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Alexandria cools off Westgate with tournament win at Teurlings
21+ hour, 41+ min ago (762+ words) Alexandria takes a shot during its win over Westgate in the finals of the Rebel Roundball Classic on Saturday. Alexandria Senior showed why it has been one of Louisiana's most consistent teams this season, turning a tight first half into…...
As design lead on Civil War documentary, this Baton Rouge artist tells history through craft
3+ week, 2+ day ago (909+ words) Lindsey Smith adjusts the costumes of an actor in the "Lynchburg at War" documentary. Lindsey Smith in the middle of the actors for the batteaux scene of "Lynchburg at War." Actors with Lindsey Smith's fabricated tobacco leaves for a tobacco…...
Union soldiers burned Alexandria to the ground in 1864, but who gave the order to do it?
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (1523+ words) The residents of Alexandria turn out to watch Union Admiral David Porter's fleet of ironclad gunboats clear the Red River through Bailey's Dam, a makeshift dam constructed by Union Col. Joseph Bailey. No buildings predating 1864 can be found in Alexandria....