BY MATTHEW ALBRIGHT | Staff writer When COVID shut down schools and forced kids to learn online, the evidence showed it caused a major backslide in their learning. Scores on Louisiana's standardized test suggest that, in many places, things have started to recover. Here's a look at how Baton Rouge-area school districts performed — several of them among the best in the state. And to see how your individual school did, check out this searchable database.
Every morning, Malik Clark woke up at 6 a.m., went out to the homemade stable and fed his horse, C.T. He loved caring for the horse and had dreams of becoming a jockey. But then he was shot and killed one night near Baton Rouge's River Center. His mother says he was killed by the ex-boyfriend of a girl who had started hanging out with Clark and his friends. Here is Malik's story, and how his mother is left in mourning.
You've heard of cronuts and cake balls. Is the next hot trend in baked treats a cakewich? This Louisiana mother-daughter team hopes so. Here's a look at their new busines, Cake-ism, with plenty of tantalizing photos of their tasty products. |