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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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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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

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

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

Iowa State

GREENVILLE, S.C. — In the summer of 2021, I called up Bob Starkey for a feature I was doing on LSU basketball great Sylvia Fowles going into her final Olympics. Starkey was just settling in as an assistant coach at Auburn after nine seasons at Texas A&M, and long before there was a thought of him returning to LSU under Kim Mulkey.

Scott Rabalais: With Kim Mulkey, a smart bet was a quick return to the Final Four

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.

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

Mississippi State

Lafayette, LA

In response to recent tornados that devastated central Mississippi, Catholic Charities of Acadiana is assisting partner disaster responding agencies by hosting an item-specific relief drive. The public is invited to donate in-kind relief supplies from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 5 at the Catholic Charities of Acadiana regional...

Catholic Charities of Acadiana seeking supplies to support Mississippi tornado survivors

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

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

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 Acadiana Center for the Arts presented its Sunny Side Jazz Brunch on Sunday, March 19 at the exquisite home of Carolyn and Kip Schumacher. The fundraising gala brought out sponsors and guests dressed in their Sunday best for what was surely one of the most elegant jazz brunches we’ve ever attended.

AcA’s Spring Fundraiser elevated the Sunday Jazz Brunch to new levels

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

Once about every other month at Johnson’s Boucaniere, there’s an event that asks attendees to not talk. This event is about listening. The downtown Lafayette eatery began last year hosting Les Contes de Galerie, which translated is Stories On the Porch, that features musicians talking about their music, favorite childhood meals and anything else that comes up. Past guests have been Andrew Duhon, Louis Michaud, Sweet Cecilia, Michael Doucet and others.

What's old is new again at historic Lafayette smoke house on Cajun Boudin Trail

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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Prep notes: Madison Prep guard sets two schools records in Tuesday win, more notes

Jayce Depron had a school record-setting for Madison Prep in more ways than one Tuesday night. Depron set school records with nine 3-pointers and 41 points...

Prep notes: Madison Prep guard sets two schools records in Tuesday win, more notes

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