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Dunham completes perfect regular season in dominating fashion vs. Slaughter Charter

Senior defensive back Grant Morgan recalled the origin of this year’s special season for The Dunham School.

See which business led or owned by LSU grads grew fastest, made the most money

Reported owner of tiger coming to LSU-Alabama game has long history of federal violations

Jeff Landry's tax package advances in Louisiana Legislature but obstacles are mounting

Kim Mulkey had Nick Saban come speak to her LSU team. Here's what he said

A day ahead of Nick Saban's most unique LSU-Alabama football experience in over 25 years, women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey brought in the legendary former head coach to speak to her team on Friday.

Kirk Herbstreit will call LSU-Alabama game days after losing Ben, his dog and best friend

For the sake of football fans, and perhaps some sense of normalcy, Kirk Herbstreit is still set to call the LSU-Alabama football game this Saturday night in Tiger Stadium.

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Baton Rouge faces a $40M budget hole due to St. George — and police account for much of it

Baton Rouge is losing more than $40 million in taxes and fees due to the creation of the cit…

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Louisiana tax panel OKs Jeff Landry's income tax cut and corporate tax repeal. Here's what's next

The two big sweeteners in Gov. Jeff Landry’s ambitious tax package – a billion-dollar reduct…

Elections

Republicans on verge of winning House majority, with two Louisiana congressmen at the helm

WASHINGTON – Though many votes still need counting, more signs Thursday indicated Republican…

Courts

Trial underway for Baton Rouge man accused of killing neighbor, firing at SWAT during standoff

Ronald LeDuff had recently purchased his first home, his girlfriend was pregnant with their …

State Politics

Baton Rouge mayor's communication chief headed back to TV — see where, when

Mark Armstrong is headed back to the media industry.

Business

Art Favre's construction career began at LSU. A big donation hopes to do the same for others.

Art Favre, the co-founder of Baton Rouge-based Performance Contractors, was a member, back i…

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Football

Dunham completes perfect regular season in dominating fashion vs. Slaughter Charter

Senior defensive back Grant Morgan recalled the origin of this year’s special season for The Dunham School.

Brusly, Istrouma had a defensive slugfest that was decided by a missed extra point

Friday night's battle for second place in District 6-4A turned into a defensive slugfest between Istrouma and Brusly.

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Bob Dean: Botched hurricane evacuation, fallout

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Entertainment

World War II Museum in New Orleans spotlights Black service members with special exhibit

In a large, grainy photo blown up to life size, U.S. Marines salute in dapper formation. Today their proud dress uniforms are instantly recognizable, but when the photo was shot in the 1940s, it might have caused a stir. That's because it is an early image of Black Marines, a group that hadn…

Katy Perry to headline Endymion Mardi Gras post-parade party in New Orleans' Superdome

Pop diva Katy Perry will headline the Krewe of Endymion’s enormous post-parade party on March 1 in the Superdome, according to a post Friday on Endymion's Facebook page.

Stephen Hightower is stepping down from City Group Hospitality. Where's he headed?

When some people retire, they head to the golf course, where their days are spent relaxing on the green.

Opinions

Will Sutton: Cleo Fields wins same Louisiana district 30 years apart. It may go away again.

Columnist Will Sutton on State Sen. Cleo Fields' election to fill the new 4th Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives:"It's fitting that Fields' return to Congress resulted from a court fight over redistricting. His previous tenure there, from 1993-97, ended because …

Will Sutton: Louisiana Howard students celebrated Kamala Harris. Then the results came in.

Columnist Will Sutton says some are mourning Vice President Kamala Harris's presidential election loss, including Louisiana students who attend her alma mater, Howard University. Listen to Naima Bocage.'Bocage woke Wednesday about 9 a.m. and reached for her phone. "I automcatically started c…

Ron Faucheux: How and where did Donald Trump win the election

The best way to determine how and where a presidential candidate has won, or lost, is to look at the exit polling. It allows voters, and not so-called experts, to answer these basic questions.

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