+2 In the age of screens, here's how one ¶¶Òõh librarian helps teens love reading By MARIE FAZIO | Staff writer 23 hrs ago When picky readers walk into the Captain Shreve High School library in Shreveport, librarian Maureen Barclay uses a tried-and-true method to help them find books that pique their interest.
+3 LaMont Cole challenges legality of grand jury that indicted him, other Baton Rouge officials BY PATRICK SLOAN-TURNER | Staff writer Aug 21, 2026 Two weeks after he was indicted on corruption charges, former Baton Rouge Metro Council member and current school superintendent LaMont Cole argued in court filings Friday that Attorney Genera…
+11 Baton Rouge School Board OKs contract safeguards in response to LaMont Cole criminal charges BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer Aug 21, 2026 For the next 10 months, perhaps longer, all contracts involving the East Baton Rouge Parish school system will carry Deputy Superintendent Adam Smith’s signature in addition to that of Superin…
RPCC, Iberville schools launch new dual enrollment program for technical careers BY ANNAKATE FREELAND | Staff writer Aug 20, 2026 Iberville Parish Public School students will be able to work toward a college degree during normal school hours this school year — and at no cost.
Nine Baton Rouge area high schools ranked in top 25 in ¶¶Òõh. See which ones. BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer Aug 20, 2026 Baton Rouge Magnet High School is the highest-ranked high school in the Baton Rouge region and sixth statewide, according to the latest annual rankings from U.S. News & World Report.
+5 Hahnville High football player lost cancer battle, but his faith through adversity lives on BY MICHELLE HUNTER | Staff writer Aug 19, 2026 Patrick "PJ" Jackson Jr. never let adversity stop his momentum, whether it was in the classroom, on the football field, or even during the fight for his life.Â
Baker school board candidate disqualified from race, but Zachary hopeful beats challenge BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer Aug 19, 2026 A candidate in the Nov. 3 elections for the Baker City School Board has been disqualified, while a contestant for the Zachary School Board successfully fended off a challenge to her candidacy.
Slaughter charter school gets OKs to open new elementary school that would compete with Slaughter Elementary BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer Aug 18, 2026 An A-rated charter school in Slaughter is poised to open a new elementary school in the town, but only if it agrees to cut its planned enrollment in half.
+4 How Louisian’s law requiring Ten Commandments displays is unfolding on college campuses BY HALEY MILLER | Staff writer Aug 18, 2026 In a classroom at Fletcher Technical Community College in Terrebonne Parish, a poster bears the Ten Commandments, flanked by the likenesses of Moses and U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson.Â
Judge rules that Baton Rouge school board candidate can stay after he said his wife forgot to mail taxes BY QUINN COFFMAN | Staff writer Aug 17, 2026 A Baton Rouge school board candidate will be allowed to run for re-election after a judge ruled Monday that the candidate's missing state income taxes were filed late only due to a good faith …
Current and would-be Baton Rouge school board members back embattled LaMont Cole staying in charge BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer Aug 17, 2026 LaMont Cole continues to lead the day-to-day operations of the East Baton Rouge Parish school system despite facing multiple public corruption charges arising from his previous position as an …
+7 Ten Commandments now up in ¶¶Òõh classrooms as school year begins. Students, educators react. By PATRICK WALL, ELYSE CARMOSINO and MARIE FAZIO | Staff writers Aug 16, 2026 Swept up in the back-to-school bustle, Sadeel Abed didn’t notice the glossy new posters until a student in her art class pointed one out. It featured a photo of a monument bearing the Ten Comm…
Lawsuit challenges candidacy of reelected Baton Rouge school board member over unpaid taxes BY QUINN COFFMAN | Staff writer Aug 15, 2026 A recently reelected East Baton Rouge Parish School Board member is having his candidacy challenged over claims he has failed to pay the past two years of his income taxes.
