Some riveting reads from the past day.
with Jennifer Wadsworth | Assistant metro editorGood morning! Here's what our reporters have been working on as we head into the holiday weekend.
Training dayA passenger train linking Baton Rouge and New Orleans with tickets for about $10 to $15 a pop could be just a year away. In this story, Paul Cobler explains what needs to fall into place for that to happen.
Heroin homicide appealAfter losing an appeal in the state high court, a Denham Springs man serving life for his girlfriend's fatal heroin overdose will redirect his post-conviction relief efforts at the federal courts. Joe Gyan Jr. has the story.
Virtual learning vendor switchSome 700-plus students in a Baton Rouge virtual academy will return from holiday break with new teachers after the K-12 school district tapped a new vendor to oversee online instruction, as Charles Lussier reports.
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 | A $10 to $15 passenger train ride between Baton Rouge and New Orleans could be just a year or so away — if all the pieces fall into place. Read more |
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 | Rural Sourcing, which announced plans last month to open a software development firm in downtown Baton Rouge, has found a temporary locatio… Read more |
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 | More than two years after writing a letter vouching for a fellow Frenchman on LSU’s campus, an LSU Law professor says he regrets defending … Read more |
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 | Police arrested a man Tuesday night after reports of gunfire on Siegen Lane led to a multi-parish car chase to Tangipahoa Parish, officials… Read more |
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 | A man was killed in a shooting in St. Helena Parish, and the sheriff's office is searching for two men accused of first-degree murder. Read more |
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 | A lawyer for a Denham Springs man serving a life prison term in the 2013 heroin overdose of his girlfriend says he'll turn his attention to… Read more |
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 | Senior linebacker Damone Clark will not play in the Texas Bowl. Read more |
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 | Louisiana is hurtling toward a fifth surge in COVID-19 infections, and once again the state’s top health officials are urging members of th… Read more |
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