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with Kelly P. Kissel | Metro editorGood afternoon. Here are the top things going on in the Baton Rouge area today ... St. Helena Parish is sending children home for more virtual learning sessions. The accelerating pace of COVID infections because of the omicron variant is driving the move, along with a lack of tests. James Finn has our coverage. The LSU women's basketball team has a big game tonight. No. 1 South Carolina visits. Jim Kleinpeter explores just how big of a game this is. And in case you missed it, we recorded our economic summit from this morning. A panel of experts looked at what to expect in 2022. Here's the path to the replay. BTW, the king cake part of the economy seems to be OK. We had three in our office this morning, but by lunch time, if you put them all together, we'd have about 1. No babies yet. |
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| Students in St. Helena Parish will switch to taking classes remotely for a couple of days as schools around Baton Rouge react to the corona… Read more |
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| Several schools in the greater Baton Rouge area are moving their pupils to remote learning amid the latest surge in COVID cases. Read more |
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| In the wake of the recent surge in virus cases, visitation will be suspended at all Louisiana state-run prisons to prevent the further spre… Read more |
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| Want to know what’s in store for local business? Experts weighed in during our Baton Rouge Economic Outlook Summit 2022 on Thursday. Read more |
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| The Advocate’s Baton Rouge Economic Outlook Summit 2022 was held Thursday morning. Here are six things we learned Read more |
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| WASHINGTON — A deeply divided Congress is about to show the world a very unsettled view from the U.S. Capitol: Rather than a national crisi… Read more |
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| A Plaquemine teenager was shot and killed Wednesday by another teen as he lay sleeping on the couch in his parents' home, Plaquemine police… Read more |
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| A new agreement between Baton Rouge General’s Pennington Cancer Center and Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center has led to the hiring of about 2… Read more |
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| Suddenly, an LSU women’s basketball game is the place to be. Read more |
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