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Wastewater testing is looking up

with Kelly P. Kissel | Metro editor

Thanks for checking in for today's latest headlines in Baton Rouge.

Eyes to the sky

An LSU researcher who has studied the presence of the coronavirus in wastewater on campus is using the same technology in assessing the risk on international airplane flights. The results show 85 percent accuracy in predicting future COVID cases. Terry Jones reports.

Quite a promotion

A Catholic priest who worked in Baton Rouge more nearly 20 years after his ordination is headed to Louisville, Kentucky, to be its next archbishop. Bishop Shelton Fabre has led the Houma-Thibodaux diocese for the past 8.5 years, and before that was an auxiliary bishop in New Orleans. Details here.

Disorder on the court

Frustrated with the state of LSU basketball? You're not alone. Columnist Scott Rabalais looks at Will Wade's winter discontent.

Today's top stories

Former Baton Rouge priest named archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky

A priest ordained in 1989 for the Diocese of Baton Rouge who has served as bishop of Houma-Thibodaux for the past 8½ years has been named a… Read more

Tracking COVID in airplane bathrooms could protect international travel, this LSU team says

A team of researchers led by an LSU professor hopes to give the U.S. government a viable way to monitor the transmission and spread of cont… Read more

Dennis Allen expected to be named new Saints head coach, sources say

Twelve years to the day the New Orleans Saints won the Super Bowl, a new era for the franchise began. Read more

Baton Rouge firefighter stops knife-wielding attacker who claimed hearing voices in his head

A Baton Rouge firefighter stopped a man who stabbed a convenience store worker and tried to wrestle the firefighter's gun away from him, an… Read more

Despite cold and rain, Nutria Rodeo bags 1,900 swamp rats, tops last year's 10-ton heap

Clad head-to-toe in camouflage and with a grin spreading across her mud-smeared face, Mikayla Ball stepped off a boat and slapped a fat, or… Read more

Critical race theory won't be included in Louisiana's social studies standards, official says

Setting up a key vote, state Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley on Tuesday put his imprint on proposed new social studies standards f… Read more

This three-part test explains why Louisiana's GOP congressional maps may violate federal law

Although Black residents make-up one-third of Louisiana's population, Black voters would get the chance to elect their preferred candidate … Read more

Spanish Town Ball: 'Reminiscent of adult scenes in a movie'

The Spanish Town Mardi Gras ball returned to a live event in an authentic nod to its reputation and history on Saturday night. Filled with … Read more

Scott Rabalais: LSU's 'General,' Will Wade, hopes to reverse Tigers' winter of discontent

It’s turning into a cold, Valley Forge-like winter for “General” Will Wade. Read more