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Two Calcasieu educators honored for excellence
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Two Calcasieu Parish educators are being recognized for their commitment to excellence in teaching. Saturday the Louisiana Department of Education celebrated some of the state’s most outstanding teachers and leaders at the 18th Annual Cecil J. Picard Educator Excellence Awards Gala at the World War II Museum in New Orleans.
Greater New Orleans Little League Wins 12U State Baseball Championship
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Greater New Orleans (GNO) Little League will represent Louisiana next week in the Little League Baseball Southwest Region Tournament after winning the state title in Broussard, Louisiana, on Wednesday night. GNO Little League’s 12U Majors team will play Oklahoma on Thursday, Aug. 1, at...
‘We just don’t want them to die': As drug deaths double, inmates get overdose training
A few times a month, a team of health care workers stands in front of inmates at the New Orleans jail, quizzing them about the signs of overdose. On a recent afternoon, 24-year-old Dontrace Young nodded as the group talked about the shallow, slow breathing that precedes a drug death. Two of his cousins died from opioid use in their early 20s. He ticks off the drug users in his life: his mother, grandmother, uncles, aunts.
New Orleans events: Iron & Wine, 'Pippin,' Nai Palm, Museum Month and more coming up July 29-Aug. 4
Looking for more to do this week? Check out the latest on Gambit's calendar at calendar.gambitweekly.com. As Iron & Wine, singer-songwriter Sam Beam has crafted a gentle and sometimes soaring blend of folk and indie rock. Earlier this year, he released “Light Verse,” his the first studio album since his 2019 collaboration with Calexico. He describes it as a project about shedding the isolation of the pandemic, and at times is swells, buoyed by a 24-piece orchestra. Singer-songwriter Rosali opens at 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 31, at Orpheum Theater. Find tickets via orpheumnola.com.
'A blessing.' Grand Isle locals left homeless by Ida get new houses built by nonprofit
Christian and Terrill Pizani braved Hurricane Ida three years ago from his 67-foot shrimp boat in Port Fourchon, where the storm unleashed 130 mph winds as it made landfall. By the time it passed, their home back in Grand Isle — Louisiana’s last inhabited barrier island 17 miles east — was left decimated. The couple spent seven months living on the shrimp boat before eventually using money from an insurance payout to buy an RV they parked among the wreckage of their former home.
Ron Forman leaves big shoes to fill at Audubon. Nearly 500 hopefuls want the job.
When Ron Forman announced in late 2023 that he would retire after more than half a century as president and CEO of the Audubon Nature Institute, he set in motion an executive search process that, more than six months later, is proving to be somewhat unprecedented. Nearly 500 hopefuls from...
Helping Hands: New Orleans’ $1 Million Program Empowers 800 High School Students with Financial Stability
New Orleans Launches Pilot Program to Support High School Students. Guaranteed Income Initiative Aims to Provide Financial Stability for 800 Students. According to justthenews, New Orleans is starting a new program to help 800 high school students. The city is spending $1 million to give these students a little extra money every month for three years. This will help them with basic needs like food and clothes, so they can focus on their education.
Anticipation for Tulane's first preseason football practice has been intense
No one is more excited for the dawn of the Jon Sumrall era at Tulane than his own players. The buildup has been intense from his arrival last December through spring practice and summer workouts leading up to Monday’s first preseason football practice. “Oh man, we’ve been talking about...
LSU Football's 2019 National Championship Season is aging even better this week
The LSU Football team capped off one of the most incredible seasons in College Football history in 2019, going 15-0 and winning the National Championship. The team is often in debates now with the 2001 Miami Hurricanes, 1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers, 2004 USC Trojans, and a ton of other National Champions for the title of the greatest team of all time.
Maggie MacNeil misses the podium in 100-meter butterfly heartbreaker
Maggie MacNeil had the chance to defend her gold medal from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the women’s 100-meter butterfly, but the former LSU swimmer missed the podium after coming up short of a bronze medal on Sunday. MacNeil ultimately finished fifth in the event with a time of...
Saints QB Makes Major Announcement About His Rare Health Scare
No one would blame New Orleans Saints quarterback Jake Haener for being rattled by his recent health scare. The 25-year-old signal-caller informed reporters on Friday that he was diagnosed with a form of skin cancer that’s rare to see in someone as young as he is. Haener also disclosed that he’s ...
LSU gymnast Aleah Finnegan makes Olympic debut with the Philippines
Rising senior LSU gymnast Aleah Finnegan will hope to lead the Tigers to back-to-back national titles next spring, but first, she’s representing the Philippines in international competition as she made her Olympic debut in Paris on Sunday in the artistic women’s gymnastics qualifying round. She was the first Filipina gymnast to compete at the Olympics since 1964, and she was one of three individual gymnasts competing for the Philippines. She finished with an all-around score of 50.498 in subdivision three with her highest score coming on the vault at 13.733. Unfortunately, her qualifying score finished with a rank of 38, meaning she will not qualify for the final on Aug. 1. Aleah Finnegan, The Olympian 🥹 pic.twitter.com/QPpYj0r3Hp — LSU Gymnastics (@LSUgym) July 28, 2024 Finnegan won an individual national title this season on the floor and helped clinch LSU’s national title by anchoring the team on bars in the final rotation at the NCAA championships. Contact/Follow us @LSUTigersWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Louisiana State news, notes, and opinions. Follow Tyler to continue the conversation on Twitter: @TylerNettuno
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