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BATON ROUGE — LSU on Monday announced increased game-day safety measures ahead of Saturday's LSU-Alabama game, including the establishment of a committee dedicated to enforcing and implementing further safety measures.The changes, System President Wade Rousse and Chancellor Jim Dalton say, came after Oct. 17's Mississippi State game when multiple fights broke out near the Enchanted Forest, Pentagon and Greek Theater. East Baton Rouge Parish deputies used pepper balls to disperse the

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The trade that sent Jeffery Simmons from the Tennessee Titans to the Chicago Bears told the All-Pro defensive tackle everything he needed to know about his new home. The Bears have big plans. “This team believes in what they have here, and they want it right now,” Simmons said. “My […]

By  ELDAR EMRIC and NADJA LOVADINOV MOUNT OZREN, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Masa the bear lumbers across a grassy enclosure on Bosnia’s Mount Ozren before rising onto her hind legs and wrapping her front paws around her friend, Petar Tubic. The pair’s unlikely friendship began in 2019 when Tubic found Masa abandoned as a cub in a forest and took her...

Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith announced the awarding of two grants, totaling almost $6 million, to help Mississippi continue recovery work. That recovery work is related to Tropical Storm Arthur and Winter Storm Fern. The Federal Highway Administration approved the grants. The funding will help the state and United States Forest Service defray the cost of repairs to federal-aid eligible roads, bridges,...

LSU President Wade Rousse announced immediate game day safety precautions Wednesday following multiple fights and disruptive gatherings after LSU’s homecoming game Oct. 17. After the game against Mississippi State, crowds gathered near the Enchanted Forest, Pentagon Community and Greek Theater where multiple fights broke out. East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office deputies deployed pepper balls to... The post LSU President Wade Rousse announces new game day safety precautions following homeco

A lumber manufacturer is expanding its existing sawmill operations in Macon with an $8.3 million investment. Barge Forest Products, a lumber production company founded in 1985 that serves customers across three continents and the Caribbean, specializes in high-quality southern yellow pine lumber, with a focus on longer timber lengths for construction. “With 19 million acres […]

Nine students are hospitalized following a crash involving a Jackson Public Schools bus. Authorities report that the incident occurred on Forest Hill Road just before 8 a.m. on Tuesday when a vehicle collided with the school bus. 13 students were reportedly on board at the time of the accident. Paramedics arrived at the scene and […]

Picayune, Miss. (WXXV)- The Picayune Police Department is sharing details on a shooting incident that happened on Saturday. According to police, officers were dispatched to an incident on 6th Avenue near Forest Street around 9 PM. No one was reported to have been injured but two cars were hit. Witnesses reported seeing several cars leave the scene and one person...

By  NINIEK KARMINI and ANDI JATMIKO JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Eight endangered orangutans were released into a protected forest weeks after wildfires destroyed large swaths of their habitat in Indonesian Borneo, a conservation group said. The orangutans, including three mothers with infants and two adolescent males, were rescued from areas in Ketapang and North Kayong regencies that were ravaged by...