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The Advocate's Top Headlines

with Kelly P. Kissel | Metro editor

Good afternoon. Here are the top things going on in the Baton Rouge area today ...

St. Helena Parish is sending children home for more virtual learning sessions. The accelerating pace of COVID infections because of the omicron variant is driving the move, along with a lack of tests. James Finn has our coverage.

The LSU women's basketball team has a big game tonight. No. 1 South Carolina visits. Jim Kleinpeter explores just how big of a game this is.

And in case you missed it, we recorded our economic summit from this morning. A panel of experts looked at what to expect in 2022. Here's the path to the replay.

BTW, the king cake part of the economy seems to be OK. We had three in our office this morning, but by lunch time, if you put them all together, we'd have about 1. No babies yet.

Today's top stories

St. Helena Parish schools go back to remote classes, citing COVID cases, test shortages

Students in St. Helena Parish will switch to taking classes remotely for a couple of days as schools around Baton Rouge react to the corona… Read more

Several Baton Rouge-area schools go virtual amid rise in COVID cases

Several schools in the greater Baton Rouge area are moving their pupils to remote learning amid the latest surge in COVID cases. Read more

Louisiana prisons suspend visitations, citing COVID; here are the new rules

In the wake of the recent surge in virus cases, visitation will be suspended at all Louisiana state-run prisons to prevent the further spre… Read more

What does 2022 hold for the Baton Rouge economy? Replay our panel discussion

Want to know what’s in store for local business? Experts weighed in during our Baton Rouge Economic Outlook Summit 2022 on Thursday. Read more

Six things we learned at The Advocate’s Baton Rouge Economic Outlook Summit 2022

The Advocate’s Baton Rouge Economic Outlook Summit 2022 was held Thursday morning. Here are six things we learned Read more

A year after Jan. 6, Congress more deeply divided than ever

WASHINGTON — A deeply divided Congress is about to show the world a very unsettled view from the U.S. Capitol: Rather than a national crisi… Read more

Plaquemine teen shot while sleeping; 14-year-old arrested, police chief says

A Plaquemine teenager was shot and killed Wednesday by another teen as he lay sleeping on the couch in his parents' home, Plaquemine police… Read more

Mary Bird Perkins, BR General agreement leads to additional hiring, talk of further expansion

A new agreement between Baton Rouge General’s Pennington Cancer Center and Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center has led to the hiring of about 2… Read more

LSU women's basketball a hot ticket as No. 1 South Carolina prepares to invade PMAC

Suddenly, an LSU women’s basketball game is the place to be. Read more