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After a devastating loss as a child, LSU’s Deuce Geralds finds joy in being nightmare for QBs

There was a bounce in Deuce Geralds’ step Tuesday as he walked out of the LSU football facility and explained why he’s adopted a “gravedigger” persona.

The Green Lantern: Ole Miss transfer leads way for LSU defense after loss of Whit Weeks
Scott Rabalais: LSU-Kentucky series has produced Transylvanians, miracles, and a secret handshake

A new BR pizza place filters its water to taste like New York City tap water. Here’s a look inside.

Fire at Oyo Hotel was arson, Baton Rouge Fire Department investigators say

Entergy makes case for expanding Meta data center in hearing while opponents question costs

Baton Rouge meat market clerk shot dead while on the job Wednesday morning

A store clerk at Ragusa’s Meat Market on Beechwood Drive was found fatally shot in the store early Wednesday morning, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department.

Parents of Lafayette teen killed in Baton Rouge mall shooting file wrongful death lawsuit

The parents of Martha Odom, a Lafayette teen who was an innocent bystander killed in an April 23 shootout in a Baton Rouge mall, is suing the mall’s owner, operator, security company and alleged shooter.

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Louisiana officials encourage churches, faith groups to help with foster care and child welfare

The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services hosted an event at Bethany Church i…

Courts

An alleged Hamas fundraising ring spanned 3 continents. The feds say it ran through Louisiana.

A few months into Hamas’ rickety ceasefire with Israel in the Gaza Strip, a senior official …

News

Entergy makes case for expanding Meta data center in hearing while opponents question costs

Entergy and opponents of its plans to build enough power to service a massive expansion of M…

Demystifying Roth Conversions: When and how they might fit into a financial plan

IRA, 401(k), 403(b)—even the names of retirement accounts can feel confusing to those who ar…

News

Lane Regional Medical Center is closing its labor and delivery unit, moving three doctors to Woman’s Hospital

Lane Regional Medical Center, which recently laid off doctors and cut services, says it will…

News

Demolition begins of notorious Baton Rouge motel as part of Mayor Edwards' blight fight

The city-parish has begun taking down the abandoned Oyo Hotel near the intersection of Inter…

Sports

Live: High school football scores in the Baton Rouge area for Week 6 of the 2026 season

It's Week 6 of the high school football season in the Baton Rouge area, and this will be the place to keep up with scores from the big prep contests across South Louisiana.

Scott Rabalais: LSU-Kentucky series has produced Transylvanians, miracles, and a secret handshake

When it comes to LSU football rivalries, the Kentucky series certainly ranks behind Alabama, Ole Miss, Texas A&M and Auburn in terms of intensity and, let’s call it what it is, hate-the-other-team’s-guts-ness.

Cooper Manning’s the man of the hour (well, 2 minutes) on Fox’s NFL pregame show

Cooper Manning studied the chessboard as if he were reading a defense.

Special Reports

Louisiana Inspired: Uplifting stories about your community

Louisiana Inspired is a weekly Sunday feature that focuses on people and organizations in Louisiana who are working toward solving problems and making the world a better place.

Collapsed: An insurance market in crisis

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Louisiana 2050: Explore the perilous future of our coast with maps and data

Louisiana may be the state most at risk from climate change, and the year 2050 could prove t…

Entertainment

A new BR pizza place filters its water to taste like New York City tap water. Here’s a look inside.

Raymond Durbin pointed to a large metal box on the back kitchen wall of the new Prince St. Pizza location in Baton Rouge. The box read “Property of New York WaterMaker,” in big letters on the front.

Honoring the dead: San Antonio comes alive with Día de los Muertos

In south Louisiana, we celebrate the days following Halloween with trips to the cemetery where we refresh and decorate tombs — sometimes with picnics on the granite — to honor those who have left us. Call La Toussaint, or All Saints’ Day, is the Catholic holy day of obligation that takes pla…

LSU Vet Med to celebrate 32nd International Exhibition on Animals in Art with opening reception

The LSU School of Veterinary Medicine will celebrate the opening of its 32nd "International Exhibition on Animals in Art" with a reception from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the LSU Vet Med Library.

Opinions

Editorial: New Orleans school closures will be painful, but what’s the alternative?

We fully appreciate that closing a school — any school — is gut-wrenching.

Editorial: Legislature shouldn’t leave Southern University in the dark

Our state’s historically Black colleges and universities are a jewel in our higher education system, one that has managed to shine over the years even with fewer resources and a lack of attention from state leaders. However, at Southern University’s main campus in Baton Rouge, recent power o…

Letters: As nation’s poorest state, Louisiana can’t bear more cuts to food program

Millions of Americans are facing an impossible situation. They were receiving SNAP — Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — benefits because they qualified under strict government rules. And then that changed.