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LAFAYETTE – Dunham's Zadi Huggins dove for the ball during the second set against John Curtis Friday in the Division IV semifinals in Lafayette. She stayed down on the court and struggled to put weight on her leg. Huggins was helped to the sideline, but she didn't stay out of the game long.

No. 14 Gonzaga and LSU will put unbeaten records on the line as they meet Saturday in Spokane, Wash., in the toughest test for each team so far this season. LSU coach Will Wade said he hopes the 2,300-mile trip to the Pacific Northwest will be worth the $30,000 guarantee his team received to play just off the Gonzaga campus at Spokane's Numerica Veterans Arena. "We're getting money for our NIL to go up there, so the check ain't going to bounce," Wade said. "That may be the best part of the trip

LSU returns to Tiger Stadium on Saturday night to face Texas in the Tigers’ final home game of the season. Kickoff is set for 6:49 p.m. CT on ABC. Saturday’s festivities include Senior Night recognition before kickoff and a halftime ceremony honoring former LSU quarterback Bert Jones. Below...

When Denham Springs High School students and staff shuffled into the school gym Friday morning, they thought they were there to hear a speech from the state superintendent about the school’s strong academic performance. They were. But the speech was camouflage for something more. The real purpose of the...

BATON ROUGE — A large-scale fentanyl trafficker and a sophisticated fentanyl manufacturing laboratory have been uncovered in Baton Rouge, according to the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office. On Thursday, deputies arrested Torrey Lewis Jr., 34, and carried out three search warrants at locations connected to his alleged drug...

NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana has formally submitted a proposal to establish the U.S. Space Academy at LSU New Orleans, positioning the university’s lakefront campus as the potential permanent home of a proposed NASA-supported federal academy that would educate future astronauts, engineers, scientists and leaders for the nation’s space programs.

Gram's Mercantile will combine a vintage store, boutique shop, and a community hub

BATON ROUGE — Louisiana is leading the nation in reported flu cases, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as health officials encourage residents to take precautions to prevent the spread of the virus. While flu activity remains lower in the Baton Rouge area,...

BATON ROUGE — East Baton Rouge Parish voters will choose between two candidates in the District 3 school board runoff in one month. Four candidates originally ran for the seat. On election day, incumbent Carla Powell got more than 4,700 votes, and Thomasina Joseph got about 2,800 votes, sending them into a runoff.

A Baton Rouge man with a passion for and knowledge of bridges and roads has presented a plan to the Baton Rouge Area Foundation to change the skyline of Louisiana's capital city.