BY MATTHEW ALBRIGHT | Staff writer At Woodlawn High School, they're not calling it the Citrus Bowl. They're calling it the Rickie Bowl. That's because Rickie Collins, the school's star quarterback, was recruited by both teams that are playing in Sunday's game. He had at one point committed to Purdue, but changes on both coaching staffs convinced him to switch to LSU. Here's what the game means to him and his family.
When its helicopter crashed in the Gulf of Mexico with four people aboard Thursday, it was the third crash this year by aircraft operated by the same company. Here's an update on the crash and the safety record of the company involved.
A teenage suspect slipped away from an East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's deputy after he was arrested on suspicion of simple battery. Here's what we know about how he got loose, and how law enforcement is looking for him. |