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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

The football player has become a landmark of sorts for drivers exiting Interstate 10 at Dalrymple in Baton Rouge. They usually turn right for the LSU campus after stopping, so it only made sense that Charles Barbier would paint the player in purple and gold. Barbier is the artist who...

Expanding interstate threatens fate of Barbier's LSU football player painting at Dalrymple

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

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

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

New Orleans, LA

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

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

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'

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

The memories started coming back to two longtime coaches. Unfortunate injuries. Sudden adjustments. Doubles into the gap. Clutch pitching. All the small decisions they made while trying to win. Paul Mainieri and Pat Casey coached thousands of games during their respective careers at LSU and Oregon State. And in the...

With Oregon State in LSU baseball's regional, a budding rivalry could be renewed

LSU right-handed pitcher Paul Skenes was named the 2023 National Player of the Year by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper on Thursday. Skenes has been dominant throughout the season as LSU's ace after transferring from Air Force. Going into the NCAA Baton Rouge regional this weekend, he has 167 strikeouts and 17 walks.

LSU baseball star pitcher Paul Skenes wins National Player of the Year award

Denham Springs, LA

The Denham Springs community came together to hold a benefit for Officer Shawn Kelly at the Denham Springs Municipal Oaks Pavilion. The event saw plate lunches, a car show, music and more to help raise money for the family. Cpl. Kelly passed away on June 2nd after being shot in the line of duty on May 11.

Photos: Denham Springs Community holds benefit for Cpl. Kelly Family

After the legislature passed a bill banning all Louisiana colleges from promoting sports betting, LSU is ending its seven-figure deal with Caesars Sportsbook, a spokesman said. The move comes after Senate Bill 191, which would prohibit any college or university from entering marketing or advertising partnerships in Louisiana, passed the...

As Louisiana moves to ban universities promoting sports betting, LSU deal with Caesars ends

Georgia State

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.

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

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.

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

Weeks after police officer Shawn Kelly was shot and critically injured while responding to a report of a disturbance at a local shopping center, members of the Denham Springs community are still showing their unwavering support as Kelly continues to fight for his life. On Saturday, residents will host a...

A month after tragedy, Denham Springs still rallies around critically wounded officer

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.

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.

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

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

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

A truck flipped on its side during a crash on Jefferson Highway near Government Street on Friday afternoon. All lanes of Jefferson in the direction of Government Street are closed and traffic began to pile up. Baton Rouge Emergency Medical Services did not take anybody to the hospital because of...

Truck flips over on Jefferson Highway near Government Street; road closed, traffic backing up

Zachary, LA

A man who evaded authorities for nearly 24 hours after allegedly shooting another man in the head and leading a high-speed chase through two parishes was apprehended Friday afternoon, according to East Feliciana Parish Sheriff Jeff Travis. Zachary police said Jack Ealy Jr., 51, shot Kenneth O'Connor Jr., 37, in...

Suspect in Zachary shooting, high-speed chase apprehended, EFPSO says

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W – Cade Dubrin (4-0). L – Boogie Cummings (2-3). Leaders – PARKVIEW BAPTIST: Seth DeGeorge 1-4, RBI, Tanner Powell 1-3, Thomas Bonaventure 1-3; DOYLE: Peyton...

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