The Advocate's Top Headlines

with Jennifer Wadsworth | Assistant metro editor

Good morning and welcome back. Here's what our reporters have been working on today …

COVID detected in LSU sewage

Louisiana's flagship university ordered all its sororities and some fraternities to get tested for COVID after "high traces" of the virus showed up in sewage samples. Caroline Savoie, who's been covering LSU's pandemic response for the past few weeks, has the story.

Bulldozer down

Traffic came to a dead stop Thursday after a bulldozer toppled off an I-10 overpass and into the grass below. 

Betting season 

Sports betting could start as soon as next month under urgency rules approved this week by regulators. Mark Ballard wrote about the Gaming Control Board's licensing condition, which kick in next week, in this report from our Capital News Bureau.

Fatal shooting in North Baton Rouge

A 29-year-old man from Baker died in a shooting Wednesday on Kaufman Street. BRPD tells us he was found in his car with multiple gunshot wounds. 

A Louisiana Saturday Night

Laine Hardy, our favorite "American Idol" star, is performing in concert Saturday at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales. Judy Bergeron caught up with the Livingston native, who is in the midst of a tour with Toby Keith. Find out what he misses most while on tour in our story.

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