Eleven ounces was all the difference in the world for two local anglers.

Joshua Foer, co-founder of the online guide to the world’s wonders and curiosities, Atlas Obscura, will visit Southeastern Louisiana University on Monday, March 25, as part of the university’s Common Read program.

Bright, shining cars will roll onto campus for the Livingston Parish Literacy and Technology Center’s Fifth Annual Car Show on Saturday, March 23.

David Phelps, a Grammy Award-winning recording artist, will usher in the upcoming Easter holiday for Greenwell Springs Baptist Church with a concert beginning at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 28.

A ceremony commemorating St. Joseph’s Altar was held at Immaculate Conception Church in Denham Springs on Saturday, March 16.

Southeastern Louisiana University Symphony Orchestra, Northshore Chorale, Bella Voce, and Southeastern Concert Choir will pay tribute to Ludwig van Beethoven in a concert Wednesday, March 20, at the Columbia Theatre.

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BATON ROUGE -- Though Giovanni Tairov and Amanda Jones work in different libraries on differing scales, they share a similar mission — to make their library the best it can be.

March is what we think of as spring in south Louisiana, but frost is the part of winter that lingers on and can create problems for vegetable gardeners.

South Live Oak Elementary is ready to throw another party in Watson.

Kindergartner McKinleigh Giamalvia from Wendi Gray’s class presents a flag to Springfield Elementary School. Her great-grandfather, Tommy Wilson, donated his father’s burial flag to the school to fly honorably.

DENHAM SPRINGS -- Though Violet Hankins has been around boats all her life, she was surprised at how much she didn’t know about them when she arrived at Pioneer Day last weekend.

Disney characters will come to life inside Jacket Gym this week — and they’ll have a positive message to share.

ALBANY -- Members of the “Who Dat” nation marched into Albany High.

LIVINGSTON -- Four Live Oak High cheerleaders ended their careers exactly where they started — on top.

A team of seven Southeastern Louisiana University students successfully competed in the Bayou Sales Challenge, a role-play competition held recently at Nicholls State University.

DENHAM SPRINGS -- The STEAM Express rolled through the Eastover Estates community, drawing a crowd of all ages for a fun-filled afternoon of science, technology, engineering, arts and math on Monday, March 11.

Livingston Parish residents recently attended “The Elvis Festival Competition” in Brunswick, Georgia.

LIVINGSTON -- For Doyle High senior Ally Holder, 4-H Demonstration Day is something she can’t miss.

Vegetable gardening was once a household chore, but popularity waned over time.

The following Seventh Ward Elementary School students were selected by their homeroom teachers for showing exceptional kindness to their classmates during the month of February. Pictured are (seated, from left) Paul Tabolinsky, Beau Cambre, Brayden Charlet, Luke Reda, Landon Strawbridge, Mal…

DENHAM SPRINGS -- This weekend, locals will have a chance to step back in time.

Springfield Elementary School celebrated Mardi Gras and Dr. Seuss's birthday with a Seuss-themed parade.

A local high school student will have mouths watering with her most recent illustration.

Local Girl Scouts took a trip around the world, as did many of their sisters across the world.

WALKER -- Business is officially open at Walker High.

DENHAM SPRINGS -- On Ash Wednesday, a local church offered “ashes to go.”

SPRINGFIELD -- Colorfully decorated boats — carrying people clad in equally colorful makeup, headgear and themed costumes — hit the water for the Krewe of Tickfaw’s annual Mardi Gras boat parade on Saturday, March 2.

Superheroes converged on the campus of Live Oak Elementary for the school’s annual Math Night on Thursday, Feb. 21.

More than 3,400 students from 84 different high schools converged on Southeastern Louisiana University on Saturday, Feb. 23, for the Southeast Louisiana District Literary Rally and Rock ‘n Roar, the university’s annual campus-community festival.

One, two, and now three.

Seventh Ward Elementary sent students into the Mardi Gras break covered in multicolored beads following the school’s annual Krewe of Kindergarten parade on Friday, March 1.

When the weather turns warm, most gardeners are dying to get outside and take care of all those lawn chores. After all, it has been a long, wet winter — with much of that time stuck inside.

DENHAM SPRINGS -- Like many Purple Martin landlords, Krista Adams’ fascination with the bird was passed down to her.

When it comes to eating breakfast, no school did it better over the last year than Albany High.

Students in Dawn Rawlins’ kindergarten class at North Live Oak Elementary recently worked in groups to discover the changes found throughout Virginia Lee Burton’s 1942 book “The Little House.”

Calling all superheroes — the Rotary Club of Livingston Parish is asking for your help.

Cade Canepa, a senior at Live Oak High, was one of eight students from across the state chosen as recipients of the 2019 Louisiana Young Heroes Award.

LAFAYETTE -- Yes, these students can, and yes, they did.  

DENHAM SPRINGS -- Absence makes the heart grow fonder, as Denham Springs High School English teacher Vickie Eaves discovered when she retired from teaching 12 years ago.