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The Masur Museum of Art has changed the format for the annual Members Exhibition.

Blueprint Louisiana plan meeting with legislative success By Debbie Glover St. Tammany News Published on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 9:52 AM CDT Blueprint Louisiana, a citizen-driven coalition formed to help reform ...

Troop I is investigating a three vehicle fatal crash on La 93 at Vatican road, within Lafayette Parish.

Blueprint Louisiana, the citizen-led group trying to change the state with an aggressive agenda, is recording successes in the current regular session of the Legislature, Rudy Gomez of SSA Consultants said ...

Blueprint Louisiana's leaders planned to let the organization sunset after the ongoing 2008 regular legislative session, but its reform agenda was so successful the group has decided to move forward.

“Southern's benefit was about three percent; therefore, reiterating how a five percent cut would have "grave consequences for our institution.”

Issue date: 4/22/08 Section: News "...grave consequences for our institution." - Ralph Slaughter, SU Systems President No amendment has actually been filed, but President Ralph Slaughter of the Southern ... via The Southern Digest

A 22-year-old man was found shot to death on Bogan Walk on Saturday in a day marked by four shootings reported across Baton Rouge. via WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

“It's still a public entity doing public business”

Southern University System President Ralph Slaughter promised an open search for the next chancellor of Southern's Baton Rouge campus. via 2theadvocate.com

“We're not talking about a private school”

Southern University System officials and a New Orleans lawmaker are asking for an infusion of state cash to launch the rebuilding of Southern University at New Orleans, where most of the school's 11 buildings ... via Times-Picayune

“Sweetie, put your clothes back on, we're outside! So, she obediently started to put her pants back on. I said, "No, don't stay outside to put your clothes back on, go inside to put your clothes back on.”

You recently featured in your column complaints about the difficulties many of us experience in our attempts to open bags, bottles, boxes, cans and other containers in which food and other commodities are ... via 2theadvocate.com

“I answered every question that was asked of me and I fully cooperated”

A federal grand jury's subpoena to a local television station this week for footage of state Sen. via Times-Picayune

Police and correctional officers captured two burglary suspects in woods off La. via WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

“He turned around, but they wouldn't stop and the chase was on”

Law enforcement officers from several parishes searched thick woods in East Feliciana Parish for more than six hours Tuesday before capturing two Baton Rouge men accused of burglarizing a Zachary home and ... via 2theadvocate.com

“I'm particularly proud that we can assist in whatever little part we can play in this project.”

Spc. Micheal Champion of Bernice, La., carefully places a 3,000-pound, 4-by-4-foot "super sac" filled with soil along the levee north of the Morganza Spillway. via The United States Army

The Junior League of Monroe's 10th Annual Spring Market, sponsored by Community Trust Bank, started off with a super fun Preview Party. via News-Star

“We will have an additional arrow in our quiver separating us from the pack of other outfits building studios”

If it were a movie, it might be called Take Two . A year after venting his frustration with the state film office and Division of Administration in a 225 magazine article last year, John T. Sweeney is back in ... via Daily Report

At least one person is dead following a head on crash in East Feliciana Parish. Louisiana State Police were forced to shut down Highway 19, north of Slaughter for more than two hours tonight. via WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

“You continue to allow funding to grow, but it saves hundreds of billions of dollars a year”

The Republican primary election to succeed former U.S. Rep. Richard Baker, R-Baton Rouge, has drawn four candidates with varying backgrounds, including a former state representative, a consulting firm owner, a ... via 2theadvocate.com

News Articles Statue stops truck from going over bluff An unidentified, middle-aged woman driving a red Mazda pickup truck crashed into the Louisiana State Seal statue located on the south end of the Bluff on ... via The Southern Digest