Baton Rouge woman who allegedly stole debit card, medicine from Assumption Parish home arrested
PAINCOURTVILLE – A Baton Rouge woman was arrested after allegedly stealing a debit card and medication from a home in Assumption Parish. According to deputies, 22-year-old Hannah Jade Ordogne was visiting a woman's Paincourtville home on Jan. 21 when she stole the card and medicine. The woman was later notified that...
Baton Rouge area high school wrestlers capture individual state titles
Baton Rouge-area wrestlers showed out at the 2026 LHSAA state wrestling tournament. Across all three boys divisions and the girls divisions, there were four boys individual state champions and eight girls individual state champions from the Baton Rouge area after two days of competing in Shreveport. Catholic finished...
LSU students help clean near LSU Lakes, sorority row in Keep Louisiana Beautiful cleanup
LSU Campus Sustainability and Student Government held the first Keep LSU Beautiful cleanup of the year on Saturday. Campus Sustainability is an affiliate of Keep Louisiana Beautiful, a statewide litter-removal effort. SG assists in organizing monthly cleanups on campus. For this month’s cleanup, participants set out...
Mid City Gras rolls down North Boulevard in Baton Rouge
BATON ROUGE — Mid City Gras rolled down North Boulevard in Baton Rouge on Sunday. The annual Mardi Gras parade featured handmade throws, many of which show the iconic squirrel mascot. One crew in the parade featured several teachers, one of whom was giving out gifts made by her...
Alase Breaks School Record, Again
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Just one week after setting the school record in the 60-meter hurdles, Tashina Alase raised the bar once again Friday at the UAB Green and Gold Invitational inside the Birmingham CrossPlex. Alase clocked an 8.08 in the 60m hurdles preliminaries, improving her own school record by...
Geismar parents plead not guilty in starvation death of 5-year-old boy
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A Geismar couple pleaded not guilty to charges related to the death of their 5-year-old son in court Thursday. Marlon Perilloux, 33, and Raynisa Young, 27, were indicted on second-degree murder charges by an Ascension Parish grand jury. Deputies responded to a reported...
Annual Mardi Gras parade rolls through Gonzales
The fifth annual Krewe of Ascension Mambo parade rolled through Gonzales Feb. 7, adding another chapter to the Mardi Gras tradition in the Ascension Parish city. The 2026 parade rolled at 2 p.m., beginning in front of city hall along Irma Boulevard, turning left onto Cornerview Street and then down Burnside Avenue...
LSU to expand Wildlife Hospital, educate future generations on wildlife rehabilitation
The LSU Vet School houses the Wildlife Hospital of Louisiana, a rehabilitation center operating nonstop that handled around 2,000 cases last year, seeing over 150 different species. It is the only dedicated and surgical facility for the care of wildlife in the state. But with cases increasing every year, Director...
Local Krewe unveils unique armadillo float for Plaquemine Mardi Gras night parade
PLAQUEMINE — Artists are known to draw inspiration from everywhere, and that was definitely the case for Earl Comeaux when he started thinking about his Mardi Gras float this year. “Last year we built a crawfish, and that was kind of fun. So this year I was thinking, ‘What could we do?,'” Comeaux said. “I […] The...
LSU to combat Louisiana brain drain with revamped honors degree program
LSU’s Memorial Tower pictured on March 20, 2023. (Matthew Perschall/Louisiana Illuminator) As Louisiana bleeds educated young people to other states, LSU wants to give them a reason to stay. The LSU Honors College has historically been an add-on option for qualifying students’ existing degree paths, allowing them to...
