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Vigers returns INT 30 yards for TD as Louisana-Monroe beats UAB 32-6
MONROE, La. (AP) — Ahmad Hardy ran for 58 yards and a touchdown, Car’lin Vigers returned an interception 30 yards for a touchdown and Louisiana-Monroe beat UAB 32-6 Saturday night. JD Stewart blocked a punt by UAB's Patrick Foley to give the Warhawks possession and, on the next...
Southern Miss uses big plays to pull away from Southeastern Louisiana in second half 35-10
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Tate Rodemaker threw two touchdown passes and Southern Miss turned in two big plays in the second half in defeating Southeastern Louisiana 35-10 on Saturday night. The FCS Lions (0-2) trailed only 14-10 at halftime but a 1-yard touchdown run by Rodrigues...
Louisiana-Lafayette spoils Kennesaw State's first FBS home game in program history
KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — Elijah Davis rushed for 80 yards and two touchdowns, Zylan Perry added 104 yards rushing and another score and Louisiana-Lafayette beat Conference USA newcomer Kennesaw State 34-10 on Saturday to spoil the Owls' first FBS home game in program history. ...
A hurricane-damaged Louisiana skyscraper is imploded
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An abandoned, 22-story building in Lake Charles, Louisiana — once an icon in the city that became a symbol of destruction from hurricanes Laura and Delta — was imploded Saturday after sitting vacant for nearly four years. The Hertz Tower crashed down in...
Residents in a Louisiana city devastated by 2020 hurricanes are still far from recovery
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Every other day Lois Malvo waits for her son to bring six buckets of water from a spigot in the backyard. He then bathes his 78-year-old mother using water heated on the stove and washes her with a spray pump he bought online. It’s been four years since...
Residents in a Louisiana city devastated by 2020 hurricanes are still far from recovery
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Every other day Lois Malvo waits for her son to bring six buckets of water from a spigot in the backyard. He then bathes his 78-year-old mother using water heated on the stove and washes her with a spray pump he bought online. It's been four years since...
Shooter at Southern University frat party takes plea deal
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man has been sentenced to 10 years behind bars for firing shots into a crowd at a 2022 fraternity party near Southern University's campus in Baton Rouge. As part of the agreement, prosecutors dropped 11 counts of attempted murder against...
Louisiana legislators grill New Orleans DA for releasing people convicted of violent crimes
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana legislators interrogated New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams over reform policies that have allowed several hundred people to have their convictions voided or sentences reduced in the past few years, during a fiery Senate hearing Thursday at the state...
Movie Review: Netflix's tight, taut and tension-filled 'Rebel Ridge' is a first-rate drama
“Rebel Ridge” opens with a shot of a lanky, muscular stranger riding into a small, corrupt Southern town — a scene we've all seen plenty of times. Except this stranger isn't in a truck or on a horse. He's on a bicycle. It's one of many ways that writer-director Jeremy Saulnier...
Variety of hunting supplies to be eligible during Louisiana's Second Amendment sales tax holiday
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A variety of hunting supplies will be eligible for exemption from local and state taxes during Louisiana's annual Second Amendment sales tax holiday taking place this weekend, the state Department of Revenue said Tuesday. Officials said the exemption applies...
