toast and toppings makes it fork-and-knife worthy. (Lauren Cheramie, features reporter)

Avocado toast, Ora King Salmon and more: Best things we ate this week

West Feliciana Parish, LA

Saint Francisville, LA

The body of a St. Francisville woman who went missing after a boat crash last weekend was found Thursday afternoon, according to the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office. Rachel Hann, 38, had been missing since the boat crash at about 9 p.m. on Sunday, May 28. She was a passenger on a 16-foot aluminum vessel when it hit a moving barge in the Mississippi River near St. Francisville.

Body of missing woman in Mississippi River found, WFPSO says

For more than 50 years orphaned girls and boys were cared for at St. Mary's Orphanage in Lafayette. Bishop Jules Jeanmard of the Catholic Diocese of Lafayette is credited with making the orphanage a reality, opening in 1923 or 1924 within walking distance of St. John the Evangelist Cathedral and the bishop's home.

One building remains of St. Mary's Orphanage in Lafayette

Abandoned properties have piled up on LaSalle Street in Lafayette’s La Place neighborhood for years, causing blight and prompting demolitions. All 13 lots in the 100 block of LaSalle have been or are currently adjudicated, a class of tax delinquency unique to Louisiana that leaves properties virtually untouchable for years.

Lafayette has unlocked hundreds of adjudicated properties. But hundreds more remain.

East Baton Rouge Parish appears likely to try again to create a new fee for property owners to fix its beleaguered stormwater system — though the fee could be smaller than one previously proposed. Yet some parish leaders say more effort should be spent seeking alternative options besides charging...

Baton Rouge could soon try — again — to create a new stormwater fee. But it could be smaller.

East Baton Rouge's chief public defender has been ousted after two tumultuous years during which large numbers of her employees departed, judges criticized the office's management and a state lawmaker repeatedly called for a change in leadership. In a scheduled board meeting Friday afternoon, state public defender leaders declined to...

East Baton Rouge's chief public defender ousted after two tumultuous years

Congress will soon be back in session. Not that Congress. For the first time since the pandemic, the Fourth District Congress of Christian Education is returning June 6-9 with major changes and the launch of a "different direction" to help member churches in all areas of ministry and beyond. "I'm...

Faith Matters: Baptist 'Congress' returns with new direction

INDUSTRIAL: 408 Industrial Parkway, description, install driveway and storage area; applicant, TRL Properties; contractor, business owner; $20,000. CHURCH: 504 Guilbeau Road, Suite C, description, install meeting space portion wall, kitchen sink and cabinets; applicant, Abounding Grace Fellowship; contractor, business owner; $25,000. RESTAURANT: 3145 Ambassador Caffery Parkway, description, two added changing...

Who's building where in Acadiana? Here are the building permits issued May 24-30

Denham Springs, LA

A Denham Springs police officer who was critically injured in a shooting last month near I-12 died Friday afternoon in the hospital, the department said. Cpl. Shawn Kelly was shot multiple times shortly before 4:30 p.m. May 11 in the parking lot of Spring Park Plaza on South Range Avenue.

Denham Springs police officer Shawn Kelly dies of injuries from shooting

After Denham Springs police Cpl. Shawn Kelly died in the hospital Friday from injuries sustained in a May shooting, city residents gathered Saturday for a fundraiser event to support his family. Kelly was shot May 11 while responding to a call of a man, Justin Roberts, and a woman arguing...

After Denham Springs police officer Shawn Kelly dies, community hosts fundraising event

Keep up with what businesses are building where around Baton Rouge. Is there a building under construction or renovation in your neighborhood and you want to know what it is? Send an email with a picture or the location to tboone@theadvocate.com.

Here's what's under construction around Baton Rouge, from restaurants to grocery stores

The victim who died in Wednesday's triple shooting on Prescott was attempting to stop a fight between an ex-boyfriend and the new boyfriend of one of the shooting victims before he was shot, Baton Rouge police said. Lenni Douglas, 18, was shot a little after 10 p.m. in a residential...

Victim in fatal shooting tried to stop fight between boyfriend, ex, Baton Rouge police say

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The spread has arrived for LSU-Virginia Tech in the Final Four. Here's who is favored.

Oddsmakers have set the line for the LSU women's basketball team's game against Virginia Tech in the Women's Final Four on Friday night, and the teams...

The spread has arrived for LSU-Virginia Tech in the Final Four. Here's who is favored.

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