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• LSU engineering students create life-changing prosthetic for Catholic High athlete Play Video

  April 9, 2021 7:29 PM

  BATON ROUGE - High school senior James Robert III runs track for Catholic High. Right now, Robert spends a lot of time running and working out to ensure he is in peak condition for his 100-meter and 200-meter events. Robert believes he’ll reach his goals with hard work and... more »

• Gayle Benson pays off hundreds of Walmart layaway orders at Louisiana, Alabama stores

  December 16, 2020 6:12 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - Gayle Benson, owner of the Saints and Pelicans, is doing her part to spread some much-needed holiday cheer in a difficult year. NOLA.com reports Benson paid off roughly 300 layaway orders at three Walmart locations in Louisiana and Alabama. The donations benefited 122 families in the... more »

• Couple buys car for waitress who walked five hours to work

  November 28, 2019 11:27 AM

  GALVESTON, TX - Adrianna Edwards walked 14 miles every day to get to and from the Denny's diner where she waits tables. She was saving up money to buy a car. "I have bills to pay," Edwards told KTRK . "You've got to do what you've got to... more »

• Five women receive the gift of freedom just in time for Mother's Day Play Video

  May 11, 2019 10:08 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Five women received Mother's Day gifts you can't buy from the store, the gift of freedom. The group of women was released from the East Baton Rouge Prison Saturday morning as apart of the YWCA program called Community Bail Fund. "We work really hard to... more »

• Valentine's Day arrangements don't arrive, customers not happy Play Video

  February 15, 2019 7:05 PM

  BATON ROUGE - For once, you can't blame the guy for a late Valentine's Day gift. Corey Dalfrey says he's ordered from Edible Arrangements in the past and has never had a problem. It's why he chose to order an arrangement online for his wife for Valentine's Day. ... more »

• Young LSU fan diagnosed with cancer gets wish to attend Fiesta Bowl

  December 10, 2018 5:20 PM

  BATON ROUGE- A young boy diagnosed with cancer had one simple wish: to watch the LSU Tigers play live. In March, eight year old Drake was diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma. It's an aggressive tumor that interferes with all bodily functions, depriving a child of the ability to... more »

• Ascension Parish Sheriff's lieutenant receives touching gift while on patrol

  December 23, 2015 12:50 PM

  GONZALES - An Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office lieutenant received a touching holiday gift while on patrol Monday morning. APSO’s Lt. Darryl Smith was performing his routine patrol when he was stopped by a motorist who told him he had a gift for the sheriff’s office that he wanted to... more »

• State Police deliver toys and tech to hospitals

  December 21, 2015 5:32 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Members of the LSP Trooper's Association delivered several Christmas gifts to people at two hospitals in Baton Rouge Monday. The troopers dropped of presents at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center and the St. Jude's Clinic. Children and their families got to visit... more »

• Amazon stops selling most "hoverboard" scooters

  December 14, 2015 5:23 PM

  SEATTLE, Wa. - One of the most talked-about gift items this holiday season has hovered off the digital shelves of Amazon.com. The company removed nearly all models of the popular "hoverboard" self-balancing scooters over the weekend, according to CNN Money . This comes after months of reports some models... more »

• Manship School says $2.55 million will transform program

  November 16, 2015 12:41 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Administrators with LSU's Manship School of Communication said two gifts totaling $2.55 million will help them transform their program. The school announced the gifts from the Manship and Lamar families Monday. Dean Jerry Ceppos said one gift will be used to create a new position focused... more »