Louisiana basketball coach Bob Marlin to remain for 2022-23 season, athletic director says

As the state’s largest higher education system has faced falling enrollment, the majority of the University of Louisiana System’s universities have seen tuition revenue fall over the last two years, audits show. The system reported that its total revenue fell by $134 million from the 2021 fiscal year...

Louisiana’s childcare centers generally saw their overall scores increase during the 2021-2022 school year, new data from the Louisiana Department of Education shows, though fewer schools were rated as excellent or proficient than in the previous year. The average overall rating for the state’s early childhood education networks increased...

As the focus on America's deteriorating drinking water infrastructure sharpens with crises like the recent long-term outage in Jackson, Miss., Louisiana residents now have access to an online report card showing whether their water is fit to drink. Republican state Sen. Fred Mills of New Iberia passed a law last...

The Louisiana Sheriff’s Scholarship Program provides assistance to worthy Louisiana students in furthering their education and training with resources made available through the Louisiana Sheriff’s Honorary Membership Program. Scholarships of a maximum of $500 each will be awarded to graduating high school students from each parish where the...

It was a violent Sunday in Louisiana when two mass shootings, in Shreveport and Baton Rouge, resulted in multiple injuries. Shreveport mass shooting leaves three-year-old in critical condition. On Jan. 22, just before 2 p.m. the Shreveport Police Department was called to the 1600 block of Sugar Lane on reports...

Good news keeps coming for Shreveport UrgentEMS and its owner Dr. Tiffany Najberg. Since changing her first name in 2021, Najberg has been fighting with insurance companies Humana, Cigna and CVS-owned Aetna for payment reimbursements. Najberg and her clinic have lost almost $200,000 in insurance payments due to the companies...

At Lakeside Primary School in Prairieville, Elise Frederic's first graders dive into a visual world of literacy from the moment they enter her classroom. Her young students are entertained by creative activities like transferring sounds to writing in sand or gel, all while mastering phonics and classroom reading criteria. On...

We Have a Ghost, the Netflix movie filmed in late 2021 in Donaldsonville, will debut Feb. 24. As Hurricane Ida's landfall in Louisiana disrupted production, the film crew for the upcoming movie returned after an extended break to finish filming scenes in the Ascension Parish west bank city. The movie...

Donaldsonville Mayor Leroy Sullivan proclaimed Jan. 26 Catholic Schools Week in the city from Jan. 29 to Feb. 4. Ascension Catholic Diocesan Regional School, which is located in the city, will celebrate Catholic Schools Week, which is designated to help schools connect with prospective families, donors, educators, and other community members.

The Justice Department announced Jan. 25 that it has concluded there is reasonable cause to believe that the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections routinely confines people in its custody past the dates when they are legally entitled to be released from custody, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Have a teen who loves to explore? Chat with them about the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office Explorers Program, which gives teens an inside look into law enforcement and service. APSO’s Community Outreach Unit is accepting applications through March 10 for the Explorers Program, a new initiative designed to offer...