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SEC Network to debut a documentary on LSU Football's Earthquake Game
The 1988 matchup between the LSU Tigers and the Auburn Tigers is one of the most iconic game sin SEC History. Defenses dominated the game with Auburn leading 6-0 with less than two minutes to go in the game. The Tigers needed a touchdown to take the lead and with 1:47 left in the game Tommy Hodson threw a touchdown strike to Eddie Fuller to give LSU the lead late.
(Neighbor) Hood Fest: Here are all the details on this new Baton Rouge event
There's a new festival in town and it takes place from noon to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 27, at the Main Library at Goodwood, 7711 Goodwood Blvd. The first (Neighbor) Hood Fest is presented by Henry Turner Jr.’s Listening Room Museum Foundation, which most recently put on the Baton Rouge Soul Food Festival. The new event is "about unity and community," according to the foundation.
LSU Football's All-Time Record against every team on the 2024-25 Schedule
The new look SEC brings in some new matchups for the LSU Tigers as they'll face off against Oklahoma as a conference opponent while a matchup with Texas will come down the road. The SEC has done away with divisions so the Tigers will only face Alabama, Ole Miss, and Texas A&M on a yearly basis which were arguably the three toughest opponents in the SEC West this past decade.
Virtual panel to shed light on gun violence
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome’s peace initiative aimed at reducing violence within communities, Summer of Hope, continues with a virtual panel discussion on Thursday, July 18. The event is called “Building Bridges, Uniting Teens and Parents to End Gun Violence” and will begin at 6:30...
Rainy pattern keeps temperatures below normal
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Rest of Today: A weak cool front sinking into the region from the north, combined with an upper-air disturbance, will lead to widespread showers and t-storms by this afternoon. Rains may still hold off long enough in some areas to allow highs to reach the low 90s.
Federal funds still available for low-income families; parents advised to check EBT records
BATON ROUGE — More than $1.4 million in special federal benefits from 2023 have gone unused and will expire in less than 30 days, according to the Baton Rouge-based Alliance to Defeat Hunger. Parents who received federal food stamp benefits at that time should check their EBT records to...
NAACP requesting school board member's resignation
BATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge NAACP is asking East Baton Rouge Parish School Board member and BREC Commission member Nathan Rust to be removed from both roles for aligning with a member of Moms for Liberty. Rust appointed Paige Lowry to the community leaders panel during two days of...
Tenants given 24-hour notices to vacate, landlord missing out on rent money
BATON ROUGE - There were at least 20 tenants at Tiger Park who received 24-hour notices to vacate last week. Some of those tenants reached out to 2 On Your Side for help with their situation. Alexis Johnson says she moved into her unit a month ago. Ever since she...
Lawyers push to relocate St. John elementary students from school next to chemical plant
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is asking a federal judge to require St. John the Baptist Parish School Board to relocate students from an elementary school located right next to a chemical plant. Fifth Ward Elementary School sits about 500 feet from the Denka Performance Elastomers plant in the small, predominantly Black community of Reserve. […] The post Lawyers push to relocate St. John elementary students from school next to chemical plant appeared first on Louisiana Illuminator.
Thibodaux museum exhibits photos from Vacherie man who advocated for leprosy community
An exhibit at Thibodaux’s Jean Lafitte Museum shows how one man was both a patient and the chronicler of America’s first leprosy community. Carville, Louisiana, became America’s first leprosy quarantine community. The hospital began in 1894 and saw its last patients in 2016. Johnny P. Harmon was...
Search underway for missing man in Pointe Coupee Parish
POINTE COUPEE PARISH, La. (WAFB) - A search team is looking for a man who officials say went missing from his hunting camp in northern Pointe Coupee Parish. Sheriff Rene’ Thibodeaux said Kennith Porche was last known to be at his hunting camp on Gus Lacey Road off Highway 417 in the Batchelor area. Porche has reportedly not been heard from since around 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16.
AT&T Provides Update on Data Breach Affecting Customers in Louisiana
AT&T has confirmed a data breach that has impacted some of its customers in Louisiana. Contrary to previous reports that suggested nearly all AT&T customers had their calls, texts, and information compromised, the latest update reveals a more contained incident. Details of the Incident. In a recent communication to affected...
WEATHER WATCH: Torrential downpours in forecast
Southwest Louisiana will be experiencing a wet pattern through the weekend with the possibility of torrential downpours that could lead to flooding. Joe Rua, lead meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Lake Charles office, said a frontal boundary is moving into the region and is expected to interact with a moist air mass when it […]
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