Mississippi State

Saint Francisville, LA

Livingston Parish, LA

Denham Springs, LA

Late Wednesday night Livingston Parish Schools announced that Southside Junior High would be closed Thursday after they realized there would be a shortage of employees on campus, the second school in the district to cancel classes for the day. Hours earlier, the district said Denham Springs High School would close...

Another Livingston Parish school closed Thursday amid employee absences

Denham Springs High School is canceling classes Thursday after a large number of employees said they will be absent, just days after Livingston Parish voters rejected a tax proposal that would have given teachers and other support personnel pay raises. Livingston Parish Public Schools leaders said in a press release...

Denham Springs High School cancels classes after employees declare Thursday absences

Tennessee State

Baton Rouge, LA

Ochsner Baton Rouge has announced new staff members across various specialties. Dr. Meredith Hitch is a pediatric gastroenterologist at Ochsner Medical Complex – The Grove. After undergraduate studies at Sewanee – The University of the South in Tennessee, she earned a medical degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies. She completed a pediatric internship and residency at Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, and a pediatric gastroenterology fellowship at St. Louis Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.

Ochsner Baton Rouge welcomes new medical staff members

He’s back on the north side. Or as Sid Edwards puts it, the 70805. Four months after being fired as Central High School's football coach, Edwards was hired as Istrouma’s coach. “As strange as it sounds, I was praying not for a job, but for God to put...

What is the story with Istrouma's new football coach? He calls it a homecoming

East Feliciana Parish, LA

Jackson, LA

Apply now for East Feliciana summer learning program. The East Feliciana Public Schools' EF Accelerate 21st Century Summer Program is now accepting student applications. The program will run from May 30 through June 30 and include academic acceleration, STEAM enrichment and field trips. Student applications are due Thursday, April 6. For information and to register, visit efschools.net/page/accelerate.

Around the Felicianas for March 29, 2023

Louisiana State

A new batch of11,500 Chromebooks is being distributed to Baton Rouge public schools, laptops which now have cell service that will allow students constant access to the internet outside of school even if they don't have wi-fi at home. Via a $2 million grant, T-Mobile has agreed to finance two...

11,500 new laptops with broader internet access arriving in Baton Rouge school students

2 DOMESTIC 1 IMPORT: Food Trucks at Oak Grove, Prairieville, 4 p.m. JOEL COOPER: Istrouma Brewing, St. Gabriel, 5:30 p.m. KIRK HOLDER: Galvez Seafood, Prairieville, 5:30 p.m. ERIC BASKIN DUO: Sullivan's Steakhouse, 6 p.m. JOEY HOUCK: Tallulah's at the Renaissance, 6 p.m. ORIGINAL MUSIC GATHERING: La Divina Italian Café, 6...

Better Than Ezra, BRSO Candlelight Concerts and more music in the Baton Rouge area

Donations are being sought for the families of Sgt. David Poirrier and Cpl. Scotty Canezaro, who died in a helicopter crash on March 26, the Baton Rouge police said Thursday. Donations will be provided for the families through the nonprofit organization Behind the Line Baton Rouge, police said, and they can be made in several ways:

Donations sought for families of fallen Baton Rouge officer pilots, BRPD says

Oklahoma State

William Brown, a two-time football national champion and special forces National Guardsman who went on to serve nearly 20 years on the bench as a district court judge in Baton Rouge, died peacefully this month at the age of 88. "He was a great guy," said District Judge Michael McDonald,...

Football star, coach, soldier and longtime Baton Rouge judge William Brown dies at 88

Southern University announced Kevin Johnson as the 15th head coach of the men’s basketball program at a news conference held Wednesday at the F.G. Clark Activity Center. Johnson comes to Southern from Tulane, where he spent the past four seasons as an assistant under Green Wave coach Ron Hunter. Tulane went 20-11 last season, its first 20-win season in 10 years.

This Tulane basketball assistant takes the top job at Southern University

Growing up in the Baton Rouge area for 23-year-old Joshua Scurria has always been difficult. The car-friendly capital of Louisiana is decidedly unfriendly for a wheelchair user, said Scurria, who always relied on family and caregivers to drive him to work and school during his childhood in Prairieville. But the...

Most of Baton Rouge's 1,500 bus stops must be fixed after lawsuit over disability access

As a high-profile coach with strong convictions, LSU's Kim Mulkey often attracts difficult questions — and she was presented another at her Final Four news conference Thursday regarding the issue of transgender athletes in sports. Mulkey said she had the conversation years ago with her athletic director at Baylor.

LSU's Kim Mulkey addressed the issue of trangender athletes ahead of the Final Four

The memorial service for Baton Rouge police officers, Sgt. David Poirrier and Cpl. Scotty Canezaro, will be held on Thurs., April 6 at Istrouma Baptist Church, the police department said. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., with the service beginning at 11 a.m., at the church...

Memorial service for Baton Rouge police officers who died in helicopter crash announced

Cava is building a freestanding restaurant at the intersection of Highland Road and Lee Drive. The property at 5295 Highland had been a Circle K. This will be the fourth Cava in Baton Rouge. The fast-casual Mediterranean chain acquired Zoe's Kitchen in 2018 and is rebranding the three local restaurants.

