BY MATTHEW ALBRIGHT | Staff writer Eighteen pounds of heroin is a lot, even for a city like Baton Rouge. But for rural Pointe Coupee Parish, it's a staggering amount. And that's not all of the drugs that State Police and local law enforcement say they confiscated in what they are calling the parish's biggest-ever drug bust. Here are details about what was seized, and how police think it's a sign of a bigger problem. Abortion will remain outlawed for now in Louisiana as a legal challenge to the state's ban plays out, the state Supreme Court decided today. Here's what the ruling means and what's next in the high-stakes legal process. Louisiana schools hoped COVID was behind them, given all the chaos it caused for students, parents and teachers — and the mounting evidence that it caused major learning problems for kids. But the virus still lurks. Yesterday, Wedgewood Elementary School had to go remote learning temporarily because of a COVID outbreak. | 