 BY VICKI FERSTEL | Staff writer Bills are now moving through the Legislature to allow more people to have concealed guns close to schools and along parade routes. Anyone legally allowed to carry a gun, including those without concealed carry permits, would be able to do so up to a school’s property line under Senate Bill 101 Another measure would clarify that laws restricting concealed carry at parades apply only to those actually in the parade, not those watching. Click here for the story by staff writers Alyse Pfeil and Sophie Kasakove.
Breaking down LSU baseball's opponents: The Tigers, selected as the No. 6 overall seed for the NCAA Tournament, will host No. 2 Dallas Baptist, No. 3 Rhode Island and No. 4 Little Rock in the Baton Rouge Regional beginning on Friday. LSU's first game in the regional is against Little Rock. First pitch from Alex Box Stadium is set for 2 p.m. Staff writer Koki Riley has all the details.
Escapees captured in Baton Rouge and Texas. New Orleans jail escapee Lenton Vanburen Jr. was arrested Monday in Baton Rouge and two others were captured north of Houston. Following a tip, Vanburen was apprehended while sitting on a bench near a department store at Hammond Aire. Vanburen had been scheduled for a mental competency hearing Thursday after having asked the court to represent himself in a 2021 second-degree murder case. Click here for the full story by staff writers Kasey Bubnash and John Simerman. | 
