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...

Members of Student Government will host the first "Straight Talk" ofthe semester from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Free Speech Alley today. SG President Stuart Watkins, members of the executive staff and...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Louisiana State University Tiger Band is set to be inducted this weekend into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame — the only college marching band to receive such an honor. The...

Tiger fans will be saying "Hello" to a new kind of concessions this football season — sushi. Local Japanese restaurant Hello Sushi will open three booths inside Tiger Stadium this fall, offering...

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...

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — In a pep talk that kept clear of politics, President Barack Obama on Tuesday challenged the nation's students to take pride and ownership in their education — and stick...

Baton Rouge is now ranked 36 for the worst traffic in the United States, according to a recent Inrix study. The study, which takes into account the first half of 2009, found 64 of the 100 most populated...

In a message sent to Manship School of Mass Communication students this afternoon, Dean Jack Hamilton formally addressed his recent decision to resign."When I came to the school in 1992 I had a brand new...

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...