This is the third in a three-part series.
Leland and Sonny Boyd say some relatives and old friends wonder why they are speaking publicly about their father’s involvement in the Ku Klux Klan in 1960s...
A resolution introduced in the Louisiana Senate would create a task force to study tenure policies at the state’s colleges and universities, worrying LSU faculty members that lawmakers may pass laws...
As budget cuts prevent the production of physical yearbooks, LSU seniors have conflicting opinions about the new digital format.LSU’s yearbook, The Gumbo, is produced by the LSU Office of Student...
LSU will close on Tuesday at noon due to the threat of severe weather, according to an email sent from the university.
Classes and on-campus activities after this time will be canceled.
Residence halls,...
Baton Rouge and surrounding areas are at an increased risk of flooding, damaging winds, hail and tornadoes Tuesday, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s storm prediction...
As gas prices across the country skyrocket over $4 per gallon, LSU students are feeling the pain.
Rising gas prices can be attributed to two factors: the continuing economic recovery from the pandemic...
Sidewalks adjacent to the LSU Library, in the middle of the Quad and other locations are being restored this month to address tripping hazards. Assistant director of site and master planning Dennis...
This is the second in a three-part series.When Leland Boyd woke up in the middle of the night as a child, he’d sometimes find his father Earcel in the bathroom, scrubbing his hands over and over. “The...
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards joined LSU President William Tate IV to announce a coalition of private industry, federal and state agencies and higher education institutions to make LSU and Louisiana...
Family members, Baton Rouge residents and LSU students gathered in front of the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office on Sunday for a candlelight vigil honoring Deaughn Willis, a 25-year-old Black Baton...
First in a three-part series.Though 57 years have passed, Leland Boyd still can’t forget the smell of burnt human flesh. In December 1964, Leland, then 12, stood in the doorway of a hospital...
The LSU Faculty Senate introduced a resolution on Feb. 23 calling for an increase in faculty wages to adjust for rises in the cost of living. The resolution requests that the university include a...
