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West Feliciana Parish, LA

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Baton Rouge, LA

At least six public school districts in the Baton Rouge region will have new superintendents when the next school year begins in August. They are part of a larger wave of departures of top K-12 school leaders across Louisiana. They are leaving as worries about COVID continue to recede but other challenges remain, including finding and keeping teachers.

Why are Baton Rouge-area school superintendents leaving? Some blame COVID, board changes.

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 Baton Rouge police helicopter crashed in West Baton Rouge Parish early Sunday, and two officers on board were killed. UPDATE: Baton Rouge police chief asks for prayers for 2 heroic officers killed in helicopter crash. The helicopter went down in a field off North Winterville Road, near U.S. 190.

BRPD helicopter crashes in West Baton Rouge sugar cane field; two officers killed

Metairie, LA

I have always supported the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries but I think they went too far when they took that nutria away from that family in Metairie. The animal was obviously well taken care of and loved by the family. My daughter and I rescued four baby raccoons...

Letters: Wildlife agency had more important tasks than seizing nutria

Colorado State

East Baton Rouge Parish, LA

Dallas, TX

Reader Robert Bailey wonders why East Baton Rouge Parish's property taxes are sent to a business in Dallas for processing. "Aren't there local businesses capable of performing this service?" he asks. First of all, it's worth looking at property taxes themselves. Who collects them? What are they? And, what do...

Curious Louisiana: Why are East Baton Rouge Parish taxes sent to Dallas for processing?

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

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

Lafayette, LA

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

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

East Baton Rouge Councilman Cleve Dunn Jr. was ordered to pay his neighbor over $57,000 in damages after losing a property dispute in court. District Judge Beau Higginbotham on Thursday ordered Dunn to tear down an outdoor pool kitchen in the backyard of his Baton Rouge home, ruling that it violates parish building codes.

EBR councilman ordered to pay $57,000 in damages after losing lawsuit to his neighbor

Saint Landry Parish, LA

Sunset, LA

A Sunset man was arrested Thursday after an investigation into what St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz is calling the most elaborate pill mill operation in parish history. Detectives with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office’s Narcotics Enforcement Team served a search warrant on 43-year-old Benjamin Pittman Sr.’s residence at...

Over 5 pounds of fentanyl confiscated in ‘most significant’ bust in St. Landry history, sheriff says

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

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

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

South Louisiana Community College will host celebrations of Community College Week at all nine of its campuses Monday through Friday. The events lead up to national Community College Month, which occurs in April. Collise Dupont, SLCC associate dean of students and enrollment management, said all 12 Louisiana Community and Technical...

SLCC, other two-year colleges to celebrate Community College Week

Alabama State

Naturally, Baton Rougeans will notice the running theme of tigers when the LSU Museum of Art opens "I, Too, Am Thornton Dial" on Thursday, March 30. Now, these are lowercase tigers, because Dial wasn't thinking about LSU when created them in his Alabama studio. He definitely wasn't thinking about the Tigers' football rivalry with Nick Saban's Crimson Tide, either.

From poverty to worldwide recognition: Thornton Dial was the struggling tiger who overcame

Livingston Parish, LA

Denham Springs, LA

Take a photo with the Easter bunny, visit food trucks and more than 175 vendors, and hunt eggs at the Egg-Ceptional Easter Marché from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at North Park, 30372 Eden Church Road, Denham Springs. Denham Springs Hall of Fame deadline Friday. Friday is the...

Around Livingston for March 29, 2023

WP - Arrant (4 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K), LP - James Heiken (1 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 0 K). Top Hitters - SUL: Beddue 2-3, 2B, 3 RBI’s; Gremillion 2-3, 2 RBI’s; Brown 2-3, RBI: CAR: James Heiken 2-2, 2B, RBI; Landon Victorian 1-2, Koen Beavers 1-2.

Saturday's Area high school baseball, softball scores and reported linescores

Port Allen, LA

Brusly, LA

Retirement hasn’t changed the Rev. George C. Pierce’s commitment to Israelite Missionary Baptist Church in Brusly. “I’m not going anywhere. I’ll be here as long God allows me to be here,” Pierce, with his wife Vidrine by his side, said to members, family and other visitors during a celebration program Sunday at the church in honor of his 48 years of service and his 86th birthday.

Faith Matters: Church honors retired pastor, 86, for 48 years of service

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

Abbeville, LA

Church Point, LA

High school athletes dream of one day winning a state championship. For 15 boys and girls powerlifters in the Acadiana area, that dream came to fruition this past week. Not only were more than a dozen state championships won individually, but Church Point also won the boys Division III state title.

Check out how many powerlifting state champions area enjoyed this weekend

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

Ohio State

Zachary, LA

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

Arkansas State

LSU centerfielder Dylan Crews received Southeastern Conference Co-Player of the Week honors after his performance through last week's games against Central Arkanas and Arkansas. Crews went 10 for 16 from the plate, batting .625 through four games with four home runs, nine RBIs and nine runs scored. He also walked...

LSU baseball's Dylan Crews receives Southeastern Conference weekly honor

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

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

Iowa State

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.

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In West Feliciana Parish, some property owners can't get insurance due to crime at Angola

Residents of West Feliciana Parish may have been having a tougher time getting insurance due to improper crime data. “St. Francisville is the type of town...

In West Feliciana Parish, some property owners can't get insurance due to crime at Angola

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