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Take a tour through LSU's new recovery center in the football operations building
By 2:15 p.m. Monday, LSU football players began to fill the practice facility. They walked past the revamped nutrition area and sat on the athletic training tables, using the newest addition to the football operations building on their recovery day. The renovation finished in time for preseason camp. For the...
How did LSU football's Paris Shand end up in Baton Rouge? He was open to trying something new.
The word Paris Shand used to describe his upbringing was "open." Open to traveling the world. Open to trying new things. Open to having different experiences. "I've always been encouraged to try and do different things," Shand said. Shand is a senior edge rusher for LSU football, an expected key...
Rummel looks to benefit from last year’s challenging run to LHSAA football semifinals
Rummel began last season with a 1-3 record, and at one point played without nine projected starters because of injury. And still, the Raiders reached the semifinals of the Division I select playoffs. Rummel would like to make another deep playoff run but without all the injuries. “I have to...
Ruston resident Loy Seal chosen to share LSU experience on Sept. 21 gameday
While LSU boasts 70,000 season ticket holders, Ruston resident Loy Seal was one of seven individuals selected as part of the Tiger Stadium 100 Fan Memory Wall. Tiger Stadium is celebrating 100 years this season, and during the Sept. 21 home game against UCLA, Seal will be recognized on the field, and an interview of some of his memories of Tiger Stadium will be featured on the videoboard.
Viral Dual Hurricane Hoax Currently Taking Louisiana Social Media by Storm
As the weekend approached, Louisiana residents were startled by the news of a potentially historic event: two simultaneous hurricanes forming in the Gulf of Mexico. The alarming forecast shared widely on social media, suggested that both tropical depressions were set to strengthen into Category 1 hurricanes by early next week, with nearly the entire Gulf Coast in their path.
Louisiana Windshield Damage – A Rock Falls From a Truck, Who Pays?
If the question is "What is Louisiana known for"? Then the answer might just be good food and bad roads. I don't think there is any argument that some of the best meals you can find are at hole-in-the-wall places in Krotz Springs, Estherwood, Charenton, and Loreauville. And some of the worst roads you could ever experience will be the roads that you have to take to get to those communities.
New Louisiana law that undoes mug shot restrictions can affect livelihoods, advocates say
A new law in Louisiana undoes the progress the state has made in restricting the release of mug shots for people accused of non-violent crimes, say criminal justice reform advocates and the New Orleans public defenders’ office. Act 281, signed by Gov. Jeff Landry, went into effect Aug. 1 and essentially repeals a 2022 measure […]
Trial begins for man accused of killing former Baton Rouge police officer during auto break-in
He was an ex-Army Airborne Ranger and former Baton Rouge policeman who retired from law enforcement to start his own construction company. Family members remember Ryan Gibbs Hord as a force in the Capital Heights community. A devoted gardener, he built a planter at Bernard Terrace Elementary School near his house and filled it with flowers. He imbued the neighborhood with pocket-filled flowers planted in small garden beds.
It's go time: Check out this week's Baton Rouge Football, Volleyball Jamboree schedules
Jefferson Rise vs. Ascension Christian, 6 p.m. Parkview Baptist vs. Brusly, 7:30 p.m. Capitol vs. Collegiate Baton Rouge, 6 p.m. Central vs. East Ascension, 7 p.m. Format: Two 12-minute halves, freshmen/JV starts at 5 p.m. Live Oak Jamboree. At LOHS. Hammond vs. Live Oak, 7 p.m. Format: Two 12-minute halves,...
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