MAN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING BOOKS A 23-year-old man unaffiliated with the University was arrested Aug. 31 at about 2:30 p.m. for allegedly attempting to steal $519 worth of textbooks from...

The Student Government Senate will discuss Moodle maintenance, servicelearning and SG election codes tonight at its third meeting of thesemester. The Senate will meet at 6:30 p.m. on the third floor of...

Even though rival football fans think the University's campus smells like corn dogs, to Judith Sylvester, the campus smells like cigarettes.Sylvester, mass communication associate professor, founded the...

The computer screen doesn't have chicken pox.The dots covering the map of Baton Rouge on Family Watchdog, the popular sex offender-tracking Web site, mark the residences and workplaces of sex offenders...

The former chief executive at Louisiana's state-backed insurance company lost a move Tuesday to have his criminal trial moved to Jefferson Parish, as a judge ruled instead that he will stand trial next...

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Fred is continuing to strengthen in the eastern Atlantic, while Tropical Storm Linda is moving slowly far out over the Pacific. Fred's maximum sustained winds increased...

THIBODAUX — Nearly $170,000 is headed for distribution among six Nicholls State University programs from the board that oversees Louisiana's higher education.The Board of Regents awarded a half-dozen...

Students have until noon Friday to vote on a name for the new lounge on the first floor of the Union, according to a broadcast e-mail sent this afternoon.The LSU Student Union Board reviewed suggested...

Home health provider Amedisys Inc. said Tuesday it hired an executive search firm to help find replacements for its president and chief operating officer and its chief information officer, who resigned...

Students interested in improving their communication skills were invited to participate in the University's Distinguished Communicator Program this morning.Two orientations will be held for the program...

U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany of Lafayette will give the Republican rebuttal to President Barack Obama's national speech Wednesday about health care.Boustany, a retired heart surgeon, said in a statement...

Results from standardized tests given to students in Louisiana schools this past spring and summer showed a 4 percent increase in the number of students achieving a score of "basic" or higher from 2008...