LSU has renamed a street on campus from one after a Confederate admiral to one honoring military vets. LSU Mass Communication professor Bob Mann says Raphael Semmes was only on the school’s facility for a few months after the Civil War…:
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Raphael Semmes Road changed to Veterans Drive. LSU says this was the only Confederate street renamed out of 28 others that changed. The school says the new names are part of a “modernization effort” to add physical addresses to campus buildings.

A 49-year-old Slidell man was killed when his vehicle was struck by a boat that detached from a pickup and trailer in St. James Parish. State Police say 20-year-old Jeremiah Allee of St. Amant was towing a boat while 49-year-old David Burvant was traveling in the opposite direction. As the two vehicles approached, the boat detached, crossed the center line and struck Burvant’s vehicle on the passenger side. Burvant was later pronounced dead.

Nearly 500 Louisiana educators will become the first mentors in a program designed to train new educators. Kelley Ray has more…:
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Today Governor John Bel Edwards announced a series of regional summits on human trafficking. He says these meetings will highlight pertinent information from key stakeholders regarding the existing services, protocols and community response to trafficking victims.

Former LSU coach Les Miles has purchased a home in Baton Rouge for about $1.3 million, according to documents filed with the Clerk of Court.