What restaurant is coming to the intersection of Highland and Lee?

Texas State

LSU's Shani'a Bellamy and Sean Burrell easily qualified for the finals of the 400-meter hurdles Thursday on the opening day of the 95th Texas Relays. Bellamy, a transfer from Coastal Carolina, posted the fastest time of the women's prelims at 57.15 seconds to earn a spot in Friday's final at Michael A. Myers Stadium.

LSU's Shani'a Bellamy, Sean Burrell advance in 400 hurdles at Texas Relays

Georgia State

If LSU needs an in-depth scouting report of Virginia Tech star point guard Georgia Amoore, there’s none better than Tigers guard Last-Tear Poa. They come from the same Australian state, Victoria, and they played with the national team that traveled to India. Poa is in the regular backcourt rotation...

These two Australians will reunite when LSU faces Virginia Tech in the Final Four

The funeral service for Matthew Fortenberry, the 11-year-old boy who died in a shooting on March 16, has been set for Friday, the Baton Rouge Metro Council said. Matthew and several others had been held hostage in a car that night by a 17-year-old gunman who was trying to draw a relative out of a nearby home. Someone in the car started shooting, and the suspect shot at the car; Matthew was wounded and died at the hospital. The shooter was arrested.

Funeral arrangements set for 11-year-old Matthew Fortenberry, victim of shooting

South Carolina State

The first game hasn't tipped off yet, and already sportsbooks are preparing for this to be the most popular women's Final Four ever for sports bettors. A combination of more states with legal and mobile sports betting and an increase in the number of women's basketball games available to bet throughout the season have money pouring in on this weekend's event in Dallas.

LSU could cost sportsbooks money in 'the most bet Final Four in women's basketball history'

Ask seasoned commercial real estate agents and bankers in Baton Rouge, and they’ll tell you they’ve seen interest rates this high before, even if it’s been a while. The rapid rise in rates, however, is a different story. “There has not been, in my 20-plus years in...

'Chilling effect': Baton Rouge real estate investors wary of rapid rise in interest rates

WHO: LSU (22-3, 4-2), Tennessee (20-6, 3-3) WHEN: 7 p.m., Thursday. RADIO: WDGL-FM, 98.1 (Baton Rouge); WWL-AM, 870 (New Orleans); KLWB-FM, 103.7 (Lafayette) RANKINGS: LSU is No. 1 by Collegiate Baseball. Tennessee is No. 16. PROBABLE STARTERS: LSU — Paul Skenes (5-0, 0.72 ERA), Tennessee — Chase Dollander (4-2, 3.93...

How to watch, listen to LSU vs. Tennessee on Thursday

Port Allen, LA

There are no leaks from a train that derailed in a train yard on La. 1 at the Anchorage overpass in Port Allen on Wednesday morning, officials said. The state Department of Environmental Quality did a drone flyover of the site to help confirm there are no leaks, a spokesperson said.

Port Allen train derailment: 25 cars went off the track, environmental monitoring in place

Colorado State

The LSU offensive line was close to full strength Thursday morning with the return of right guard Miles Frazier to the lineup. Frazier missed the past three spring practices for unknown reasons, but he was back at his usual spot as the Tigers went through their sixth of 15 spring practices.

LSU spring football practice: Day 6 sees return of Miles Frazier; two cornerbacks out

Dallas, TX

Billboards celebrating the LSU women's basketball team are easy to find in the Baton Rouge area, but fans will soon see Kim Mulkey's image emblazoned on roadside signs as they make the trek to Dallas for Friday's Final Four battle with Virginia Tech. LSU and Virginia Tech are scheduled to...

You may be surprised by where LSU is putting one of its Final Four billboards in Texas

LSU -2 Money line: LSU -135, VT +115. The Tigers have been favored in all of their games during March Madness, and this is no exception, though it has the tightest point spread of any LSU tournament game thus far. When the line opened, the Tigers were a 1-point favorite,...

Women's Final Four betting preview: South Carolina heavy favorite, LSU odds and expectations

Lafayette, LA

Eunice, LA

A Eunice man was convicted of second-degree murder Thursday in a fatal 2022 shooting. After 15 minutes of deliberation, a St. Landry Parish jury found 36-year-old Leonard Miller guilty of second-degree murder and illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in the death of 36-year-old Clarence Mitchell of Eunice, St. Landry Parish District Attorney Chad Pitre said in a statement.

Eunice man convicted of second-degree murder in 2022 shooting

As a freshman, Sa’Myah Smith has won a spot in LSU's frontcourt rotation, averaging 15 minutes and 4.8 points per game. A young player growing into her role, her older teammates have dubbed her “Lil Dog.”. On Wednesday, the Dallas native was running the show when the team...

This LSU freshman gets to be the 'Big Dog' on her trip home to Dallas for the Final Four

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Feliciana students graduate from Hinds Community College

Among those who graduated from Hinds Community College in Mississippi in Fall 2022 are William...

Feliciana students graduate from Hinds Community College

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