What is the betting information for the LSU vs. South Carolina Gamecocks college football game on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020.        

What is the betting information for the LSU vs. South Carolina Gamecocks college football game on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020.       

Vote now for the Acadiana Preps Football Athlete of the Week! Polls are open until 11 a.m. Thursday.        

A Scott home was heavily damaged after an air conditioner window unit caused a fire.        

A weekly look at what LSU players did in the NFL over the weekend        

A weekly look at what LSU players did in the NFL over the weekend       

A man who worked security at a UL Lafayette football game after-party describes what happened when shots were fired.        

With the move, the Opportunity Machine plans to bring more than 80 new business into Downtown Lafayette.        

There have been three gas leaks at the 68-year-old Lafayette High School.        

Downtown music venue for sale

The only fair way to elect a president of the United States is by popular vote.

I recently learned of an insurance industry “holiday” — “lawsuit abuse week” — in a letter to this newspaper. As I read, I found it quite insensitive that this “holiday” comes at the end of hurricane season. Particularly this year…

When Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, champion for gender equality, LGBTQ+ people, immigrants, abortion rights and health care for all, died last month, I grieved. I grieved for the woman who fought for my right to have an abortion. I mourned…

Mass incarceration is an epidemic of many dimensions, from systemic racism to public health. Louisiana offers a stark example.

Louisiana lawmakers have entered the waning days of their special session on the coronavirus pandemic with few decisions made on responding to the outbreak or their dispute with Gov. John Bel Edwards about his approach.

The seven children of a family in Central were able to alert their parents when fire broke out in their home on Sunday and the entire family escaped the house without injury, a Central Fire Department spokesperson said.

When Hurricane Laura's wind and storm surge displaced thousands of people from their homes two months ago, the Category 4 storm also devastated the habitat of the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker -- and the full impact may not be known until…

The three candidates vying to be one of the family court judges in the 15th Judicial District include the city attorney for Youngsville, a partner of a local law firm and a former family court judge.

Scary Times

Authorities arrested at least four people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into parish prison between noon Saturday and noon Sunday, booking records show.

James R. "J.R." Clary Jr., of Baton Rouge, has this "hard times" story:

A family is searching for answers after the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office confirmed that one of three men to die in the New Orleans jail this year succumbed to an overdose with drugs including fentanyl and a veterinary sedative in…

The Ragin' Cajuns' first loss of the season was a costly one as UL fell out of both major Top 25 national polls on Sunday.        

A male has died in a fatal shooting Sunday in the area of North Foster Drive and Bradley Street, a Baton Rouge Police spokesperson said.

Large crowds in the French Quarter this weekend prompted a stern warning from the city on Sunday: Residents should expect tougher enforcement of coronavirus restrictions.

The march brought around 200 people to City Hall Saturday afternoon, but it almost didn’t happen when police didn’t arrive to clear traffic for marchers.

SULPHUR Cedric Figaro needed his senior quarterback to step up.

A man walking on St. Bernard Highway in Meraux died after being struck by a vehicle Saturday night, State Police said.

The Louisiana Department of Health reported 1,125 more coronavirus cases and 23 more deaths in its noon update Sunday.

The federal government has approved new protections for 500 square miles of deep-sea coral habitat in the Gulf of Mexico.

Noel Hammatt, best known for the 16 years he served on the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, died Friday afternoon at age 62 after a short bout with brain cancer.

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two disturbances in the tropics, including one likely to form in the next two days, according to its 7 a.m. Sunday update.

A house in the 200 block of Jeff Davis Street burned down early Sunday, according to the Baton Rouge Fire Department.

GONZALES — Ascension Parish government is putting the finishing touches on new rules that would allow the spread of so-called "small cell towers" expected to improve existing wireless service and serve as a bridge to 5G wireless service for the…

Keith Zimmer has been hospitalized from COVID-19 since July

Fred Prejean has been named the recipient of the annual Lafayette Civic Cup Award for a lifetime of humanitarian pursuits.        

The Mandeville Police Department, still mourning the loss of slain Capt. Vincent “Vinnie” Liberto more than a year after he was killed in the line of duty, is working to establish a permanent memorial at the site of his death.

Taking on a 9-year-old boy who is about to have an act of the Legislature named in his honor is asking for trouble.

When Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, most headlines focused on the message that sent for the future of abortion rights. But I was focused on its other message: Now the only hope for saving some of Louisiana’s drowning bottom third…

It was like nothing our nation had seen before. Surgeon General Rupert Blue of the U.S. Public Health Service in Washington, D.C., urged people to stay away from others, not to congregate. He said the Spanish influenza that caught the…

Customer counts down by more than half; gambling revenue also way off last year's pace

You can talk all you want about this crisis or that, but the real crisis for petty and narrowly self-interested state legislators is when they can’t get political projects for their districts.

To combat climate change, Democrat seeks to ban 'new oil and gas permitting on public lands and waters'

The man sleeping under the bridge has a name. The woman with the “Please Help” sign? She has a name, too.

Consider Week 3 in Central Louisiana football a statement week.       

The Times-Picayune | New Orleans Advocate will be delivered late to some subscribers Sunday.

There is always a number, New Orleans Saints defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins said, always some mark to shoot for as a numerical proof he is who he wants to be.

The Advocate and The Acadiana Advocate will be delivered late to some subscribers Wednesday.

Spartans are above .500 for the first time since 2017

Mandeville tops St. Paul's on boys side, while Fontainebleau wins girls team title