Georgia State

Baton Rouge, LA

South Carolina State

Despite rolling into the Final Four with a 32-2 record, LSU enters the national semifinals as something of an underdog. Yes, the Tigers are 1-point favorites over Virginia Tech in Friday's first game — but LSU is the lowest-seeded team (No. 3) in Dallas. And if the Tigers beat the Hokies on Friday, there's a strong chance they'll have to face overall No. 1 South Carolina for the national title.

LSU has a tough road to the national championship. Here's how the Final Four shapes up.

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 rate out almost evenly. The Tigers are 1-point favorites over the Hokies at Caesars Sportsbook, official odds partner of Bet.NOLA.com. LSU is -130 on the money line, implying a 56.5% chance of winning — when you consider the house's rake, that means the game is considered almost a coin flip.

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

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 and South Carolina are the last SEC teams standing in the NCAA Tournament, and USC coach Dawn Staley is anxious to see the two teams advance out of the Final Four and face off in the title game. Staley spoke to ESPN Monday night, and was happy to plug...

South Carolina coach Dawn Staley explains why she wants to face LSU in the title game

Tennessee State

LSU (22-3) scored a run in each of the first two innings. Tre' Morgan drove in the first run with an RBI single, and Gavin Dugas drove in the second-inning run with a sacrifice fly. Grambling briefly grabbed a lead in the top of the third inning when Cameron Bufford...

LSU baseball rides the long ball to a decisive mid-week win over Grambling

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

The LSU women's basketball team is back in the Final Four, and the Tigers have positioned themselves as the top challenger to reigning champion South Carolina, according to the national championship futures odds. At Caesars Sportsbook, official odds partner of Bet.NOLA.com, the Gamecocks are still the heavy favorites at -260...

The odds are out for the Final Four. Here's where the LSU women stand.

The LSU women's basketball team has one more trip remaining — one the Tigers hope will end with a national championship. Before the Tigers leave for Dallas, they're throwing one more party. LSU has put out a call for fans to gather for a sendoff at 3 p.m. Tuesday outside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

The LSU women's team is having a sendoff party ahead of the Final Four; see details here

WHO: LSU (21-3), Grambling (9-14) WHEN: 6:30 p.m., Tuesday. 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. Grambling is unranked. PROBABLE STARTERS: LSU — TBA , Grambling — TBA PREGAME UPDATES: theadvocate.com/lsu. ON TWITTER: @LVann_Sports. WHAT...

How to watch, listen to LSU vs. Grambling on Tuesday night

Gonzales, LA

“Home is where the heart is” is a cliché for most people, but it will take on special meaning for East Ascension’s three senior bowlers Thursday. “Having the chance to do this — to bowl one last time at the place where we’ve bowled our whole career — it means everything,” Owen Stutzman said. “We go in knowing we’re the underdog.

Fitting finale: Spartan senior bowlers embrace ending prep careers at 'home'

Arizona State

Lafayette, LA

When his junior college coach at Yavapai College in Arizona approached the Oregon native with a prospective Division I program inquiring about him, John Taylor didn’t hesitate a bit. In most scenarios, it would have required a quick search online for information. Not for Taylor. He already knew. “I...

UL infielder John Taylor still can't believe he's lucky enough to be a Ragin' Cajun

Speculation about who will replace Carlos Sample as boys basketball coach at Scotlandville is likely to continue a bit longer. In the meantime, the Hornets do have some girls basketball coaching news. Former Ville Platte High standout Breonna O’Conner has taken over the Scotlandville girls basketball program. “I’m already...

Scotlandville is hiring a former Ville Platte standout to take over its girls basketball program

Louisiana State

Zachary, LA

Zachary High School senior Rhen Langley competed in the Championship Mile event at the New Balance Nationals Indoor event March 12 in Boston. Langley finished 15th of 94 runners and competed against some of the best high school milers in the country. He returned to Louisiana with a new 1600m personal record of 4:09.39, and with a mile time of 4:10.87.

Zachary High’s Rhen Langley competes in the New Balance National Indoor Event

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

One of the victims of a fatal shooting at a private school in Tennessee was a Baton Rouge native, according to multiple social media accounts. Katherine Koonce, 60, was head of the Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville for students in preschool through sixth grade. A shooter carrying...

