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• Southern University impacted by campus-wide power outage Thursday; power since restored

  August 3, 2023 11:29 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Southern University's Baton Rouge campus was hit by a power outage late Thursday morning. The university confirmed the campus-wide outage around 10 a.m., though the cause was unclear. The Entergy outage map showed power had been restored around 11:30 a.m. Thursday, though the cause... more »

• LSU Basketball game against VCU canceled due to COVID-19 protocols

  December 20, 2020 2:38 PM

  BATON ROUGE - For the second straight time, the LSU men's basketball team will have another game cancelled due to coronavirus concerns. A tweet from LSU's official basketball account announced Tuesday's game against VCU in the PMAC will be cancelled. The Tigers were scheduled to play UNO Saturday,... more »

• State offering incentives for conferences, conventions to choose Louisiana to host canceled events Play Video

  June 3, 2020 10:16 PM

  BATON ROUGE - As summer quickly approaches, the streets, sidewalks, and attractions in Downtown Baton Rouge should be filled with locals and out-of-town travelers. However, that's not the case in 2020, due to COVID-19. "We had about $13 million of direct cancellations that we would have had in the... more »

• GBR fair closed again Monday

  October 26, 2015 9:19 AM

  BATON ROUGE- The Greater Baton Rouge state fair announced it will remain closed on Monday due to severe weather in the area. The fair closed over the weekend after heavy rain caused flooding in some areas of Baton Rouge. Event organizers say the festival will reopen as soon as it... more »

• Fans react to cancelled LSU football game

  September 6, 2015 7:46 PM

  BATON ROUGE, La. - LSU fans who decided to wait until Sunday morning to hit the road packed their belongings in disappointment. "It just kept going one strike after another and before you know it they cancelled the game," said LSU fan David Patterson, who traveled nearly an hour to... more »