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• Leroy's LipSmack'n Lemonade: How a boy with special needs turned sour odds into something sweet

  February 6, 2021 10:28 PM

  BATON ROUGE - When life gave him lemons, he made lemonade. Then he took that lemonade and became one of the youngest entrepreneurs in Louisiana at 6 years old. Leroy Hayward III, founder of Leroy’s LipSmack’n Lemonade, has been successful selling his lemonade at Tiger Stadium, the PMAC and... more »

• Preparations underway for WBRZ's Fireworks on the Mississippi Play Video

  July 3, 2018 12:05 AM

  PLAQUEMINE - It's hot and dirty work preparing 4,000 fireworks for the annual July 4th celebration. The 49th annual WBRZ Fireworks on the Mississippi show will begin 9 p.m. Wednesday with the best vantage points in downtown Baton Rouge and Port Allen. "If you shoot off a few big... more »

• LSU Professor Melvin DeFleur dies at 93

  February 15, 2017 7:12 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Renowned mass communication scholar Melvin DeFleur, a Manship School of Mass Communication Distinguished Professor, died Monday at the age of 93. DeFleur and his wife, Margaret DeFleur, joined the Manship School faculty in 2004 after he retired as professor emeritus of mass communication in the College... 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 »

• The Advocate sold to businessman John Georges

  April 30, 2013 9:28 PM

  BATON ROUGE- The Advocate, the city's daily newspaper, posted on its website Tuesday night, it had been sold to John Georges. "The Advocate, which dates back 171 years and serves readers from Lafayette to New Orleans, is one of the few newspapers in the United States whose print circulation... more »