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BATON ROUGE — In January, 2 On Your Side reported the disappointment expressed by the running community after LSU Facilities Staff removed several water fountains from around the University Lakes. This week, LSU installed new ones. "I actually got to use them while running," Lisa Rogers said. The installation...

BATON ROUGE — A juvenile was convicted of second-degree murder on Thursday for a 2025 club shooting on Choctaw Drive that resulted in the death of a 24-year-old woman. The shooting occurred on June 22, 2025, at an after-hours club along Choctaw Drive, killing Prenesha Wagner. Wagner was killed...

A man was found guilty in connection with the stabbing death of his wife in 2018.

LIVINGSTON PARISH, La. (WAFB) - The missing teen has been found safe, according to the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office. LIVINGSTON PARISH, La. (WAFB) - The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing juvenile. Deputies say 16-year-old Wyatt Fitzgerald was last...

LOUISIANA — A 43-year-old man was killed Saturday afternoon in a motorcycle crash in East Baton Rouge Parish, according to Louisiana State Police. Troopers said the crash happened around 2:42 p.m. on US 61 just south of Jefferson Highway. Investigators identified the motorcyclist as Samuel Wright of Gonzales....

I met arborist Alec Baxt three years ago at the base of an old camellia—he, hanging on a rope, hand-pruning high within the tree; me, frantically passing by. That rushed summer exchange began both one of my most cherished camaraderies and the beginning of my arboricultural tomfoolery. A Brooklyn...

LSU mega booster Gordon McKernan for an exclusive and wide-ranging conversation about some of the biggest issues facing LSU athletics.

On a Saturday night in Death Valley, 102,000 souls roar as one. Smoke curls from tailgate grills, golden helmets flash under floodlights, and a grandfather lifts his grandson onto shoulders worn smooth by decades of the same ritual. “This is why we bleed purple and gold,” he whispers, voice cracking....

The LSU Board of Supervisors on Friday chose veteran trial attorney John Carmouche as its vice chair. Carmouche succeeds business owner Lee Mallett, who was named by Gov. Jeff Landry earlier this month to chair the 16-member board that oversees the university’s activities. Traditionally, the members of the board...

It’s been a big year for Emeril Lagasse—whose flagship, Emeril’s, was the only restaurant in the South to receive two Michelin stars in the guide’s new American South edition. Now, leaping off of that buzz, he’s sending his energies out from the Big Easy to the Red Stick—where his newest concept, Emeril’s Chop House,...