BY DOUG GRAHAM | Staff writer Even as the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank is seeing a steady increase in the number of clients seeking help each month, the nonprofit is having to reduce the amount of food it can provide in the face of cuts to federal aid. Organizers say the impact from ongoing inflation, rising food costs and a 40% reduction in federal food support since 2024 has pushed more residents into food insecurity. Now, the food bank is having to cut back on its distribution for the second time in the past year. Read more about how this impacts the area. Matthew Mire went on a shooting spree in October 2021 that resulted in the deaths of Louisiana State Trooper Adam Gaubert and 37-year-old Pamela Adair of Prairieville, as well as attacks on several other people in Livingston and Ascension parishes and an armed standoff with authorities. Now, the Livingston man has entered a plea agreement in court that hands him two life sentences and more than 348 additional years in prison. Read more about his crimes and the deal. Lamar Brown, the state's brightest high school talent and ESPN’s No. 1 player in the 2026 class, announced on Thursday he was committing to LSU. His University High School is a laboratory school of LSU and is only a five-minute drive from Tiger Stadium. Read more about what he could mean to the program. | 