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Tennessee State

Point guard Justice "Juice" Hill became the first LSU basketball player to submit his paperwork to enter the transfer portal late Tuesday. The 6-foot, 175-pound Hill was listed as a senior this season, but he has one more year of eligibility because of the bonus season granted by the NCAA for the COVID-19 pandemic.

LSU guard Justice Hill becomes first Tiger to enter portal; two others also in

Georgia State

New LSU special teams coordinator and outside linebackers coach John Jancek will be under contract through the 2024 season, according to a copy of his term sheet obtained Wednesday by The Advocate through a public-records request. Jancek was promoted from defensive analyst to replace former special teams and recruiting coordinator...

Here are the contract details for new LSU football assistant John Jancek

Indiana State

The LSU women's basketball team is two wins away from the Final Four. Three other teams could prevent the Tigers from getting there. The NCAA tournament finished off its round of 32 on Monday night, setting up this week's Sweet 16. Four teams from each of the four regionals remain....

LSU is two wins from the Final Four. Here's a look at the remaining teams in their region.

Ever since Brian Kelly arrived at LSU, he has monitored speed. All the players wear monitors within their pads that track a variety of metrics, which helps him understand fatigue and determine workloads throughout the year. One of them is mph. At practice March 10, the second this spring, nine...

This stat tells Brian Kelly that LSU football is 'bigger, faster, stronger' than last year

​​Two injured running backs were present but not full participants as LSU resumed spring practice Tuesday morning. Graduate student Josh Williams and junior Armoni Goodwin wore helmets and no pads while the rest of the team went through drills. They were absent from LSU’s first practice. Williams is...

LSU football practice: A defensive end changes positions and injured running backs appear

The past two girls LHSAA bowling champions, Archbishop Chapelle and Denham Springs, advanced Wednesday through two rounds of the LHSAA playoffs at All Star Lanes in Baton Rouge. Also easily advancing as expected was undefeated No. 1 seed Dutchtown, winning 52 of a possible 54 points on the day. The...

LHSAA girls bowling playoffs: Top-seeded Dutchtown, recent champions advance

The level of drama was different than in past years. But as Wes Theriot noted, he would take a district title any way possible. Junior right-hander Clay Pecue helped make it possible by pitching six shutout innings in The Dunham School’s 6-0 victory over rival Episcopal in a game that decided the District 6-2A baseball title Tuesday night.

How did Dunham clinch a 6-2A baseball title? With an ace dealing fastballs

Hundreds of people filled the LSU Student Union Theater to listen to conservative political commentator Candace Owens talk gender, climate, education and more Tuesday night. As part of its Live Free Tour, conservative advocacy organization Turning Point USA sponsored the event and helped TPUSA @ LSU, the registered student organization, bring Owens to the campus.

Conservative commentator Candace Owens talks gender, climate, education and more at LSU

Louisiana State

Broussard, LA

Long before Broussard became home to oil field service companies along U.S. 90, early Acadian settlers had an intriguing name for the region: Côte Gelée, which means Frozen Hills or Frozen Coast. Present-day Broussard isn't exactly known for its blistery winters, scenic coastline or rolling hills. Yet during...

Acadian settlers had a curious name for the Broussard region: Côte Gelée, or Frozen Hills

Gonzales, LA

A gray LSU hoodie proved to be a key clue in the murder investigation of a St. Amant High senior who was shot during an argument outside a Gonzales gas station in November, court papers show. Gonzales police say they were able to link one of the four suspects, Jamal...

How an LSU hoodie led police to a suspect in a St. Amant High senior's murder

West Feliciana Parish, LA

Saint Francisville, LA

The free seventh annual Tunica Hills Music Festival and Jam will be from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday in St. Francisville. Bring an instrument to join a jam, or listen to the many groups. Food vendors will be on site. Bring chairs, blankets and coolers. Baseball registration open. Registration...

Around the Felicianas for March 22, 2023

Matthew Fortenberry loved basketball, and earlier this month his school team had won a championship. His Glen Oaks Park Elementary School team was supposed to be honored at Wednesday’s Metro Council meeting. Instead, his parents and Baton Rouge leaders stood in the council chambers to announce a funeral expense...

An 11-year-old's funeral fund and a Baton Rouge father's plea: 'Something's got to change'

Sunset, LA

New Roads, LA

New Roads is no longer the "prettiest city on the water." At least, not officially. Citizens voted last week to replace the slogan with a new one: "Come for the culture, stay for the sunsets." Mayor Theron Smith said he realized on the campaign trail that people weren't excited about...

How New Roads got its new slogan: 'Come for the culture, stay for the sunsets.'

Arizona State

Slaughter, LA

The National Institute for Excellence in Teaching announced March 7 that Slaughter Elementary School won $10,000 for its selection as an NIET Founder’s Award finalist. The Founder’s Award was created by Lowell Milken in 2008 to honor one school in the United States each year for exceptional implementation of NIET’s principles to build educator excellence and advance student success.

