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Baton Rouge, LA

Florida State

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

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.

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

Louisiana State

Lafayette, LA

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

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

New Orleans, LA

Restaurants and home kitchens aren't the only places to get a great meal in south Louisiana. In many areas, you can find an excellent plate at gas stations, convenience stores and food marts. Some gas station food fans would even say these meals rival those in Louisiana's best restaurants. "Can...

Which Louisiana gas stations have the best food? Here's what our readers said

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Tennessee State

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

La Creperie Bistro, which opened seven years ago in Parc Lafayette, will close due to its space being sold. The eatery located at 1921 Kaliste Saloom Road, Suite 116 posted to Facebook on Monday it will close May 28 after its suite was sold last month to Haydel Group LLC of Houma, which is registered to Dr. Michael Haydel of Haydel Spine Pain & Wellness, records show.

This eatery near River Ranch to close after space gets sold

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

Gramercy, LA

Federal regulators have ordered an alumina production plant in St. James Parish to remove two workers over training issues and hit the company with 36 new health and safety citations. The new violations are the latest leveled by the Mine Safety and Health Administration against the Atalaco Gramercy plant, which...

2 years, 370 safety violations: Feds cite Louisiana plant for caustic spills, other dangers

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

One person was killed after a vehicle ran off the roadway and crashed through a fence on Eraste Landry Road Wednesday afternoon. The crash happened in the 2300 block of Eraste Landry Road around 2:46 p.m. The driver, who has not yet been publicly identified pending notification of next of kin, was traveling eastbound on Eraste Landry from Westgate Road when he veered off the roadway to the left, drove through a fence and came to a stop on a property belonging to Lafayette Salvage, Lafayette Police spokesperson Sgt. Robin Green said in a statement.

One person killed in crash on Eraste Landry Road in Lafayette

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Storm system hammering Texas with ice will bring rain to Baton Rouge on Thursday

More rain is expected in the Baton Rouge area on Thursday, with much of the rainfall predicted to begin in the late afternoon and last through...

Storm system hammering Texas with ice will bring rain to Baton Rouge on Thursday

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