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Running backs, body camera footage and Taylor Swift in Louisiana

BY MATTHEW ALBRIGHT | Staff writer​ ​ ​


John Emery is back with the Tigers. LSU's star running back has cleared up the academic issues that put his status in doubt. 

That's just the latest news out of football preseason camp:

  • A rock star defensive player from the 2019 team is back in Baton Rouge and on the staff
  • The defensive line coach is stepping away for personal health issues
  • Scott Rabalais has a list of some of the top players to watch in the preseason

Baton Rouge police released body camera footage Thursday that showed the confrontation with a murder suspect that ended when officers fatally shot him.

Here's what the video shows.


Louisiana's Swifties are rejoicing: Taylor Swift is coming to Louisiana next year — and she's playing more than one gig.

Here's what we know about how our state fits into her expanding "Eras" tour. And here's how to get tickets. 

Body camera footage shows murder suspect pointing gun at officers who fatally shot him

Baton Rouge police publicly released body camera footage Thursday that shows a murder suspect approaching officers and pointing a gun at them before they shoot and kill him.  Read more

Father Mark Beard, close to Gov. John Bel and Donna Edwards, dies in car accident

Father Mark Beard, the pastor at St. Helena Catholic Church in Amite, the home parish of Gov. John Bel Edwards, died Wednesday in a car crash just over the state line in Mississippi. He was 62. Read more

 
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