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Walk-On’s recruits Chef Jeremy Coco to take menu to next level

Walk-On’s Bistreaux & Bar has come a long way since first opening its doors in Baton Rouge nearly a decade ago.

Incoming LSU President and Chancellor F. King Alexander receives humanitarian award

Incoming LSU President and Chancellor F. King Alexander was honored, along with three other Long Beach community leaders, with the California Conference for Equality and Justice, or CCEJ, Humanitarian Award on Wednesday, May 15.

LSU Junior Logan de La Barre-Hays Receives U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship

LSU junior Logan de La Barre-Hays, a native of Jackson, Miss., has been awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship, or CLS, to study a critical language during the summer of 2013.

EBR Library announces June programs for teens

The following programs at East Baton Rouge Parish library locations will be held for teens throughout the month of June. Registration is required for some programs.

Winning numbers for largest Powerball jackpot are ...

The winning numbers for the largest multistate Powerball jackpot are: 22, 10,13,14, 52 and the Powerball number is 11.

Jindal: IRS offenses worthy of jail time

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Buyout delays have Bayou Corne residents outraged

People living in Bayou Corne have had enough of waiting to be bought out. They say Texas Brine is wasting time and not giving any one an offer.

Farm day helps special needs kids feel like a winner

Kids with special needs got a chance to be care free for the day in Prairieville.

LSP Colonel Mike Edmonson earns law enforcement honor

Colonel Mike Edmonson traveled to Tennessee Saturday at the invitation of Madison County Sheriff David Woolfork to attend the 25th Annual Sheriff Buford Pusser Festival Law Enforcement Memorial and Awards Ceremony.

Got THE ticket for tonight's big Powerball drawing?

Two dollars and a dream. That's all it took for Mammie Hicks to plunk down money at a Riverside, Missouri, convenience store for a chance at Saturday's record $600 million multistate Powerball jackpot.

Baton Rouge Gallery of Contemporary Art welcomes author Carolyn Ricapito to read from her debut novel

On Sunday, May 19, BREC's Baton Rouge Gallery of Contemporary Art ("BRG"), 1515 Dalrymple Drive, welcomes author Carolyn Ricapito to its popular Sundays@4 series for a reading from her debut novel, "Woman from Turnback County

BREC urges parents to sign up for summer camp while spots remain available

BREC is the premier summer camp operator in East Baton Rouge Parish, offering 41 high quality recreation and specialty camps.

Shell Shocked documentary panel explores solution to violence during Dalai Lama conference

A week after a senseless shooting injured 20 people on Mother’s Day, the conveyor of peace, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, arrived in the Crescent City with his message of hope.

Dave James set to play in EBR Parish Libraries

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Four Louisiana men guilty of poaching Iowa deer

Four Louisiana men were found guilty of poaching Iowa deer from a case that started when someone made a call to the Turn in Poachers hotline.