Florida State

Lafayette, LA

Baton Rouge, LA

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

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 mashes Grambling behind home runs from Beloso, Jones

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

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...

High schools: Check out Tuesday's spring sports scores

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

South Carolina State

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.

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.

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

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

Denham Springs, LA

Zachary, LA

The 2022-23 Zachary High softball team has fought through a tough predistrict schedule to post a 3-12 record against tough competition locally and in tournaments across the state. Head coaches Katie Browne and assistants Kasey Siears, Scott Nielson and Eason Adams have started to see growth as District 4-5A play...

ZHS softball starting strong in district play

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

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

Louisiana State

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

Ohio State

With the end of the academic year fast approaching, Zachary School Board members took some time out of their meeting March 21 to honor several students for accomplishments in athletics, academics and arts. The group of young people recognized included winners of recent national and state competitions. Superintendent Scott Devillier,...

Excellence in dance, choir, athletics honored by Zachary School Board

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

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

New Orleans, LA

A national shortage of automotive technicians has sparked a program to get students into those well-paying jobs in dealerships in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The program is a partnership of the National Automobile Dealers Association, the National Urban League and the Urban League of Louisiana. The first class consists of 12 students at Delgado Community College and nine students at Baton Rouge Community College. The students will work full time at local auto dealerships, earning starting wages of $14.25 an hour, as part of an 18-month apprenticeship. After the process ends, the students will be certified mechanics.

$71,000 to fix cars? How dealerships and colleges hope to grow new force of auto technicians

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

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

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

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

In reference to the guest column titled “Healthy eating needs to start in childhood or Louisiana kids will grow into unhealthy adults” on March 17: The column was very informative and spot on in my opinion. One thing the author could have included is encouraging the government to...

Letters: There should be restrictions on what needy can buy with government help

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

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

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

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?

Two police pilots were killed early Sunday in a Baton Rouge police helicopter crash in Erwinville. Chief Murphy Paul spoke at a news conference Sunday afternoon near the scene but released few details and would take no questions from reporters. "Today is a very emotional day for the men and...

Baton Rouge police chief asks for prayers for 2 heroic officers killed in helicopter crash

The Baton Rouge Police Department identified the two officers killed in a helicopter crash early Sunday morning near Port Allen as Sgt. David Poirrier and Cpl. Scotty Canezaro, according to a BRPD news release. Poirrier was 47 years old and a 17-year BRPD veteran who was assigned to the Air...

Baton Rouge police officers killed in helicopter crash identified

Youngsville, LA

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

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Westgate's Derek Williams, Dedrick Latulas among seven Tigers to sign

There’s no denying the amount of talent throughout the Westgate High School football program. Year after year, coach Ryan Antoine and his staff makes sure that...

Westgate's Derek Williams, Dedrick Latulas among seven Tigers to sign

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