 | BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer |
Flawless festival Sunday: Jazz Fest 2025 has come and gone. Keith Spera offers this nice take on Sunday’s scene that featured Irma Thomas, Lenny Kravitz, Trombone Shorty and lots of others. And of course we have lots of great photos, courtesy of photo editor David Grunfeld.
Before the deluge: Ugh! The weather folks are telling us to prepare for some wet days ahead. How much rain should you expect? Check out the early forecast.
Insurance battle in BR: The battle over auto insurance rates (and, well, the rates for just about every other insurance) continues to rage in Baton Rouge. Politics writer Tyler Bridges runs down the latest skirmish here.
Plaquemines oil spill: The well spewing oil, gas and water into a Plaquemines Parish marsh has been on inactive status for nearly a decade. But the well was never permanently plugged due to possible future production, David Mitchell reports.
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