Louisiana State

Lafayette, LA

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

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 709 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

Pinhook Road is a well-traveled route in Lafayette that originates at Evangeline Thruway, passes by the Oil Center and crosses the Vermilion River, one of only a handful of bridges across the river in the city. Many streets in Lafayette are named after civic leaders or historic figures like Ambassador...

Pinhook Road named by indigenous people after plentiful trees

Florida State

Baton Rouge, LA

The site of a new Mississippi River bridge aimed at easing daily traffic jams in the Baton Rouge area may be picked by spring 2024, instead of by the summer of that year, a consultant told a state panel Monday. Three sites, all in Iberville Parish, are being considered for...

New Baton Rouge bridge site may be picked earlier than planned; here are the details

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

East Feliciana Parish, LA

Clinton, LA

The schedules for West and East Feliciana Council on Aging facilities are as follows:. 12292 Jackson Road, St. Francisville, (225) 635-6719. Start time for all activities is 10 a.m. First and third Monday: Line dance. Fourth Monday: Religious service. Tuesdays: Nutrition education. Wednesdays: Exercise/yoga. Thursdays: Bible study. Fridays: Bingo/movie/excursion. All...

East and West Feliciana Council on Aging activities for March 29, 2023

A man was found shot to death Tuesday in a BREC park on Geronimo Street, Baton Rouge Police said Wednesday. The victim, Troy Williams, 23, was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday. Police do not yet have a motive or suspect for the shooting. The...

Man found fatally shot in park on Geronimo Street, Baton Rouge police say

A procession will take place Wednesday in honor of Baton Rouge police officers Sgt. David Poirrier and Cpl. Scotty Canezaro, who both died early Sunday morning when their helicopter crashed into a field during a high-speed chase. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, the bodies of the two officers...

Procession for two BRPD officers killed in helicopter crash to take place Wednesday

Tennessee State

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

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

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 Woods 1-3, BB, Payton Woods 1-3. Records – Parkview Baptist 18-5, 5-0 in 6-3A, Doyle 14-5, 4-1. Softball. French Settlement...

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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

The Baton Rouge Police Department is grounding all nighttime helicopter flights as the agency seeks to answer why an aircraft manned by two of its officers crashed during a high-speed chase, killing both men without the department's knowledge until eight hours later. Sgt. David Poirrier and Cpl. Scotty Canezaro died...

In fatal helicopter crash, Baton Rouge police, friends face burning question: What went wrong?

An Acadiana High School student was arrested after police said the student had a gun on campus Tuesday morning. The school's administration received a report at about 9 a.m. that a student had a gun on campus and immediately went into lockdown, according to a news release from Lafayette Parish School System.

Student reportedly brought gun on Acadiana High campus, facing expulsion

South Carolina State

After defeating Miami 54-42 on Sunday to earn a berth in the Final Four, the LSU women's basketball team headed home that night from Greenville, South Carolina. The team, band, cheerleaders and administrators headed to the airport, where they ended up sitting on the tarmac for three hours in their chartered plane, waiting for a storm to pass. They didn't end up in Baton Rouge until 4 a.m.

Late flights, family, sparkles, Caitlin Clark: Kim Mulkey's full week before LSU's Final Four

Youngsville, LA

The Youngsville City Council will hold a special meeting Thursday to discuss the actions of Councilmember Kayla Menard Reaux and Police Chief Rickey Boudreaux following a Nov. 12 crash in Sugar Mill Pond. The special meeting will take place at 5 p.m. Thursday at City Hall, 201 Iberia St. in...

Youngsville City Council calls special meeting to discuss councilwoman, police chief

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

The tail rotor of a Baton Rouge police helicopter hit a tree before it crashed Sunday, killing two officers on board, federal officials said Monday. A preliminary report by the Federal Aviation Administration says the helicopter "inverted" into a field, meaning it crashed upside down. The crash happened at 2:36...

Baton Rouge Police helicopter tail rotor hit tree before deadly crash, FAA says

LSU right-hander Chase Shores has been thrown into the fire of high-leverage situations. While the true freshman began the season as a weekend starter, he’s now a key reliever in Southeastern Conference play, first appearing in the bottom of the fifth inning against Texas A&M on March 19 when LSU held a 5-4 lead. On Friday, he was inserted in the top of the eighth when LSU was down 1-0 to Arkansas after Paul Skenes worked seven innings.

For LSU baseball's true freshman pitchers, the best is yet to come

Baton Rouge Police are expected to release new information soon about the deaths of two officer pilots in a helicopter crash Sunday in a sugarcane field in West Baton Rouge Parish. Here's what we know — and what we don't. What we know. A preliminary report by the Federal...

Helicopter crash kills 2 Baton Rouge officers: What we know and don't know

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 mashes Grambling behind home runs from Beloso, Jones

When the Baton Rouge Police helicopter crashed early Sunday morning, killing two officers, the air traffic control tower was probably unmanned, according to FAA information about the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport. The tower is normally unstaffed between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m., according to a Federal Aviation Administration...

In deadly Baton Rouge police helicopter crash, air traffic control tower was likely unmanned

The onboard flight-track data of the police helicopter that crashed Sunday in West Baton Rouge Parish is one of the tools an investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board will use to learn the cause of the crash, a spokesperson said Wednesday. "The investigator has the flight track data of...

What caused deadly Baton Rouge police helicopter crash? Here's how the feds investigate.

Youngsville Councilmember Kayla Menard Reaux issued a statement Monday in response to The Acadiana Advocate's Sunday story about a Nov. 12 crash in Sugar Mill Pond. Reaux said she suffered a concussion during the crash that caused "memory loss and uncharacteristic behavior" and that she "would never ask for special treatment" because she is not above the law.

Youngsville councilwoman issues statement about behavior after November crash

LSU women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey again showed up with a unique outfit for Sunday's Elite Eight contest with Miami in the NCAA Tournament in Greenville, South Carolina. Two days after setting social media on fire with a jacket that featured pink feathers, Mulkey took a slightly more subdued approach for Sunday's contest.

Have a look at LSU coach Kim Mulkey's very shiny outfit for the Elite 8 battle vs. Miami

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.

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Arrived. For two years, through every winning streak, through every new and encouraging accomplishment, LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey urged her growing legions of fans to tap the brakes. Be patient. Realize that LSU hadn’t won any championships yet. That glory was coming — oh yes, it surely was — but it would take time.

Scott Rabalais: Suddenly, amazingly, Kim Mulkey's LSU women's basketball program has arrived

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The French Press to open second location; Find out where it will open

The French Press, which first opened in downtown Lafayette 14 years ago, will open a second location, owners announced this morning. Owners Justin and Margaret Girouard...

The French Press to open second location; Find out where it will open

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