+4 State task force begins high-stakes review of Louisian’s school-funding formula By PATRICK WALL | Staff writer Aug 14, 2026 A high-stakes review of Louisian’s system for allocating billions of dollars to public schools each year kicked off Thursday, launching a process that in just a few months could produce a pla…
Republican, White majority on Baton Rouge school board challenged in fall elections BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer Aug 14, 2026 Except for one eight-month stretch, for the past two decades Republicans have commanded a majority on the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board. And Black members have never had a majority.
+4 Particle accelerators, nuclear reactors: LSU scientists join federal 'Genesis Mission' AI push BY HALEY MILLER | Staff writer Aug 14, 2026 A colorless industrial building sits off Jefferson Highway in Baton Rouge, easy to miss.
+13 ¶¶Òõh districts are closing schools as enrollment falls. This town is fighting back. By PATRICK WALL | Staff writer Aug 10, 2026 Joseph Ashcraft was crouched behind home plate catching fastballs when he heard that his kids' school might close.
Off-campus student housing is big business, especially in the shadows of LSU By STEPHANIE RIEGEL and IANNE SALVOSA | Staff writers Aug 10, 2026 As students begin returning to LSU’s flagship campus in Baton Rouge for the fall semester, thousands will be moving into high-end apartment complexes with some of the highest lease rates in th…
Zachary school bus routes affected by bridge closures BY OLIVIA McCLURE | Contributing writer Aug 9, 2026 Some Zachary students are starting off the new school year with a longer-than-usual walk to catch a school bus, after several bridges in the district were closed to heavy vehicle traffic.
+11 First day marked by new attendance zones, start times and bus woes at Baton Rouge schools BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer Aug 7, 2026 Carter Williams is changing schools this year. Nevertheless, he is determined to see that his new school, Greenbrier Elementary in Baton Rouge, offers something that he loved at his old school…
+6 As classes resume in Livingston Parish, Walker middle school students move into $22 million campus BY GIGI LIMAN | Staff writer Aug 6, 2026 When roughly 500 middle schoolers walk through the South Fork Junior High doors Thursday morning, they will get to call themselves something few students can: part of a school’s inaugural class.
‘We stand firmly behind Mr. Cole’: Baton Rouge school leaders respond to indictment of superintendent BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer Aug 5, 2026 Barely two years after taking the job, LaMont Cole’s future as the leader of Louisian’s second-largest traditional public school district is in question after he was indicted Wednesday on fel…
Baton Rouge school leader, former Metro Council member LaMont Cole indicted BY PATRICK SLOAN-TURNER | Staff writer Aug 5, 2026 LaMont Cole, the Baton Rouge schools superintendent and former Metro Council leader, has been indicted on felony corruption charges.Â
New Orleans, Shreveport medical schools join LSU as branch campuses. Here’s what it means. BY HALEY MILLER | Staff writer Aug 4, 2026 The LSU health sciences centers in Shreveport and New Orleans have officially joined the flagship institution as branch campuses, the university announced Tuesday.
+14 Baton Rouge school superintendent calls criminal probe ‘one of the most challenging times’ BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer Aug 4, 2026 Baton Rouge schools Superintendent LaMont Cole broke his silence Tuesday on an ongoing investigation of him by the ¶¶Òõh Attorney General’s Office focusing on his time as a Metro Council m…
‘I can train you’: New easier-to-use software promises better school bus routing in Baton Rouge BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer Aug 3, 2026 With a new school year about to start, the East Baton Rouge Parish school system is gambling on new bus routing software that promises to find children and get them to school more accurately a…
+2 Summer programs benefit kids, but many ¶¶Òõh families can’t afford them BY ELYSE CARMOSINO | Staff writer Aug 2, 2026 Louisian parents want to send their children to a summer learning program, but many can't afford it.Â
+4 After nearly a decade of growing enrollment, LSU gets more selective. Here’s why. BY HALEY MILLER | Staff writer Aug 1, 2026 Across her college career, LSU senior Rachel Kashimawo has spent hours circling campus in her RAV4, searching for a parking spot even though she always buys a permit.