The Secretary of State puts out the help-wanted sign for poll commissioners. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Former LSU pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis’s historic streak of 40 straight victories came to an end Sunday at the Diamond League Meet in Stockholm, Sweden. Duplantis holds the current world record of 20 feet-8-and-a-half inches, but he failed to clear any more than the 19 feet-four-and-a-quarter mark set by Australia’s Kurtis Marschall.
Louisiana ranks 48th for child well-being in the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2026 Kids Count Data Book. Chief Data and Impact Officer at the Agenda For Children, Teresa Falgoust, says one out of five children in Louisiana live in high-poverty neighborhood, which is one reason why the state ranks so low, but it’s not all bad news…
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It’s the 30th anniversary of the most famous moment in LSU baseball history- Warren Morris’s walk-off home run in the 1996 College World Series Championship. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Morris blasted a two-run shot after not hitting a home run all season. Morris returned from wrist surgery two weeks before the start of the tournament but told coach Skip Bertman something was different that day.