L.W. Higgins 'graduation walk tours'
L.W. HIggins High School graduating seniors recently donned caps and gowns to tour elementary schools and inspire them to graduate themselves someday.
View ArticleMESSENGER at Mercury
This video showcases a sample of images taken by the MESSENGER spacecraft, and animations describing how it moved in orbit during its mission. Credits: Images and animation stills courtesy NASA/Johns...
View ArticleDomestic violence housing bill
Legislators hear testimony April 28, 2015, on a proposed bill that would make it illegal to evict victims of documented domestic abuse.
View ArticlePigeon Town or Pension Town you make the call
Pigeon Town, P Town, Pidgen Town, or Pension Town. What do you call that neighborhood nestled in a bend in the Mississippi River?
View ArticleLee Zurik reports on John Alario investigation
Federal officials have launched a criminal investigation into how Louisiana Senate President John Alario spent tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions, according to sources. The...
View ArticleDominick Impastato 4-29-15
Kenner City Councilman Dominick Impastato criticizes Entergy's response to a severe storm and tornado on Monday (April 27)
View ArticleSuspect shot during armed robbery in eastern New Orleans; SWAT team at scene...
With K-9 units, NOPD SWAT enter the Dollar General Store at 10600 block of Chef Menteur Highway in eastern New Orleans where one suspect was killed and another was taken into custody after a robbery...
View ArticleFire destroys appartments on 5940 Freret Street.
Fire destroys apartments on 5940 Freret Street. video by Eliot Fleming
View ArticleOyster lease testimony
Louisiana oyster lease rates could incease 50 percent under a new House bill that passed through the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment on April 29, 2015. The bill comes after a Legislative...
View ArticleThomas Hayes 4-29-15
Thomas Hayes, general manager in Louisiana for Uber, urges the Jefferson Parish Council to vote against the latest version of a ride-hailing ordinance on April 29, 2015
View ArticleTED testimony
A repeal of a state turtle-excluder device enforcement prohibition passed through the state House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment on Wednesday (April 29). It would repeal state...
View ArticleBill to end K-3 suspensions
Gina Womack, executive director of Families and Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children, voices support for Senate Bill 54, a Sharon Weston Broome bill that would prohibit suspensions and...
View Article2015 hurricane season preparations
The 2015 hurricane season begins June 1. Testing of the West Closure Complex, the world's largest pumping station, was conducted Thursday, April 30 by the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection...
View ArticleRev. Charles Duplessis
Rev. Charles Duplessis in his home on Tennessee St. Lower Ninth Ward where his congregation meets for service. The quilt hanging on the wall behind him was made by some of the Mennonite volunteers who...
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Murphy Neal Jones, a retired Air Force Colonel who spent years as a POW in North Vietnam, addresses veterans and others at the Robert Burns American Legion Post No. 16 Hall in Covington on April 30,...
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Murphy Neal Jones, a retired Air Force Colonel who spent years as a POW in North Vietnam, addresses veterans and others at the Robert Burns American Legion Post No. 16 Hall in Covington on April 30,...
View ArticleThe 'Golden Rule' of Personal Branding
Top-rated LSU Marketing Professor and Tigers' Media Trainer Dr. Tommy Karam shares what he considers the "Golden Rule" of personal branding.
View ArticleLSU students, supporters "march the Capitol"
LSU students and supporters marched from A. Z. Young Park in downtown Baton Rouge to the steps of the Louisiana Capitol to protest possible $600 million in state higher education budget cuts on April...
View ArticleLSU students, supporters "march the Capitol"
LSU students and supporters marched from A. Z. Young Park in downtown Baton Rouge to the steps of the Louisiana Capitol to protest possible $600 million in state higher education budget cuts on April...
View ArticleLionfish invasion
Lionfish are an invasive species from the Indo-Pacific that were introduced into Atlantic waters in the mid-1980s and have dramatically reduced native fish populations due to their predation and their...
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