State

Leave the leaves and join the festivities

By Heather
Kirk-Ballard
LSU AgCenter
horticulturist
I say it each fall: This is an excellent time of year to work in the landscape. The weather is cooling, and the days are getting shorter.

Gold fever reached south Louisiana

The famous California gold rush in 1849 was caused by dreams of vast fortunes made by just wandering around and picking up nuggets — something like picking up pecans in the fall.

LSU combines studies to benefit coastal communities

With support from the National Academy of Sciences, LSU will build a new undergraduate research and creative works program focused on supporting people, ecosystems and industries in and around the Gulf of Mexico.

Louisiana French language news magazine coming to LPB

Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB) is teaming up with Télé-Louisiane to bring viewers La Veillée, a new 15-minute long weekly look at the happenings, culture, and people of Louisiana’s French language speaking population – all told in Louisiana F

SLCC selected by Amazon as an education partner

SLCC announced that it has been selected as an education partner for Amazon’s Career Choice program, providing Amazon’s hourly employees with access to all of SLCC’s credit-bearing programs.

70th annual Red Mass observed

As is the tradition to mark the opening of the judicial year, Louisiana judges gathered this morning for the 70th annual Red Mass at St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square.

La. Guard deploys to Florida after Hurricane Ian

The Louisiana National Guard (LANG) is responding to the Florida Department of Emergency Management’s request for assistance through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) process after Hurricane Ian, Sept. 30.