 BY MATTHEW ALBRIGHT | Staff writer During the COVID pandemic, Louisiana got $147 million from the federal government to help stave off mortgage foreclosures. The state paid a Mississippi accounting firm to oversee the grant. Now top state officials are asking the auditor to investigate how the grant was distributed. Sources tell us there is suspicion that the firm's employees improperly received money themselves. Here's what we know.
Hubig's Pies are back. That includes Baton Rouge — if you're lucky. Demand for the Louisiana treats, which disappeared for a decade after a fire destroyed the company's plant, was so high that initial shipments got gobbled up almost immediately. Here's where to look if you have a Hubig's hankering.
You could hardly have asked for a better night of high school football on Friday. Two dramatic upsets sent Baton Rouge-area teams to the quarterfinals, setting up some huge local games. Catholic High found another gear and rumbled to a blowout of Rummel. And Episcopal's kicker came through big in the clutch. Want to know how your school did? Here's the scoreboard. | 
