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Popular radio personality T-Bob Hebert is leaving Baton Rouge for a big opportunity
11+ mon, 4+ day ago (360+ words) LSU coach Brian Kelly, center, speaks with T-Bob Hebert, left, and Jacob Hester of WNXX-FM 104. 5 in Baton Rouge during Southeastern Conference media days on Monday, July 15, 2024, in Dallas. One of Baton Rouge's most popular sports radio personalities is leaving Louisiana…...
Nell Nolan: Pharmacy Museum, Boys Town Louisiana, Caledonian 2026
9+ hour, 29+ min ago (302+ words) On a recent Saturday night, gaming was the gambit. "Viva Las Vegas" headed the invitation, which announced the Pharmacy Museum's 25th annual fundraiser to further its 75-year mission of preservation and education. Supporters rallied to join in a night of "giving,…...
Kissing bug disease could persist in U. S. year-round. What does it mean for Louisiana?
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (860+ words) Eastern Bloodsucking Conenose Kissing Bug (Triatoma sanguisuga) on a leaf in Houston, TX. Dangerous biting insect native to the USA, that carries Chagas disease. Although the name sounds endearing, the 'kissing bug' disease is nothing to fawn over. The disease…...
LSU baseball vs. Southern: Tuesday game to resume at 9: 50 p. m. after lightning delay
2+ week, 4+ day ago (188+ words) LSU baseball is coming off its best weekend in about a month, taking down Kentucky twice in a three-game series at Alex Box Stadium. The Tigers came back from a 7-0 deficit on Sunday to clinch the series victory, eventually running…...
Louisiana hospitals rank 17th in national safety rankings. See which hospitals scored top marks.
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (329+ words) Multiple times a year, the Leapfrog Group, a two-decades-old nonprofit group, releases hospital safety grades for health systems across the United States." The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, which are "A," "B," "C," "D" or "F" classification, are given to general…...
'A wow moment': how Hurricane Rita changed the way southwest Louisiana handles disasters
7+ mon, 4+ day ago (1728+ words) Holly Beach is pictured after Hurricane Rita tore through southwest Louisiana in September 2005. Lake Charles Mayor Randy Roach studies weather updates ahead of Hurricane Rita in September 2005. Gov. Kathleen Blanco speaks to southwest Louisiana during a Calcasieu Parish emergency operations…...
Clean energy firms are investing billions in Louisiana. What happens if federal subsidies end?
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (743+ words) Oxbow Solar farm located along Ventress Road on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in Ventress, Louisiana. Louisiana economic officials and politicians have cheered the billions of dollars in industrial projects recently cropping up across the state, driven in part by lucrative federal tax…...
New epilepsy clinic in Baton Rouge transforms care opportunities for children with seizures
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1218+ words) Pediatric Neurologist Yash D. Shah, MD, explains using a model of a brain how epilepsy monitoring units can measure brain activity and help with diagnosis at Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital on Thursday, October 16, 2025. On the fourth floor of…...
Blue Bayou Water Park in Baton Rouge to reopen next year under new name and management
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (625+ words) Kids of all ages have fun in the Hurricane Bay wave pool at Baton Rouge's Blue Bayou Water Park & Dixie Landin', Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Blue Bayou Water Park in Baton Rouge will reopen in May 2026 under new management and a new…...
Fishermen seek class-action suits over Louisiana oil spill
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (1052+ words) Allegedly oiled boat dock and commercial crabbing equipment are shown in these images filed with a new federal lawsuit accusing the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port of damages from a Feb. 26 crude oil spill in the Gulf. Louisiana Offshore Oil Port,…...