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The Advocate is Louisiana's leading news source, providing award-winning local and regional news coverage.

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theadvocate.com > baton_rouge > entertainment_life > my-louisiana-porch-is-a-disaster-grandma-would-understand > article_3542ca2e-fdaf-4d79-ae64-fcf15aeae7aa.html

My new porch is a mess. My grandmother would appreciate the opportunity to make it better.

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (627+ words) Jan Risher's new back porch is a work in progress. She and her husband are living in their home as it is being completed after a fire damaged it significantly in August 2025. I’m writing this column in a place I’ve…...

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2+ week, 1+ day ago   (46+ words) IMG_2148.jpg The Advocate Columnist Jan Risher used two vintage glasses of memorable newspaper front pages — one from the end of World War II and the other from LSU's 1959 win over Ole Miss — to store the pop tabs she…...

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theadvocate.com > baton_rouge > news > mississippi-beach-lots-vacant-katrina > article_8c398dc1-8876-5583-8ce1-2d89336227d9.html

Dozens of empty lots dot the MS Coast beachfront 21 years after Katrina. Is change coming?

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (919+ words) An empty lot is advertised for sale along Beach Blvd. in Long Beach, Ms., on Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, nearly 21 years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall. Nearly 21 years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, several properties along Beach…...

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theadvocate.com > baton_rouge > opinion > guest-column-perkins-road-park-needs-to-evolve-the-plan-is-a-good-one > article_e2a45b68-c346-5637-ae85-6d996e1d0eb3.amp.html

Guest Column: Perkins Road Park needs to evolve. The plan is a good one.

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (666+ words) As lead landscape architect for the Perkins Road Community Park 2.0 Master Plan, I have both a personal and professional interest in the park’s future. I grew up about a mile away and, more than 50 years ago, rode my bike there…...