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Louisiana: If You See This Device, You’re Being Recorded
Have You Ever Wanted to Secretly Record a Conversation?. There have been times when I wish I could have recorded someone and played it back to see if I actually heard what I thought I heard. Do you know how many arguments I could have won in my past relationship?
Feral hogs are Louisiana's most troublesome new transplant
Walk around New Orleans long enough, and you’re bound to hear grizzled locals grumbling about unwelcome tourists and transplants. Travel outside of the city, and you’ll hear man Louisianians grumbling about a different type of transplant: feral hogs
Tanna McClure Named as Director of Advancement for Central School System
Former Central High School athletic standout Tanna McClure has been named Director of Advancement for the Central Community School System to improve the system’s fundraising and endowment efforts, according to Supt. Jason Fountain. Fountain said the district created the new position to improve its alumni relations, program fundraising and...
Louisiana reclassifies drugs used in abortions as controlled dangerous substances
This article originally appeared on KFF Health News. Louisiana lawmakers have added two drugs commonly used in pregnancy and reproductive health care to the state’s list of controlled dangerous substances, a move that has alarmed doctors in the state. Mifepristone and misoprostol have many clinical uses, and one use...
ICYMI: LSU football previews major upgrade to Tiger Stadium
One of the greatest venues in all of college football is about to get even better. Earlier this week, LSU football announced that not only is Tiger Stadium being upgraded with a hefty dose of LED lights, but purple and gold fans will have a nearly doubled in size videoboard to look forward to for the 2024 home opener in early September.
Classic Showdown: Notre Dame Triumphs 3-0 over LSU in 1970 Game
Focusing on the Notre Dame vs. LSU matchup in 1970, the game was marked by intense competition and strong emotions, showcased the essence of college football during that era, with both teams fighting for a Cotton Bowl spot. LSU's defensive effort limited Notre Dame to 78 rushing yards and less...
Unlikely LSU beach volleyball duo looks to make mark in Olympic history
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A 6′4 South Dakotan and a 5′6 New Orleanian -- an unlikely match made in Tiger country now ready to take on the world. Meet Taryn Kloth of Sioux Falls and Kristen Nuss, a Mount Carmel graduate: a beach volleyball pair like no other in Olympic history and it all started in Baton Rouge.
Baton Rouge rapper Boosie indicted again on gun charges; he says he's on vacation
Baton Rouge rapper Torence "Boosie" Hatch has been indicted again on gun charges, court records show. Earlier this month, a judge dismissed a gun charge against Hatch, who previously performed under the names "Lil Boosie" and "Boosie Badazz." Hatch was charged in San Diego with being a felon in possession...
National EMS Academy to offer hybrid EMT course for students in Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The National EMS Academy is composed of the Acadian Ambulance and South Louisiana Community College. The partnership was founded back in 2003 with the goal to help train and educate students to become EMTs, then paramedics. Students in Louisiana have a great opportunity in a...
See how Southern Lab girls basketball star Shaila Forman has rebounded from an injury
The helpless feeling still is fresh in Shaila Forman’s mind one year later. “I was falling back to play defense and contest a layup,” she said. “I jumped up and came down. I felt it (her knee) buckle. I kept telling everybody there, ‘No, I can’t be hurt … I can’t be hurt … not now.’ ”
Projecting LSU baseball's lineup, pitching rotation post-2024 MLB Draft, transfer portal
LSU baseball didn't end the 2024 season the way it wanted, only advancing to the Chapel Hill Regional championship and no further. Since the close of the campaign, there's been a couple of oh-no's pertaining to next season's roster but for Jay Johnson and staff, there's been far more oh-yeah's to celebrate. The coaches have hit the transfer portal hard to build the team for 2025 and they also got a couple of high school signees to...
Entire State at Risk – Louisiana Bracing for Torrential Downpours
If you spent more than a few summer days in Louisiana in the past you probably know the drill as far as our "typical" summer weather pattern is concerned. People in Lafayette, New Iberia, Lake Charles, and even Shreveport and Monroe in northern Louisiana understand "partly cloudy, hot and humid, the chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon".
Louisiana Stomach ‘Bug’ Might Be Something More Sinister
It's summertime and all over Louisiana from Monroe and Ruston in the north to Lake Charles and Lafayette in the south emergency departments at hospitals and walk-in clinics too are full of people all complaining about a similar symptom. This scenario has many health officials concerned because the spike in "stomach bugs" appears to be related to a more serious medical malady.
Louisiana: If You See This Device, You’re Being Recorded
Have You Ever Wanted to Secretly Record a Conversation?. There have been times when I wish I could have recorded someone and played it back to see if I actually heard what I thought I heard. Do you know how many arguments I could have won in my past relationship?
Latest LEAP scores show why the three Rs at Louisiana schools shouldn’t include religion
Results from the most recent round of standardized testing at Louisiana public schools reveal progress for third- through eighth-grade students is mired in math and science while improving only slightly in English. Officials and researchers believe learning loss over the COVID-19 pandemic — when schools had to turn to remote instruction — is now showing […]
Louisiana woman kicked out of Baton Rouge restaurant because of controversial dress code
On Tuesday, Facebook user Miney M Mac posted a series of videos from Stab's Prime Steak and Seafood in Baton Rouge, where she was turned away because of a new dress code policy. The user also goes by the name, Y'Mine McClanahan. According to her post, she was asked to...
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