"Soil is amazing, and it can overcome a lot. But it takes a lot of care."

      

After tearing his ACL in his rookie season and leading the Bengals to Super Bowl, Joe Burrow nominated for Best Comeback Athlete for 2022 ESPY Awards.

      

After four months on the job, Steve Ensminger Jr. resigns from Cedar Creek.

      

Cassidy Hutchinson testified about discussions in the White House ahead of Jan. 6 and Trump's actions on the morning of the Capitol attack.

      

Louisiana's November congressional elections will proceed under the map passed by the Legislature in February with five of six white districts.

      

BAKER - After six years of waiting and students having to share space at the middle school, Baker High School is finally on track to be reborn.

"It's going to make our students feel like they're cared for," school board member Joyce Burges said.

Baker's School Board finally selected a contractor to move ahead with the project after delaying the vote several times. The biggest setback, however, was finding funding.

"It was money. We tried different sources to obtain the funds, and those were just dead ends."

Now that's changed. Funding for the $20 million project has been found through multiple sources, including a local bank, FEMA, and grants.

It’s less money than originally planned, but money will be saved by keeping some of the original buildings intact instead of starting from the ground up.

"According to the architect, there are going to be a few demolitions, but there is also going to be some rebuilding as well.”

There were still a couple important additions the council wanted, adding another $700,000 to the budget.

"There were something things that we really wanted done, like our band room, our shop room, and so reserving those funds to make sure we get those things done because we have the best band in the land."

No word on when construction will begin, but the expected completion date is the fall of next year.

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The Library of Congress is pleased to announce the publication of a new interactive map and timeline of all digitized titles in the Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers collection. This visualization features a map that shows approximate locations of all digitized newspapers available in the collection. Users can explore the newspapers by clicking the dots on the map and/or access a time slider in the lower left hand corner to interact with the timeline and explore the available digitized newspapers published between 1777-1963. This map is updated weekly.

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BATON ROUGE - A chemical spill on the side of the I-12 off-ramp at O'Neal Lane stopped traffic in the area Tuesday afternoon. 

According to the Baton Rouge Fire Department, muratic acid leaked out of a container in a truck heading to Akers. 

Fire officials said muratic acid is a corrosive and there is no danger to the public. The ramp will be open when the spill is cleaned. 

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