Avoyelles Parish had the highest prevalence, with 43,114 people (5.71%) in the parish reporting vision loss or blindness.

As everything slows down at year’s end, it’s always a good time to take stock. Looking back on our year on the Opinion pages, ...

An international firm has boosted its investment in PosiGen, a New Orleans company that specializes in marketing solar energy systems to lower-income households, by $200 million.

Sharing inspiring success stories that can motivate, educate and inspire positive change is one of the best things about ...

We've got a schedule of boys/girls basketball single games and tournaments set for the Baton Rouge area during the week of ...

McKinley and Liberty defeated Scotlandville and Southern Lab in the semifinals of the EBR boys basketball tournament at ...

Named King Fisherman were Blake LeRay (15-18 age group), Reese Forbes (11-14) and Nathaniel Watts (7-10) with Jack Varnado ...

OPEN RECREATIONAL SEASONS: Flounder; blackfin, queen and silk snappers & wenchmen among other snapper species; all groupers except closed red, goliath & Nassau groupers in state/federal waters.

Jan. 3 is the deadline for submitting activities and events for the 2025 Advocate outdoors calendar scheduled to be published Jan. 12.

West Feliciana Parish and north Pointe Coupee Parish are under a tornado warning until 6:15 p.m. Saturday after a severe ...

ALBUQUERQUE Like so many coaches around the country, TCU coach Sonny Dykes sure wishes bowl games were more an indication of what teams are in the regular season.

After falling to Marshall by 28 points in the Sun Belt championship game, coach Michael Desormeaux’s club suffered another ...