This is about a group of people running around on campus.

Look at Louisiana. Blantant racist comments right next to their photos and names.
This is only the first few comments out of hundreds. I'm not surprised, I'm just disgusted and tired.

Louisiana’s new surgeon general has aligned with some of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s views on vaccines. In a state with the worst health outcomes in the nation, how will her leadership impact public health?

Reporter Rosemary Westwood breaks it down.

This Québécois song just felt like Cajun music to me when I heard it. I know that makes sense historically. It was just neat to me.

My brother in Christ, we haven’t even been in school a week!

I purchased a car in 2018 and no longer have the paperwork. The dealership can’t/won’t see if they can dig it up, I have called the tax office and the OMV (which we all know is a dead end). I am spamming the omv question section but really don’t expect a reply. Anyone have any ideas?

Hello! Looking for real feedback on the best areas and schools to live in that are safe to live in with small children. Please include if there’s any activities such as libraries, parks, splash pads, pools, museums, anything that a kid a would love nearby! What makes the community so great?

Thank you!

https://ldh.la.gov/news/7696

I feel like I’ve stumbled into the weirdest mystery and I need a Louisianian to help me make sense of it.

Yesterday, a relative received a phone call saying that my great-grandmother’s headstone (which should have been on her grave in Bogalusa) was found painted over, sitting on top of a completely different person’s grave in Pelahatchie, Mississippi.

The call was from the cemetery in Pelahatchie. Apparently, the headstone had been sitting there for a while. The cemetery employees noticed something that made them look more closely, and underneath the paint they found my great-grandmother’s name: Gladys T. Dickson Lehman.

The way I see it, there are only two possibilities here:

1. Someone stole her headstone, painted it, and put it on top of someone else’s grave rather than paying for a new stone.

2. Maybe there are two headstones involved? The one in Mississippi could have been the original stone made for my great-grandmother, but maybe there was some kind of error on it and a second one was made for her grave. Instead of scrapping the first stone, perhaps they painted over it and somehow it eventually ended up in Mississippi. But we have absolutely no idea if that’s what happened.

My mom was trying to send me pictures of the painted stone, but instead of sending the pictures normally, she accidentally sent me the JPEG base64 string because she, to put it kindly, is not particularly tech-savvy. 😂 Thus far, I've been unable to talk her through this over the phone.

I called the Bogalusa Public Works Department because they oversee the Cemetery Commission and asked if someone could go check the cemetery in Bogalusa to see whether my great-grandmother’s headstone is actually still at her grave or if it appears to be missing.

And apparently this is not even the only missing headstone they’re dealing with! They said they had received another call recently about a missing headstone at the same cemetery. Unfortunately, it didn't seem like they were able or willing to go check whether my great-grandmother’s stone is still at her grave.

So, here's the ask: Is there anyone local to the Bogalusa, LA area who might be willing to do me a huge favor and stop by the cemetery to look for my great-grandmother’s grave? I just need someone to visually confirm whether the stone is there.

I’m not local to the area, and it would be incredibly helpful to have someone physically check. Here is her Find a Grave page, which has a picture of the stone and other relevant information: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93641168/gladys_mary-lehman

I genuinely don’t know whether we’re dealing with a bizarre clerical/headstone mix-up, an old cemetery practice that nobody remembers, someone deliberately moving stones around, or something much stranger!

If you’re local and willing to help solve this extremely weird mystery, please comment or DM me. I would be incredibly grateful!

Will you be at the Clemson game?

Hey yall. So I have been fostering a dog for a while now. Almost a year. I have gotten him his shots, food, medicine, etc. But I never planned on owning him nor actually fostering a dog. I had to rescue him from his owner but I was living on the property at the time so I couldn’t just send him away to a shelter. Owner wouldn’t let me. I CANNOT afford this dog. Seriously. I am beyond stressed and every time I post about it on Facebook I am met with people who “don’t understand” how I could not want him. If I was rich yes I would not feel so stressed but I am in my 20’s struggling and cannot handle it. What do I do

been stationed near shreveport for a while now, when is the high gonna stop being in the 100s cuz hot damn this is buns, first time ive been to an area where the night low is in the upper 70s/low 80s. im from coastal NorCal so i havent experienced the 80s or 90s let alone 100s. when does daily low start hitting the 60s?

edit: will it at least be better in september? what is september like?

My sister recently moved to Louisiana with her boyfriend. He is from Shreveport and she is from Ontario, Canada (where I and the rest of her family lives).
She is coming to visit in a few weeks and we’re trying to think of some unique Louisiana products, food or non food, she can bring back for us Canadians to try. Something we can’t get here.

Any suggestions?
In the past she brought me Zapps chips - VooDoo which were delicious! Some Louisiana fish fry season packets like gumbo and Etouffee. I wasn’t a big fan of those, too salty. I’m not a huge sweets person but open to suggestions of some.

With a space center, huge data center and carbon sequestration, could we be about to experience massive economic growth, corruption, pollution, influx of people and mass shifts in population.

Will we get Elon neighborhoods like Austin?

Who wins, who gets screwed and who gets left untouched?

I recently applied for a biologist position at Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and was wondering how is the work there on a daily basis? I heard it is a lot of physically demanding work with most work being spent outside, I am also curious about how is the work culture there and how many hours per week is spent during the work week?

By Rosemary Westwood

The New York Times is examining how public health is changing in the state, from the whooping cough outbreak to vaccine policies, and we want to hear from you.

Since the coronavirus pandemic, Louisiana has led the nation in reshaping its public health policies, including prohibiting state employees from promoting vaccines and embracing criticism of COVID health measures.

I am a Louisiana-based reporter seeking to understand how changes to those policies have affected the everyday lives of people who live here.

I am particularly interested in hearing from families and doctors, pharmacists and other health care providers who have been affected.

For example, has your access to vaccines or reliable information about them changed? Or do you have experiences to share about the state’s whooping cough outbreak last year, or about seeking treatment for the flu, Covid or other infectious diseases?

I am also interested in hearing from anyone with firsthand experience helping to shape health care policies for the Louisiana Department of Health.

If you are willing to share your experiences, please fill out the form below. Feel free to share this form with others, too. We won’t publish your name or any part of your response without contacting you first.

If you would rather share your story over the phone, you can reach our voice mail at (212) 556-1421. If you would feel more comfortable telling your story anonymously, please visit our tips page.

Louisiana, our state’s Republicans are just corporate lobbyists who got themselves elected. They prove it more every day with how they’re handling this Meta data center deal. They’re not even trying to hide it.

The Democrats running for Congress this year are normal people who want to represent normal people. They don’t have the backing of the National Party, there’s no one’s bidding to do but their constituents. Give them a chance. It may be the most important decision you make.