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• As La. moves into Phase 3 of reopening, tourism industry anticipates uptick in visitors Play Video

  March 4, 2021 9:02 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Following a significant improvement in statistics related to Louisiana's COVID-19 hospitalizations and case counts, Governor John Bel Edwards announced Tuesday (March 2) that the state will move forward to Phase 3, which will bring most COVID restrictions back to where they were last September. With this... more »

• Strawberry Festival postponed from rescheduled date; New details coming in May

  March 13, 2020 7:40 PM

  PONCHATOULA - The annual Strawberry Festival in Tangipahoa Parish was once again rescheduled amid the COVID-19 situation, though this time, organizers did not reveal a date for the festival. Originally scheduled for the first weekend of April, the festival was moved to May in the early days of the... more »

• Gang of kids burglarizing and stealing vehicles from Audubon Zoo parking lot

  August 12, 2019 3:15 PM

  NEW ORLEANS – Juvenile burglars appear to have preyed on families enjoying a staycation in the final days of summer by targeting vehicles in the crowded Audubon Zoo parking lot in the first two weeks of August. The NOPD revealed Monday, it is investigating multiple incidents involving vehicle burglaries... more »

• Mais, dat's cute! Cajun, Yat ranked among sexiest accents in the USA

  May 15, 2019 12:09 PM

  LAFAYETTE - Cajuns and New Orleanians are some of the sexiest-sounding people in America, according to clickbait from a digital travel and tourism social media influence website. Big 7 Travel ranked the 50 “ sexiest accents in the USA ” by aggregating surveys results of its 1.5 million social... more »

• Jury finds man guilty in shooting, murder of Baton Rouge college student

  January 15, 2016 10:26 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - A jury found Trung Le guilty in the shooting death of a nursing student from Hammond and the injuring of nine others on Bourbon Street in June 2014. The verdict was read by the jury Friday night. The shooting shocked the area. Le maintained he... more »

• Humbling research: Baton Rouge isn't that snobby

  November 11, 2015 4:46 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Humble pie must be served everywhere, since website RoadSnacks ranked Baton Rouge the 140th most snobby place in the United States. Researchers analyzed data from 250 cities and ranked them based on income, median home price, the number of theaters and art galler ie s, education... more »