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Astronomers Without Borders is "recycling" solar eclipse glasses by giving them new life.

As previous stories illustrate, my readers are safe, excellent drivers — its those other drivers who cause the trouble.

While I dont get out for Mardi Gras festivities these days, I have some precious memories of great times.

Our recent chilly weather reminded a Baton Rouge reader of the mid-1990s, when he was working in Moscow:

As the last polls closed in Greater Lafayette, eight Republicans held their breath.

Democrats Bob Downing and Stacey Burr have won the city council seats of the sixth districts in Lafayette and West Lafayette, respectively.

We are still stunned at the news--news you've likely already heard elsewhere. Yesterday morning Aubrey McClendon, 56 years old and the sole person in his SUV, was traveling along a 2-lane road in/near Oklahoma City when he crashed into a bridge foundation/embankment while moving at "a high rate of speed." He was killed in the

Scaffolding that has towered over a high street for a decade is being taken down through a High Court order.

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The community came together to mourn Dave Heath at a visitation Sunday in Lafayette. News 18 asked those who knew and worked with Heath over the years to say a