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Baton Rouge, LA

Mariano Hinojosa, of Baton Rouge, says wife Bertha teaches English to new arrivals from Central America and Brazil:. "Recently the students discussed future employment opportunities. Bertha advised them to study, and learn to read well. "She shared her family story: 'My husband studied math and science and became an engineer,...

Smiley: Their 'for richer for poorer' tale

Lafayette, LA

With the theme "Carnival International," the Krewe de Wideload celebrated its annual Mardi Gras Ball on Jan. 20 at the Cajundome in Lafayette. Reigning as King XVI was Jordan Arceneaux. This year's queen was Nicole Touchette. Adam Domingue was ball captain. Costumed krewe included Paige Courville representing Brazil, Josh Gautreaux...

Krewe de Wideload goes international for recent ball in Lafayette

New Jersey State

The competition to increase pay and other benefits for schoolteachers in the Baton Rouge region and across Louisiana continues to get ever more fierce. The latest is an announcement from Colorado-based Third Future Schools. As part of its takeover of Prescott Middle School this fall, the charter school group says it will be paying its starting teachers an estimated $20,000 more a year than the going local rate and that its average teacher pay should clock in at around $80,000 a year.

New school, tax proposal, state pay hikes fuel teacher pay wars

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New Roads, LA

It’s Bass Week in south Louisiana. It began Sunday morning with the 40-year-old-plus Kiwanis Bass tournament on False River, continues Friday with the opening round of the three-day Bassmaster Classic, and ends Saturday with the 74th annual Big Bass Rodeo and Fishtival in New Orleans’ City Park. As...

It's Bass Week: Kiwanis, Classic & long-standing Rodeo headline action

Louisiana SCORE will hold a free virtual seminar on how to start a small business from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday. The event covers such topics as myths and realities of entrepreneurship, critical success factors, components of business ownership, legal issues and business plan basics. To register, go to...

Pennington professor awarded grant, luxury builder enters Baton Rouge market

An 11-year-old boy was killed Thursday night after he and several members of his family were held hostage inside a car by a teenage gunman, Baton Rouge police said. BRPD spokesman Sgt. L'Jean McKneely said the suspect had been feuding with another family member when he held the boy, Matthew Fortenberry, and at least three others at gunpoint in an attempt to draw the relative out of a home in the 5600 block of Crestway Ave. just before 7 p.m.

Before 11-year-old was killed, he and his family were held hostage, Baton Rouge police say

Opelousas, LA

A 22-year-old Opelousas man was shot and killed on Jerome Loop Wednesday, and another was arrested as a suspect in his killing, the Opelousas Police Department said. Officers responded to the 800 block of Jerome Loop around 5 p.m. Wednesday after reports of a shooting. The victim, 22-year-old Xavier Bryant of Opelousas, died as a result of his injuries, Opelousas Police spokesperson Major Mark Guidry said in a statement.

One man killed, one arrested in Opelousas shooting on Jerome Loop

Carbon capture — the process of pumping greenhouse gasses deep underground instead of emitting them into the air — is an issue of growing importance in Louisiana. Some state leaders and industry experts say it's a powerful tool for stopping global warming and a huge potential economic driver. Some residents have raised fears of health problems or environmental risks, but multiple major carbon capture projects are planned for the state.

Could sugar cane help capture carbon? These LSU researchers are working on it.

New Orleans, LA

"Tambou," a film produced by Baton Rouge’s Ann Nguyen and directed by Luke Harris, of New Orleans, will air at 9 p.m. Saturday on TV5Monde USA or channel 226 on Cox cable. "Tambou," the winner of the 2022 #CreateLouisiana French Culture Film Grant, tells the story of an elderly Black Creole grandfather who must make money from street performing or move to Oklahoma with his daughter and grandson.

Louisiana indie film 'Tambou' will air tonight at 9 on TV5Monde USA

CGI has reached 700 employees at its two locations in Lafayette and is still looking to fill another 60 positions, state officials said. The global information technology firm, which was initially projected to employ 400 at an average salary of $55,000 when it first announced its plans to open in Lafayette in 2014, has now nearly doubled that total with an expectation to reach 800. A large portion of that workforce has come from the region and elsewhere in Louisiana, state and local officials said.

CGI now at 700 employees in Lafayette but still has dozens of openings

Bishop Michael Duca blessed the St. Joseph's Altar at St. Joseph's Cathedral during the 10:30 Mass in Baton Rouge, La., on Sunday, March 19, 2023. Following the Mass, a traditional St. Joseph Altar meal was served in the Parish Hall.

Photos: St. Joseph's Altar at St. Joseph's Cathedral

Darrow, LA

A 16-year-old turned himself in to Ascension sheriff's deputies Friday in a double shooting Sunday that left another teen dead in the rural Darrow community, authorities said. The teen, who was not identified because he is a juvenile, was booked with counts of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and other counts, Sheriff Bobby Webre said in a statement.

Teen arrested in slaying of 15-year-old St. Amant High student, shooting of victim's brother

New Iberia, LA

WP - C Celestine (3 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K). Top Hitters - Grant Porche 2-3, 2B, grand slam, 4 RBI’s; C Martin 2-4, RBI; C Elkins 1-2, 2 RBI’s; A Celestine 2-4, RBI. WP - K Bourgeois (3 IN, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K), LP - W Brown (5 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 10 K). Top Hitters - LAC: R Conner 2-3; C Pappillion 1-4, 2B, RBI; S Bourgeois 1-3, RBI; ESA: S Loughlin 3-3, 2B, RBI; C Womack 1-3, RBI.

