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Amy Jeffries, who became WRKF’s first news director last month, came to Baton Rouge in September 2005, three weeks after Hurricane Katrina and just in time for Hurricane Rita.Jeffries was on a temporary assignment … Continue reading →
CLINTON — Living in a part of Louisiana with only the faintest of French connections, Annie Chapman hasn’t experienced much in the way of Mardi Gras celebrations during her rich 100-year life.On … Continue reading →
“I picked the trombone in middle school because it was the biggest instrument available for me to play and I was a little bit of a tomboy back then… People are surprised (that I play … Continue reading →
Can’t get your children to eat lettuce? See if you can get them into lettuce research.Will Afton, a 27-year-old Baton Rougean working on his master’s degree in horticulture at LSU, wasn’t a big lettuce eater … Continue reading →
Each week The Advocate asks a different “quiz taker” for his or her current favorites in pop culture.QUIZ TAKER: S.J. Montalbano, 75 “as of yesterday,” retired but hosts “Jukebox … Continue reading →
Mike the Tiger has friends in the veterinary students who look after the LSU mascot. The caretakers have a friend in School of Veterinary Medicine library director Christine Mitchell.Mitchell will sell her … Continue reading →
Casual gardeners or busy people who want to grow vegetables in a spring garden do well to buy transplants of popular vegetable plants at the nursery or hardware store.Growing tomatoes, peppers and eggplants from seed … Continue reading →
Area students were named candidates for this year’s United States Presidential Scholars Program. There are 49 candidates statewide.The 15 area candidates are Garrick L. Mayweather, McKinley High School; Kalle W. Liimatta, Jasmine L. Miller, Steven A. … Continue reading →
Walk into any corner drugstore this week, and you’ll find the aisles abloom with red — the bright crimson of heart-shaped candy boxes and over-sized greeting cards for Valentine’s Day.I welcome the bright scarlet … Continue reading →
Caretakers of a hairy critter northeast of Pittsburgh claim we will have winter this year.Their prediction would mean six weeks and three days of winter in Louisiana.Continue reading →
Clinton — Mildred Phillips Worrell is one of those “characters” who hail from small towns all over the South. She’s Clinton’s character, or at least one of them.“I was born in the … Continue reading →
NAME: Abbie Hardy,Baton RougeAGE: 23OCCUPATION: … Continue reading →
AcademicSOUTHERN LAW STUDENTS PICKED FOR INTERNSHIP: Four Southern University Law Center students are participating in the 2012 Texas Legislative Internship Program created by Texas State Sen. Rodney Ellis (D-Houston). Xavier Alexander, Cari Bershell, … Continue reading →
Editor’s note: This story is part of a series of occasional features on neighborhoods in the Baton Rouge area.Even though it’s minutes from some of the busiest streets in the city, … Continue reading →
Southerners love a cold weather alert.An overnight prediction of “upper 20s” sends us into the kind of panic you might expect at the South Pole when the airplane carrying heating fuel is grounded in New … Continue reading →
PLAQUEMINE — The Carl F. Grant Civic Center took on a Mayan landscape Saturday as the Krewe of Cypress celebrated “Apocalypto Cypress,” its 33rd Mardi Gras ball.Presiding were King Cypress XXXIII G. Bert Allain … Continue reading →
The Krewe of Lyonnesse and its guests traveled through time and space for the children’s Mardi Gras group’s 15th annual ball Saturday.Serving as emcee was Andr é Moreau.King Brian Joseph Arceneaux and Queen Mary … Continue reading →
Woman’s HospitalWoman’s Hospital, 9050 Airline Highway, will hold the following events this week:• “Baby & You Orientation Tour,” a tour of the labor and birth suites, … Continue reading →
“Swamp People” has made it to the Super Bowl.A 30-second national spot for the History show shot in Louisiana will premiere during the fourth quarter of Superbowl XLVI on Sunday. The Superbowl kick-off is at 5:30 … Continue reading →
Swine Palace’s “Pride and Prejudice” is a Valentine for Baton Rouge audiences.Friday’s opening night at the Claude L. Shaver Theatre is sold out. Most of Saturday’s tickets had been sold by Thursday afternoon.Performances … Continue reading →
Georgia Brown has been slim all her life, exercised faithfully and watched what she ate.On one hand, she would seem to be the last candidate for heart trouble; on the other hand, the way she … Continue reading →
An old Louisiana Select plant, Homestead Purple, popular in the 1990s, is still a favorite verbena in Louisiana gardens.Homestead Purple may no longer be the most popular verbena, but it’s readily available in Louisiana, say … Continue reading →
“The ACT is not as difficult as it is described to be. People told me it was (a) complicated (test). When I took it, I was relieved to find that it wasn’t what it was hyped … Continue reading →
Visitors to the 41st annual Baton Rouge Camellia Society Show at the Rural Life Museum will drive past what former resident director of the Burden Center Pat Hegwood calls one of the best private collections of camellias … Continue reading →