LSU held a media briefing Tuesday afternoon celebrating the reception of a $160 million grant from the National Science Foundation, the largest ever awarded by the organization.Won in January by the LSU-led...
BATON ROUGE—Lawmakers advanced a bill on Monday that would expand execution methods to include electrocution and nitrogen gas, making it one of more than a dozen proposals just one vote away from...
By Courtney Bell, Deputy News Editor
• February 25, 2024
LSU Campus Sustainability and Student Government are saying “Throw me somethin, Mister!” this Mardi Gras season with collection boxes around campus for unwanted beads and throws.The Mardi Gras...
As temperatures rise and summer approaches, the United States prepares for a remarkable natural event: the emergence of two distinct broods of periodical cicadas, Brood XIX and Brood XIII, but the former...
The LSU Board of Supervisors held its first meeting of the semester early Friday, voting to approve a variety of investments affecting multiple parts of the LSU community.AthleticsNobody had a better day...
BATON ROUGE—Louisiana, which tops lists for both incarceration and crime, moved Friday toward almost entirely eliminating parole and dramatically shrinking good-behavior sentence reductions.
The...
Louisiana's crawfish industry, a vital part of the state's agricultural landscape and cultural heritage, is in turmoil in 2024.The industry, already grappling with the aftermath of a severe drought in...
LSU suspended the Theta Xi fraternity from campus after three members received criminal citations for violating Louisiana's anti-hazing laws.
The fraternity is suspended from LSU's campus for two years...
BATON ROUGE—It may soon be harder to sue police officers in Louisiana with the House advancing a bill 73-31 Thursday that would shield police officers from lawsuits under certain circumstances.
Rep....
When East Baton Rouge School superintendent Sito Narcisse received a buyout on Jan. 12, it marked the end of a tumultuous three years as head of Louisiana’s second largest school system and swung...
Baton Rouge residents living on Brightside Drive near River Road are worried about their safety after reported break-ins across the area.
With many college students living in this part of town, student...
By Courtney Bell, Deputy News Editor
• February 21, 2024
The state of Alabama executed a convicted murderer in January with a method that's never been used before, and Governor Jeff Landry plans to implement this method in Louisiana.Alabama executed Kenneth...
