Iowa State

Baton Rouge, LA

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

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

Tennessee State

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

Arizona State

Lafayette, LA

When his junior college coach at Yavapai College in Arizona approached the Oregon native with a prospective Division I program inquiring about him, John Taylor didn’t hesitate a bit. In most scenarios, it would have required a quick search online for information. Not for Taylor. He already knew. “I...

UL infielder John Taylor still can't believe he's lucky enough to be a Ragin' Cajun

South Carolina 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.

The immediate joy for LSU in reaching the Final Four is giving way to the reality of playing in the semifinals against one of the hottest teams in the nation — Virginia Tech. For the Tigers and Kim Mulkey, it’s an opponent with a back-to-the-future theme to it.

Kim Mulkey saw it coming: LSU's Final Four game Friday won't be easy. Here's why.

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

Louisiana State

Southern University announced Kevin Johnson as the 15th head coach of the men’s basketball program at a news conference held Wednesday at the F.G. Clark Activity Center. Johnson comes to Southern from Tulane, where he spent the past four seasons as an assistant under Green Wave coach Ron Hunter. Tulane went 20-11 last season, its first 20-win season in 10 years.

This Tulane basketball assistant takes the top job at Southern University

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

Gonzales, LA

“Home is where the heart is” is a cliché for most people, but it will take on special meaning for East Ascension’s three senior bowlers Thursday. “Having the chance to do this — to bowl one last time at the place where we’ve bowled our whole career — it means everything,” Owen Stutzman said. “We go in knowing we’re the underdog.

Fitting finale: Spartan senior bowlers embrace ending prep careers at 'home'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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?

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

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 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

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

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How LSU's Paul Skenes will be able to pitch and hit within the same weekend series

LSU has a good problem with right-hander Paul Skenes. The Air Force transfer who was named the Friday night starter last week is also a powerful...

How LSU's Paul Skenes will be able to pitch and hit within the same weekend series

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