Publication: The Advocate

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Bowl dates released

The Football Bowl Association has released the schedule for the 2013-14 bowl season.Here’s a list of the most pertinent bowl games from an LSU perspective:Dec. 30 – Music City Bowl, Nashville, Tenn., SEC vs. ACC (2:15 p.m., ESPN)Dec. 31 – AdvoCare V100 ... [Published The Advocate - 5 hours ago]
First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 5 hours ago - 2 reports

Pat Shingleton for Thursday, May 23, 2013

Open vehicle windows will cool the occupants through evaporation; closed windows reduce automobile drag and possibly reduce fuel consumption. In 1933, conditioned air was introduced for luxury cars and limousines; Packard was the first manufacturer to ... [Published The Advocate - 5 hours ago]
First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 3 reports

LEAP results show unchanged promotion rates

Promotion rates for fourth- and eighth-graders on a test required for advancement are essentially unchanged this year compared with 2012, figures released by the state Department of Education showed Wednesday.The results also show that:Public school students ... [Published The Advocate - 6 hours ago]
First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 2 reports

Think beyond the boil

Crawfish shines in tacos, cornbread, eggplant, moreCorinne CookOur love for crawfish and the different ways to serve it continues to grow. Although étouffée may first come to mind if we have a pound of peeled crawfish tails, try something new now that ... [Published The Advocate - 9 hours ago]
First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 2 reports

Side Dish: Award winners

“Gran Cocina Latina: The Food of Latin America” by Maricel E. Presilla (W.W. Norton & Co.) took Cook of the Year honors.Garnering the top prize in the General Cooking category was “Canal House Cooks Every Day” by Melissa Hamilton and Christopher Hirsheimer, ... [Published The Advocate - 9 hours ago]
First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 10 hours ago - 2 reports

Jefferson board puts school tax renewal on Oct. 19 ballot

HARVEY — After facing a crushing defeat at the polls earlier this month, the Jefferson Parish School board has decided to go back to voters on Oct. 19 and try again to get a critical 7-mill property tax renewed.Officials were confident the millage, which ... [Published The Advocate - 10 hours ago]
First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 2 reports

New Orleans Convention Center bill clears Louisiana House

After a second try in two days, legislation that would allow the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans to expand its footprint cleared the Louisiana House.The House voted 69-20 in favor or House Bill 516 after the proposal’s sponsor, state ... [Published The Advocate - 11 hours ago]
First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 2 reports

Breakaway district bill advances

A plan to set up a new school district in southeast Baton Rouge moved within one step of a Louisiana House showdown Wednesday.The proposal, Senate Bill 199, passed the House Appropriations Committee 14-7.It now moves to the full House.A companion proposal, ... [Published The Advocate - 15 hours ago]
First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 17 hours ago - 4 reports

Ascension Parish briefs for May 23, 2013

Center hosts trials in dog obedienceDogs will take over the Lamar-Dixon Center on Saturday and Sunday for the Louisiana Capital City Obedience Club’s annual obedience trials.Obedience dogs from Ascension Parish, Baton Rouge and around the South will compete ... [Published The Advocate - 17 hours ago]
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

Police and fire briefs for May 22, 2013

A Baton Rouge man accused of punching a man during a bar fight who later died of his injuries surrendered to authorities Tuesday, police said.Andres Gonzalez, 27, 2225 College Drive, was to be booked on one count of second-degree murder in the death of ... [Published The Advocate - May 22 2013]
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Clunes beaten in CHFL thriller

DAYLESFORD has suffered its second loss in as many weeks, going down by 97 points to Buninyong in the Central Highlands Football League.In the grand final rematch Daylesford couldn’t match it with the ladder leaders.The Bombers took out their revenge ... [Published The Advocate - May 21 2013]
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Public school aid plan fails

Show caption Advocate staff photo by RICHARD ALAN HANNON -- State Sen. Conrad Appel, R-Metairie, shown here on May 8, chairs the Senate Education Committee. On Tuesday, Appel's committee takes up the $3.5 billion spending plan for the state's public ... [Published The Advocate - May 21 2013]

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