Former Baton Rouge Catholic High School football coach Dale Weiner passed away at the age of 74 last night after a battle with Parkinson's. The Louisiana Sports Hall of Famer won 317 games and a 2015 state title over 30 years with the Bears. Longtime high school sports writer for The Advocate in Baton Rouge, Robin Famb...

Hearts are heavy in the State Capitol amid news that Chalmette Representative Mike Bayham has passed away at the age of 52. Bayham was in the midst of his first term as a state legislator when he passed away this morning. Political consultant Jason Redmond was a longtime friend of Bayham's, dating back to their time at...

The LSU community comes together to pay its respects to legendary LSU men's basketball coach Dale Brown, who passed away last month at the age of 90. A three-hour celebration of life ceremony was held at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center, where Brown coached the Tigers for 25 years. Among those remembering Coach Brown ...

A group of veterans from Louisiana traveled to Washington, D.C., for a series of Veterans Day events this week. They were flown on an Honor Flight sponsored by Meta, which also donated 130,000 pairs of smart glasses to visually impaired veterans across the country. Coast Guard Veteran Belard Ernest of New Orleans was t...

Bill Cassidy was hamstrung in his re-election bid when Louisiana went to closed primaries for U.S. Senate races. Now, he wants to make sure it doesn't happen to anyone else. He has sponsored a bill that would require states to conduct open primaries for federal offices. Cassidy says it allows more people to have a say ...