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In April 2022, the legendary Bourbon Street entertainer Chris Owens died at the age of 89. For more than 60 years she was Bourbon Street's star attraction, a singular figure who stood out — all sequins and legs and gravity-defying......

LSU basketball star Angel Reese has made it all the way to New York City in this weekend's "Saturday Night Live."...

Not having to pay state income taxes sounds good, right?...

Two Ascension Parish councilmen allege the parish pumping stations director was retaliated against and fired because he told administration officials that staff and management shortfalls contributed to a dangerous pump station fire in late December....

Fairview sophomore Reesie Jinks and Gibsland-Coleman senior Terrance James headline the Louisiana Sports Writers Association's Class C All-State basketball teams....

Track and Field...

One bought them for resale on Gulf Coast, dumped surplus upon returning, agency says...

Even a poor warmup couldn't slow down Zachary distance runner Rhen Langley at Episcopal High's Jostens Relays....

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Honorary starters haven't always been a tradition at The Masters, it just seems that way given how long ago the practice began....

It had all the makings of a comfortable ho-hum midweek home victory over a struggling visiting team Tuesday for UL....

LAKE CHARLES The UL Ragin' Cajuns softball team completed the three-game regular season sweep of McNeese in style Tuesday with a dominating 7-0 win over the Cowgirls....

Following a unanimous vote Tuesday, the Ascension Parish School Board announced it selected Edith Walker to serve as the district's new superintendent of schools....

Alexis Morris was at the Starbucks on College Drive across from Walmart when she realized her car was out of gas....

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Augusta National Golf Club has a slew of impressive and memorable holes. But none tops the part of the property down and around Rae's Creek known as Amen Corner....

It doesn't seem to phase Tre' Morgan that he's hitting a wall and diving into a crowd of people to catch any foul ball....

The Sacramento Kings snapped a 16-year playoff drought this season because of their scoring....

AUGUSTA, Ga. — In something of a golf bombshell, Tiger Woods on Tuesday said the PGA Tour's new elevated events-laden schedule is still a work in progress, and that tournaments like the Genesis Invitational in Los Angeles that he hosts......

Thousands of Louisiana children ages 4 and younger who are receiving education and care through the state's publicly funded early learning programs could lose those services and be ousted from their classrooms as federal pandemic financing ends....

A proposed mental health facility in East Feliciana Parish is now tied up in court after a judge declined to fast-track a construction permit Tuesday....

The beef with Jill Biden and LSU women's basketball apparently started before tipoff at the National Championship game, according to Angel Reese....

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The focus at this year's Masters, aside from the whole PGA Tour golfers versus LIV golfers thing, is on the game's new Big Three....

In his first public campaign appearance, Stephen Waguespack laid claim Tuesday as the conservative change agent in this year's governor's race, promising to reinvent high schools and revamp community colleges so people can receive other vital serv...

It's never truly offseason for fantasy football players. While there aren't any NFL games being played right now, fantasy football enthusiasts are busy discussing rookies who could potentially have an impact right away....

LSU's Haleigh Bryant was named the Central Region gymnast of the year, the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association announced Tuesday....

A Baton Rouge man accused of beating a 76-year-old woman to death in 2018 while high on a synthetic drug pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday....

Sunday's national championship game between LSU and Iowa was a celebration of stars — a coronation of the nation's best players....

Are you looking for chicken with a side of champion?...

A $50,000 Powerball ticket was sold at a Grand Coteau gas station in November and the winner has one month left until the deadline to claim the prize money....

The number of jobs in Louisiana continued to go up in February, and the unemployment rate continued to fall....

HARRISONBURG, Va. This one didn't require quite as much drama....

DALLAS — LSU made history Friday by advancing to Sunday's national championship game with its 79-72 win over Virginia Tech, the first Final Four win for an LSU women's or men's team....

There's nothing mysterious about it, but UL redshirt sophomore center Landon Burton hears voices every day....

Starting LSU safety Greg Brooks had a walking boot on his lower right leg and did not practice Saturday morning. Brooks walked onto the field during individual drills in his helmet and jersey but no pads....

WYNNE, Ark. — Unrelenting tornadoes that tore through parts of the South and Midwest killed at least 11 people, collapsed the roof of a packed theater during a heavy metal concert in Illinois, and left small towns and big cities......

Each day, one of our experts at bet.NOLA.com will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks in Louisiana are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various......

The words Cajun culture and Lafayette are synonymous in the modern day. But can you believe that this rich history and culture didn't exist until the 1970s and 1980s?...

Premier Christianity magazine has published a short article online with the Rev. Rick Warren, author of "The Purpose Driven Life" and founder of Saddleback Church. A longer article will come in its print edition....

In a matter of two days recently my emotions were on a jumping jack. I was sad, angry and getting worse. I don't think I was alone....

Boys golf...

Thursday, the Hyatt Regency will host an event where we discuss the importance of the many meetings that are hosted in New Orleans. As a result, I felt compelled to discuss the correlation between these events and the extraordinary, positive......

The crashed Baton Rouge Police Department helicopter and bodies of two officers were discovered Sunday morning by law enforcement only after a family member of one of the victims called to request a search roughly eight hours after the incident......

A year ago, the LSU gymnastics season ended far too early for the team's liking....

One of the victims of a fatal shooting at a private school in Tennessee was a Baton Rouge native, according to multiple social media accounts....

Speculation about who will replace Carlos Sample as boys basketball coach at Scotlandville is likely to continue a bit longer....

Speculation about who will replace Carlos Sample as boys basketball coach at Scotlandville is likely to continue a bit longer....

State Sen. Kirk Talbot on Monday outlined several solutions the Legislature will consider this session to mend Louisiana's battered property insurance market, including changes to some restrictions that he said have soured insurers on the state....

GREENVILLE, S.C. — In the summer of 2021, I called up Bob Starkey for a feature I was doing on LSU basketball great Sylvia Fowles going into her final Olympics....

The story about "Fiddler on the Roof" was both interesting and touching....

I write in reference to the article about Antoine Davis, the Detroit Mercy basketball player who was upset about his team not being invited to a postseason tournament that would have given him a chance to break Pete Maravich's NCAA......