Slaughter Elementary School named a finalist in NIET Founder’s Award

The timeline for the Comite River Diversion Canal — the Baton Rouge region's biggest flood control project for the past two generations — continues to slip as state highway and federal officials indicated Tuesday the nearly $500 million canal is probably more than two years from completion. The...

Despite delays, Corps, DOTD feel 'sense of urgency' on Baton Rouge's biggest flood project

Lafayette, LA

Anita Begnaud is an action-oriented, results-driven leader who is passionate about building an authentic, diverse and welcoming downtown district that serves as the economic and cultural engine for the City of Lafayette and Acadiana Region. As the leader of the Downtown Development Authority and its partner 501(c)(6) nonprofit, Downtown Lafayette...

How one community builder ignited a spark to make a better downtown

The Georgia man who vanished in Baton Rouge last month likely died of a drug overdose in a home days before his body was dumped in a deserted lot, Baton Rouge police said Monday. Derrick Perkins, 45, was arrested Monday on a count of unlawful disposal of remains and other...

Missing Georgia man likely died of overdose in a home before his body was dumped, police say

A former Lafayette doctor convicted in 1998 of attempted murder for injecting his former mistress with HIV-tainted blood has died. Ken Pastorick, spokesperson for the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, confirmed that Richard J. Schmidt, 74, died at a Baton Rouge hospital Feb. 12. Schmidt was still in Department of Corrections custody at the time of his death, serving a 50-year sentence at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel, Pastorick said.

Ex-Lafayette doctor convicted of injecting former mistress with HIV-tainted blood dies

Baker, LA

Baker Police Chief Carl Dunn announced the Baker Police Department, in partnership with Baker Workforce Development, is offering the Baker Police Achievement Academy Program. The program, which will be available from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, is designed to assist area students by offering tutoring and homework help. It will also provide children with a hot meal during the sessions.

Baker Chief of Police announces after-school childhood literacy and tutoring program

Almost a year and a half ago, the Metro Council unanimously approved a $6 million, federally-funded housing project in Scotlandville, which Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome touted as a boon for an economically disadvantaged area of the parish. But the push to build 36 low-income apartment units at Sora Street and...

How a disagreement over COVID money left a north Baton Rouge housing project in limbo

Chevron's Gulf of Mexico Business Unit on Monday donated six acres of land on the Vermilion River to Lafayette Consolidated Government. The land is near Heymann Park and includes preliminary plans to create walking trails. The property is unique for the area because it includes gently rolling hills and creeks,...

Chevron donates land along Vermilion River to Lafayette. The six acres will become walking trails.

Calcasieu Parish, LA

Louisiana State Police investigators have turned over the case of missing Lafayette woman Ella Goodie to the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office. Trooper Derek Senegal, spokesperson for State Police’s Troop D, said the case was turned over to Calcasieu Parish District Attorney Stephen Dwight’s office March 17. Goodie’s case was reclassified as a homicide about two months after her disappearance on March 9, 2022, when she was last seen while taking a rideshare client to Texas.

Ella Goodie disappearance case turned over to Calcasieu District Attorney’s Office

Nearly two dozen community partners are banding together to host a fentanyl awareness event Wednesday to educate Acadiana residents about the dangers of fentanyl and how to respond to an overdose. The awareness event will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Downtown Convention Center at 124...

Fentanyl is driving overdose deaths in Lafayette. This event aims to educate about the drug.

The charitable foundation for Republic Services will award one of its 2023 National Neighborhood Promise grants to Lafayette Habitat for Humanity that will support the local chapter of 100 Black Men. The Republic Services Charitable Foundation announced the 12 organizations across the country to receive a combined $2.5 million in...

Republic Services grant to benefit 100 Black Men of Lafayette

The city of Baker, which has grappled with controversy over regulating food trucks, now faces a federal lawsuit by a restaurant owner who alleges officials violated her rights through their attempts to restrict the mobile kitchens. Nancy Thomas sued the city and its mayor, Darnell Waites, in U.S. District Court...

In simmering food-truck feud, Shugga Shacc owner sues city of Baker over lost business

New Orleans, LA

An Ascension Parish judge presiding over the rape and false imprisonment case of New Orleans-native rapper Mystikal on Monday barred attorneys, law enforcement officials and potential witnesses from speaking to the news media. Mystikal's new lawyer, Tiffany Myles Crosby, asked for the gag order late last week due to the...

In New Orleans-native rapper Mystikal's rape case, judge bans talking to the media

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LSU pitcher Thatcher Hurd donates NIL earnings to local charity

LSU right-hander Thatcher Hurd donated 100% of his NIL money to the LSU Food Pantry. The money was enough for 30,000 pounds of food, and on...

LSU pitcher Thatcher Hurd donates NIL earnings to local charity

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