Baton Rouge native Scott Woodward is the new athletics director at LSU. The LSU grad will be formally welcomed back on Tuesday. Woodward was the director of LSU’s external affairs from 2000 to 2004 and most recently the A-D at Texas A-and-M.

The latest data from the Louisiana survey shows how Louisiana residents feel about recreational marijuana and sports betting. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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The western side of the state is dry, but strong storms capable of producing a tornado are move through areas west of Monroe and Lafayette. National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Efferson says while tornadoes are the biggest threat, we can also see other forms of severe weather….
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The good news is that once this severe weather moves out, it looks dry for the Easter weekend.

Federal, state and local officials have broken ground on the Comite River Diversion project, a long-delayed flood control project that can benefit East Baton Rouge and Livingston parishes. Central mayor David Barrow…
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Officials say this flood control project could have prevented flooding to hundreds of homes during the August flood of 2016.