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Port Allen residents will lose power for 6 hours Sunday night while Entergy works on a substation
3+ hour, 37+ min ago (126+ words) The Advocate A power outage is scheduled for overnight Sunday in West Baton Rouge Parish, leaving Port Allen residents in the dark for a few hours while Entergy works on one of its substations, according to an announcement from parish…...
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1+ day, 10+ hour ago (14+ words) The Advocate Fuel pump in Shreveport, La. , Wednesday, April 8, 2026....
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1+ day, 10+ hour ago (28+ words) The Advocate A sign advertises the price for regular unleaded and diesel fuel prices at a gas station in Shreveport, La. , Wednesday, April 8, 2026....
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1+ day, 10+ hour ago (28+ words) The Advocate A sign advertises the price for regular unleaded and diesel fuel prices at a gas station in Shreveport, La. , Wednesday, April 8, 2026....
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1+ day, 10+ hour ago (24+ words) The Advocate A motorist pulls up to a fuel pump at a gas station in Shreveport, La. , Wednesday, April 8, 2026....
Angola inmate death under investigation, Department of Corrections says
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (138+ words) Razor wire is seen below a guard tower along the perimeter of a yard, Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La. An inmate died in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola Sunday afternoon according to the Louisiana Department…...
In Louisiana court, new details emerge about "third country" deportations to African nations
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (1108+ words) An ICE marked vehicle is seen parked outside of Camp 57, Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La. A federal judge in Baton Rouge on Wednesday questioned whether federal agents violated an Ethiopian man's due process rights when they…...
Angola officer dies in vehicle incident on prison grounds, officials say
3+ week, 6+ hour ago (152+ words) The front gate entrance to the Angola State Penitentiary is seen, Thursday, February 29, 2024, on Tunica Trace in Angola, La. An officer at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola died Wednesday on the prison grounds in what officials describe as a…...
Federal trial on Angola's "Farm Line' forced labor has ended. Here's where things stand.
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1116+ words) A team of prison reformists made their final push Tuesday to convince a federal judge to order an end to "degrading and dehumanizing" labor for field workers on the so-called Farm Line at the state's oldest and lone maximum-security prison....
Eyewear brand Warby Parker to open its first Baton Rouge location. See where it is.
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (113+ words) Eyewear brand Warby Parker will open its first Baton Rouge location in Perkins Rowe. This will be Warby Parker's third Louisiana location, with two other locations in Metairie's Lakeside Shopping Center and on Magazine Street in New Orleans. "We're thrilled…...