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Historic New Orleans Collection previews renovation

Historic New Orleans Collection previews renovation

Mia Miller of the Historic New Orleans Collections takes a picture from the balcony during a tour of the $6.4 million renovation of the space which once housed K-Pauls restaurant in the French Quarter. The building neighbors the HNOC’s Williams...

St. Landry Parish schools LEAP scores improve in math, science

The St. Landry Parish LEAP scores in math and science improved in the 2025 tests compared to scores in 2024. The Louisiana Department of Education released the LEAP scores on July 3 showing statewide students improved in math scores while English...

Curious Louisiana finds the story behind Janice the Cat Lady

Curious Louisiana finds the story behind Janice the Cat Lady

When Lana Henry of Lafayette went to New Iberia's City Park in April, she couldn't help but notice a lovely swing with a metal cat and a plaque that reads, "Janice, the Cat Lady, 1960-2017." Henry said she was struck by the unusual memorial and...

Fecal Bacteria Levels Make These Louisiana Beaches the Least Safe

Fecal Bacteria Levels Make These Louisiana Beaches the Least Safe

Lafayette, Louisiana (KPEL) - Summertime in Louisiana means hitting the beaches. According to the Louisiana Department of Health, Louisiana is home to 23 public beaches. Louisiana's beaches are monitored on a weekly basis for water quality and...

Treme's Historic Carver Theater, a landmark of New Orleans Black culture, is set for auction

Treme's Historic Carver Theater, a landmark of New Orleans Black culture, is set for auction

Once advertised as “America’s finest theater exclusively for colored patrons,” the Carver Theater in Treme is headed to the auction block this month. The starting bid for the New Orleans landmark and surrounding parcels is $2 million in the online...

Louisiana's ethics laws for public officials are changing. See how and why it's contentious.

Louisiana's ethics laws for public officials are changing. See how and why it's contentious.

Gov. Jeff Landry and the Legislature have changed how the Louisiana Board of Ethics operates, adding new rules to how it investigates allegations of conflicts of interest, nepotism and other forms of corruption. Supporters say they are protecting...

From beer to breakthrough: Baton Rouge partners are turning CO2 into ethanol

A chance conversation at a Mid City gym in 2022 sparked a clean energy startup now gaining national recognition. As Business Report writes in its latest issue, Tin Roof Brewery founder William McGehee teamed up with LSU professor John Flake—who...

Joint Committee approves contract for RISE technology funding of nearly $2 million

The Louisiana Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget approved a nearly $2 million contract extension with education technology company Odyssey to continue managing the state’s new LA Giving All True Opportunity to RISE scholarship program...

LSU's first campus was inside what is now a national forest, Curious Louisiana investigates

LSU's first campus was inside what is now a national forest, Curious Louisiana investigates

LSU didn't always stand among stately oaks along the Mississippi River, in Baton Rouge. If you're thinking that its original campus was located on the grounds now occupied by the Louisiana State Capitol's Capitol Park, think again. Capitol Park...

The Father-and-Son Duo Who Toppled Our Trust in Vaccines

The Father-and-Son Duo Who Toppled Our Trust in Vaccines

Mark (right) and David Geier, in a 2004 photograph for Seed magazine. Photo: Jason Gould In 1970, a 22-year-old named Mark Geier showed up at the tennis court on Democracy Boulevard in Bethesda, Maryland, not far from the National Institutes of...

No high school class of 1949 in Louisiana? Readers offer evidence to the contrary

No high school class of 1949 in Louisiana? Readers offer evidence to the contrary

Individual stories have been trickling in since the Curious Louisiana report on the state's addition of 12th grade in 1949. First of all, facts are facts. The State Department of Education did, indeed, issue a directive that would require 11th...

How did a barbershop manager rise to hotel owner? Curious Louisiana investigates

How did a barbershop manager rise to hotel owner? Curious Louisiana investigates

The Roosevelt Hotel, at left, in 1960. FILE PHOTO Michael Martin has no doubt that if anyone knew the location of Huey P. Long's storied deduct box, it would have been Seymour Weiss. The deduct box was said to be a locked box where Long kept...

New Orleans Is Sinking—and So Are Its $15 Billion Flood Defenses

New Orleans Is Sinking—and So Are Its $15 Billion Flood Defenses

Parts of New Orleans and its surrounding wetlands are gradually sinking, and while most of the city remains stable, a new study from Tulane University researchers suggests that sections of the region's $15 billion post-Katrina flood protection...

Before health boards, these volunteers came together to fight yellow fever in Louisiana

Before health boards, these volunteers came together to fight yellow fever in Louisiana

In the 18th and 19th centuries, New Orleanians could count on three things during the summer: a ferocious combination of heat and humidity, plenty of rain and an outbreak of yellow fever. Until Dr. Walter Reed and his colleagues proved in 1900...

Nazis knocking on Louisiana's back door: Did Hitler send World War II U-boat to the Gulf Coast?

Nazis knocking on Louisiana's back door: Did Hitler send World War II U-boat to the Gulf Coast?

This undated photo, provided by the National WW II Museum in New Orleans, shows Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Gunther Kuhlmann, center, saluting commander of the German U-boat U-166 on his boat. The U-166 was sunk in the Gulf Of Mexico in July of...

A guide to libraries in greater Baton Rouge

A guide to libraries in greater Baton Rouge

Award-winning facilities. A collection of more than 2 million items. Hundreds of regular programs and events. The East Baton Rouge Parish Library (EBRPL) is an almost limitless resource for local readers. And it draws 301,029 of them—the highest...

Nuclear plants in Louisiana, Mississippi rack up low-level safety, security findings, group says

Nuclear plants in Louisiana, Mississippi rack up low-level safety, security findings, group says

Entergy Corp.'s three nuclear power plants in southern Louisiana and Mississippi had some of the most safety and security issues among plants of their type in the nation over the past three years, but most, if not all, were in the lowest risk...

After revealing plans for an academy in Killeen, Lamar Odom announces another in Louisiana

After revealing plans for an academy in Killeen, Lamar Odom announces another in Louisiana

Lamar Odom's academic plans continue to grow just one week after announcing major plans KILLEEN, Texas — A week after announcing his plans for the founding of a K-12 academy in Killeen, two-time NBA champion Lamar Odom revealed that he is planning...

Parents, teachers left scrambling as New Orleans summer camps close due to lack of money

Parents, teachers left scrambling as New Orleans summer camps close due to lack of money

Hundreds of New Orleans families are scrambling to find summer camp options after programs sponsored by the Asher Institute Nola, a nonprofit headed by Pelicans player Zion Williamson’s stepfather, were forced to shut down Tuesday due to a lack of...

Arts Listings: Week of 7/17/2025

Arts Listings: Week of 7/17/2025

Some classes, exhibits and events are available exclusively online. All events are subject to change and cancellation; always verify with venue and/or organizer. OPENING THEATER CYMBELINE | Through July 27. Imogen, daughter of King Cymbeline,...

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