1+ hour, 15+ min ago   (260+ words) South Louisiana businesses and nonprofit groups recently announced the following promotions, new hires and resignations. Dr. Carrie Malcom has been hired by the Fertility Answer Baton Rouge clinic at the Woman's Hospital campus. Malcom completed her residency in obstetrics and…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1080+ words) A video plays with Elon Musk during the SpaceX announcement at Magdalen Place in Abbeville, La., Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. Every time a rocket launches at SpaceX’s south Texas site, about 20,000 people stay at hotels to watch it take off into space....

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (99+ words) Sloane and Cameron, left to right, shop with their mom Maggie Salib-Barrios during the grand opening of Trader Joe’s newest New Orleans location on the corner of Napoleon and Freret Street in New Orleans, Friday, June 12, 2026. Trader Joe's says it…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (214+ words) The Ascension Parish Zoning Commission took its first steps Wednesday toward establishing new regulations for high-impact development facilities, including data centers, after more than an hour of discussion and amendments to a proposed ordinance. The ordinance will now move to…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (144+ words) All customer service locations of the Office of Motor Vehicles will be closed throughout the state on Monday, Sept. 14, for “system modernization efforts and staff training,” the agency said in an online post. The temporary shutdown also affects…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (209+ words) Two weeks after it was announced that a SpaceX rocket launch complex was going to be built in Vermilion Parish, the company is advertising its first job opening. Clicking on the job title link, though, does not reveal any details…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (507+ words) Amazon's MK30 drone. The online retail giant plans to bring its Prime Air drone delivery service to Baton Rouge in the early summer. The service can deliver about 60,000 items to customers within a 7.5 mile radius. About two months after the launch…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (536+ words) Alisha Delahoussaye explains what tools she uses for growing flowers to attendees of the Food Summit at Blazing Star Farm on Monday, June 17, 2019 in Scott, La.. Blazing Star Farm is one of several farms on the SARE, Southern University Agricultural…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (246+ words) Jay Hardman, executive director of the Port of Greater Baton Rouge takes a tour with the head of the U.S. Maritime Administration, Rear Adm. Mark Buzby, at the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal in New Orleans. Greg Johnson will take over as…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (31+ words) NO.bgr.090926.020.jpg The Advocate Orleans Parish Sheriff Michelle Woodfork speaks with BGR President & CEO Rebecca Mowbray during a press conference in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026....