Victim of Nashville school shooting attended UHigh, LSU, according to social media accounts

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

Graduation season is right around the corner. But where should you celebrate when the ceremony ends?. We asked on our social media accounts what the best Baton Rouge restaurants for graduation lunch or dinner are. Here's what you said. For all locations, we recommend calling to reserve a table ahead...

Where should you celebrate graduation lunch or dinner? Try one of these local restaurants

Livingston Parish, LA

Walker, LA

Southern Knights Armory celebrated the opening of its new location in Walker with an official ribbon-cutting Feb. 24 with staff, family, friends and officials from the Livingston Parish Chamber of Commerce. Owned by Chris Williams, Southern Knights Armory has served Livingston Parish and surrounding areas since 2020. After starting the...

Southern Knights Armory open in Walker

Baker, LA

At a rainy press conference Wednesday in Baker, AT&T celebrated a major milestone: more than 500,000 locations in Louisiana now have access to the company's high-speed internet. “There may be a little rain, but it’s so bright for where we’re envisioning our future,” said AT&T Louisiana President David Aubrey....

AT&T offering discounts in push to get every Louisiana home, business online

Bendel Gardens is a neighborhood on the Vermilion River in Lafayette known for its lovely homes shaded by oak trees. According to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Special Collections, the neighborhood was named after a man whose expertise in women's fashion would bring him fame and fortune in New York City.

This Lafayette neighborhood is named after a New York fashion icon

The building that housed the Fontana Fitness Center for years has been sold to a Lafayette tech company for $2 million. Techneaux Technology Services bought the 23,000-square-foot building at 719 Kaliste Saloom Road from sellers Paul and Rose Fontana this week, land records show. Techneaux, which has been housed at...

Former Fontana Center building sold to this Lafayette tech company for $2M

Acadiana’s favorite sandwich bread was created by Joseph Huval, who used a $50 World War I bonus to create the Huval Baking Co. in 1919 in Youngsville. Huval quickly grew his business by offering home delivery of his bread in a Model-T truck, moving his operation to Lafayette and acquiring an existing bakery.

Lafayette's iconic Evangeline Maid bread rose from the back of a Model-T truck

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

Can you believe there are only two days left in March? Spring is in full swing, which means it's time to make reservations for Easter if you're the type to leave the house and let someone else do the dishes for the holiday. There's a Lenten dinner at Eliza Restaurant...

Eat for a cause at Beausoleil, enjoy live music at a new restaurant, plus more food events this week

A company that converted a Lafayette hotel into workforce housing has bought an apartment complex near the Lafayette Regional Airport for $2.15 million. Servio Capital bought the Riverside at Oakbourne apartments, a 53-unit complex built at 3600 Simcoe St. that was built in 1991, from an ownership group that included Ronald L. Vidrine of Lafayette and others, land records show.

Company that converted hotel into apartments paid $2.15M for complex near Lafayette airport

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

In the moments before a Baton Rouge Police Department helicopter crashed, killing the two officers aboard, it rapidly ascended as high as 1,300 feet and see-sawed between speeds of 40 mph, 102 mph, and 30 mph, according to publicly available flight data. The data, from tracking website Flightaware, lends credence...

What went wrong in deadly Baton Rouge police helicopter crash? Flight data gives clues.

Denham Springs, LA

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

Denham Springs High School cancels classes after employees declare Thursday absences

Washington State

Washington, LA

A former Town of Washington employee was arrested on theft and malfeasance charges after allegations she conned a man into sending his traffic citation payment to her personal CashApp account and stole the funds. The accusations were made in December by a current Washington town employee after the victim called...

Former Washington town employee accused of conning people into sending fines to her CashApp

Donaldsonville, LA

A winning $100,000 lottery ticket was sold in Donaldsonville Saturday, state lottery officials said. The Easy 5 ticket was purchased at Bellina's Grocery on St. Patrick Street, according to the lottery. The ticket was the only one bought on Saturday that won the Easy 5 jackpot. The Donaldsonville Chief first...

$100,000 lottery ticket purchased in Donaldsonville; see where, when

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LSU women’s basketball is 21-0. Here's where Tigers stand in NCAA Tournament projections.

Welcome to our third weekly look at the LSU women’s basketball team’s NCAA Tournament projections and other related NCAA Tournament information for the No. 3-ranked Tigers...

LSU women’s basketball is 21-0. Here's where Tigers stand in NCAA Tournament projections.

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