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The Advocate

The Advocate is Louisiana's leading news source, providing award-winning local and regional news coverage.

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theadvocate.com > baton_rouge > news > crime_police > stabbings-killing-houma > article_48f0f2b8-c2b7-5cfb-b0e4-c5f8094ab9e5.html

Neighbors rattled after stabbings in Houma subdivision leave 4 dead, child wounded: ‘It’s scary’

1+ hour, 26+ min ago   (446+ words) Sandra Landry and her husband Robert were sitting inside enjoying the AC, listening to worship music on Saturday night when four people across the street were stabbed to death and a child was left critically wounded in their quiet subdivision…...

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theadvocate.com > baton_rouge > news > crime_police > houma-stabbings-louisiana > article_0f3c77e5-bb32-5bc5-9d7e-7290e1307964.html

Man arrested in Houma killing spree that killed four, wounded child, authorities say

11+ hour, 55+ min ago   (290+ words) A man was arrested Sunday morning in connection with a string of stabbings in a Houma neighborhood that left four people dead and a child critically wounded, according to the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office. Authorities found Houma man Kaegan Jude…...

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theadvocate.com > baton_rouge > sports > lsu > lsu-football-sam-leavitt-louisiana-tech-interceptions-lane-kiffin > article_abb8e383-6622-5947-b670-8ae8103ef17b.amp.html

Sam Leavitt made the wrong kind of LSU history with one bad throw vs. Louisiana Tech

14+ hour, 26+ min ago   (466+ words) Louisiana Tech defensive back Jordan McRae stunned Tiger Stadium on Saturday when he intercepted one of Sam Leavitt's passes and returned it 100 yards for a touchdown. LSU fans, as it turns out, had more than one reason to be surprised…...

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theadvocate.com > baton_rouge > news > business > promotions-new-hires-enfra-boys-town-pan-american-life > article_bc5ea278-6965-4e93-9761-ba58b5be32ac.amp.html

Board changes at ENFRA, Pan-American Life, Boys Town Louisiana; Faulk & Winkler founder retires

15+ hour, 26+ min ago   (260+ words) South Louisiana businesses and nonprofit groups recently announced the following promotions, new hires and resignations. Dr. Carrie Malcom has been hired by the Fertility Answer Baton Rouge clinic at the Woman's Hospital campus. Malcom completed her residency in obstetrics and…...

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theadvocate.com > baton_rouge > news > louisiana-churches-increase-security > article_68f7c399-f754-5ada-95de-f7caf3a7c30c.html

After beefing up security, Louisiana congregations seek new ways to welcome

14+ hour, 26+ min ago   (1391+ words) From left, Abdallah Mizyed, 17, Abdelrazq Ayyad, 17, and Khaled Saleh, 16, pray, Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at the Islamic Center of Baton Rouge in Baton Rouge, La. In his nearly 30 years as a minister, the Rev. Fred Devall has taken comfort in an overriding…...

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theadvocate.com > baton_rouge > sports > lsu > lil-wayne-boosie-lane-kiffin-lsu > article_790039ef-17e0-5e7a-82df-d6a13a156e39.html

Lil Wayne, Boosie are latest LA celebrities to join Lane Kiffin pregame before LSU’s second match

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (233+ words) LSU Head Coach Lane Kiffin waves to the crowd as he walks down Victory Hill with the football team on Saturday, September 12, 2026. The Lane Kiffin era seems to have brought a new wrinkle to a storied LSU football tradition, the…...

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theadvocate.com > baton_rouge > sports > lsu > womens_basketball > lsu-womens-basketball-kate-koval-kim-mulkey-russia-ukraine-baylor > article_a9727723-d06e-505b-8423-0788ffa86951.html

Former LSU center Kate Koval lands with Big 12 program after NCAA grants waiver request

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (464+ words) LSU forward Kate Koval (13) shoots a foul shot against Florida in the fourth period on Monday, January 26, 2026 at the PMAC in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Baylor women’s basketball announced Saturday that it has signed former LSU center Kate Koval. Koval, a…...

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theadvocate.com > acadiana > news > business > spacex-economy-vermilion-parish > article_0d6a7302-f3d8-47be-b07f-32bc0e1ba333.html

More hotels and roads? Here's how SpaceX could change the economy in Acadiana.

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1080+ words) A video plays with Elon Musk during the SpaceX announcement at Magdalen Place in Abbeville, La., Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. Every time a rocket launches at SpaceX’s south Texas site, about 20,000 people stay at hotels to watch it take off into space....

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theadvocate.com > baton_rouge > news > lamont-cole-blight-contracts-tj-jackson-records-concerns > article_37a74681-836b-4123-b5b9-80dcaf35ef11.html

Internal records show red flags raised over Baton Rouge blight contracts in LaMont Cole case

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (958+ words) Weeds build up around an abandoned home on Pintail Street on Monday, January 5, 2026 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A Baton Rouge businessman paid nearly $100,000 to identify blight in former Metro Council member LaMont Cole’s district did not log any reports about…...

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theadvocate.com > baton_rouge > news > education > louisiana-students-absenteeism-attendance > article_b282aabe-663e-55de-9060-d7d40f5bfb60.html

Louisiana’s absenteeism rate is improving, but 1 in 5 students still regularly miss school

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (846+ words) Kiara Washington-Knox teaches her kindergarten class at Phillis Wheatley Community School in New Orleans, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. More than 1 in 5 Louisiana students struggled with attendance last school year, according to new state data, which shows that absenteeism is easing — but not…...