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Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, during Tropical Depression Nicholas on LSU's campus in Baton Rouge, La.

NOAA: Baton Rouge at risk of flooding, hail and tornadoes Tuesday afternoon

By Reveille Staff Report March 21, 2022

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...

A sign displays the price of gasoline on Thursday, March 10, 2022, at a Shell station on Highland Road in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU students feel financial pain of high nationwide gas prices: ‘I try not to drive’

By John Buzbee March 21, 2022

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...

A barricade blocks one side of fresh concrete on Monday, March 7, 2022, in the LSU Quad in Baton Rouge, La.

Picking up the pieces: Construction makes way for new sidewalks in the Quad

By Chandler McIntosh March 17, 2022

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...

Earcel Boyd was a member of a violent Ku Klux Klan offshoot, the Silver Dollar Group, in the mid-1960s. 

Sons of KKK member speak on childhood experiences: ‘I kind of lost my respect for him’

By Josh Archote March 17, 2022

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...

LSU President William Tate IV, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, LSU Board of Supervisor Chair Remy Starnes and Louisiana Board of Regents member Richard Lipsey cut a ribbon on Wednesday March 16 at an event announced new LSU cybersecurity and defense initiatives

President Tate, governor announce cybersecurity partnership for LSU

By Piper Hutchinson March 16, 2022

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...

Woman comforts Trinelle Willis, mother of Deaughn Willis, as they watch a speaker at a candlight vigil on Sunday

Residents, LSU students demand body cam footage for Baton Rouge resident killed by police

By Maddie Scott March 16, 2022

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...

Earcel Boyd preached at Baptist churches before and after joining the Ku Klux Klan.

Sons of KKK preacher recall abusive home life, differences in beliefs: ‘As a Christian, you can’t be that way’

By Josh Archote March 15, 2022

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...

Picture of check, image courtesy of Orange County Register 

Faculty Senate resolution asks LSU admin for professor pay raise to keep up with cost of living

By Piper Hutchinson March 15, 2022

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...

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards discusses the Omicron variant on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, during a press conference inside the Louisiana State Capitol on North Third Street in Baton Rouge, La.

Louisiana public health emergency will end Wednesday, governor announces

By Reveille Staff Report March 14, 2022

Louisiana's public health emergency, which has been in place for two years,  won't be renewed on Wednesday, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Monday during his State of the State address. "On March...

A pair of trees frame the State Capitol on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, at 900 North Third Street in Baton Rouge, La.

Vaccine access, content restriction and NIL: Here’s what upcoming legislation could affect LSU

By Piper Hutchinson March 13, 2022

Out of the hundreds of bills filed ahead of Louisiana’s regular legislative session, dozens would have far-reaching effects on the state’s universities.  The bills’ subjects range...

The LSU Feminist for Action organization sets up an information booth Tuesday, March 8, 2022, for the Women for the Win event on the Parade Ground on LSU’s campus in Baton Rouge, LA.

LSU Women’s organizations come together to celebrate National Women’s Day

By Alexa Hatten & Maltida Sipp March 12, 2022

While devoting a day entirely to women may not fix years of systemic injustice and oppression, International Women’s Day is a prominent time that allows women to come together and celebrate...

LSU President William F. Tate testifies to the Senate Finance Committee on March 8, 2022. 

LSU president asks legislature for extra cash, fields odd question on international students

By Piper Hutchinson March 10, 2022

Ahead of the regular legislative session, which begins March 14, LSU President William F. Tate is raising the alarm on Louisiana’s challenges and asking the state for extra cash to address them.Tate...