Area baseball, softball scores and reported linescores

"Butchers of the Bayou," A&E's two-night special on Baton Rouge serial killers Derrick Todd Lee and Sean Vincent Gillis, wraps up tonight starting at 8 p.m. If you missed Thursday night's airing of the first two parts of the mini-series, the network will re-air them back-to-back starting at 6 p.m. Friday.

Derrick Todd Lee, Sean Vincent Gillis: A&E special on BR serial killers concludes tonight

In outdistancing the other candidates in fundraising and endorsements, Jeff Landry has established himself as the early front-runner in this year’s governor’s race. Landry, the state’s attorney general and a Republican, has sought in recent days to fortify his pitch as the inevitable winner by publicizing the support of two big GOP donors and the backing of the East Baton Rouge Parish Republican Party.

Stephen Waguespack is an obstacle in Jeff Landry's path to the Governor's Mansion

Denham Springs, LA

MANCHAC — Age-group results from the Junior Southwest Bassmasters-Denham Springs’ March monthly tournament held from North Pass Landing with anglers, their hometowns, number of bass weighed in parentheses (five-bass limit), total weight in pounds and big-bass winners:. 15-18 Age Group: 1, Destin Morales, French Settlement (5) 9.43 pounds....

Check out fishing results from the Junior Bassmasters-Denham Springs tournament

In a move apparently intended to keep more young people involved with their faith; Most Rev. J. Douglas Deshotel, Catholic bishop of Lafayette, has decreed that Catholics in the diocese — which includes eight civil parishes and 121 churches — may begin celebrating the sacrament of confirmation at an earlier age — eighth grade instead of 11th, which is the practice now.

Lafayette Diocese to move confirmation sacrament to eighth grade, bishop says

Pineville, LA

PINEVILLE — The players change each year, but the Louisiana High School Basketball Coaches Association All-Star basketball games are always about three things for the top seniors in Louisiana — fun, competition and making an impact. The West All-Stars checking all the boxes by sweeping the East squad...

Want to see how the West won twice? An LSU women's signee, two BR area boys had key roles

Florida State

The first time Stephanie Morace was asked to tie a balloon, she went straight to YouTube. "I was an engineer. I'd never even tied a balloon before I was 30 years old," she recently recalled, with a laugh. "That’s how bad I was with balloons." Looking at how Morace's...

"Never a boring day": Baton Rouge Balloonatics makes balloon dream come true

MollyJoy Joiner, 9, caught an onion Saturday during the inaugural St. Patrick's Day Parade in the Antique Village in Denham Springs. Denham Springs Mayor Gerard Landry served as a grand marshal of the parade, which rolled down North Range Avenue in the Antique Village in Denham Springs.

Inaugural St. Patrick's Day parade rolls in downtown Denham Springs

Answers are often too finite because so many factors are relevant in each decision. The career of Carlos Sample provides yet another example. Is Carlos Sample a Hall of Fame coach? Yes. Did he have arguably the best 16-year stretch for a boys basketball coach in Louisiana’s highest classification? Yes....

Fambrough: What marks measure great coaches? I've got a 'Sample' to launch a debate

Ascension Parish, LA

Geismar, LA

A Geismar man accused of punching and raping a woman more than two years ago in Ascension Parish received probation and no jail time after he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge that didn't acknowledge a rape occurred, court papers say. Roderic West, 46, admitted he punched the woman at...

Accused of raping, punching a woman, Geismar man takes plea deal, deferred jail time

Georgia State

DULUTH, Ga. — As the four teams in the second session of the Southeastern Conference gymnastics championships Saturday made their entrances, the applause got louder with each introduction. The LSU fan contingent made its presence felt, starting an L-S-U chant as the No. 2-seeded Tigers walked onto the stage....

Despite strong showing once again, LSU gymnastics finishes third at SEC championships

Haleigh Bryant ended LSU’s regular season with a punch — of equal parts grace, skill and force. Judges awarded Bryant’s floor exercise, the final routine of Friday’s meet against West Virginia, with a perfect 10, the third she earned that night. Her mark on floor vaulted LSU’s meet score over the 198 threshold, cementing the Tigers’ status as the No. 2 seed in Saturday’s SEC Championships in Duluth, Georgia, at 7 p.m. on the SEC Network.

Gymnastics: Haleigh Bryant-led LSU ready for SEC Championships

The real estate trade has a technical term for locations that never seems to work out for businesses locating there: snakebit. If there’s been a snakebit location for public schools in Baton Rouge, it’s the old Prescott Middle. We hope that a new charter school operator will be...

Editorial: A turnaround group takes aim at snakebit location

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Three injured, hospitalized in Louisiana after mobile homes were hit by tornado, sheriff says

Three people were injured and transported to a hospital after three mobiles homes were hit by storms in Louisiana, according to the Pointe Coupee Sheriff's Office....

Three injured, hospitalized in Louisiana after mobile homes were hit by tornado, sheriff says

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