with Matthew Albright | Assistant metro editorHappy Mardi Gras! If you're trying to get in the spirit, check out our Parade Cam, live from New Orleans. In the meantime, here are some of our biggest stories from in and around Baton Rouge.
Art Briles out at GramblingGrambling had announced it was hiring former Baylor head coach Art Briles as its offensive coordinator. That caused a backlash because of a major sexual assault scandal at Baylor while he was there — and because Louisiana universities are reckoning with their own handling of sexual misconduct. Now Grambling is saying Briles won't be coaching there after all.
Marijuana boom times?Louisiana recently relaxed some of the rules around medical marijuana, and demand seems to be soaring. We looked at what that means for the few companies with licenses to it — and the larger pot economy that's growing in Louisiana.
Deadly crash, multiple arrestsThere was a deadly crash on I-10 in the wee hours of the morning yesterday involving three different cars. A teenager died, and three different people were arrested on counts ranging from drunk driving and vehicular manslaughter to gun charges to obstruction of justice.
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