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Opinion: How football is changing
Thu,12/21/23-11:56AM , 702 Reads 9,495 Statewide
Say this for Mississippi: Despite rising concerns about concussions and long-term brain damage, it is one of only two states where more high school boys are playing football compared to 2013.
That’s according to an analysis by The Washington Post website, which reports regularly on football’s prominence in American culture.
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Dr. Jennifer Gaubert, a physical therapist, helps introduce Freya Baudoin,18 months, to her new mobility chair, at the Children's Hospital New Orleans Rehabilitation Center in Metairie, La., Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Tulane science and engineering students are making the second batch of mobility chairs for toddlers, that will eventually go to pediatric patients at Children's Hospital. Wheelchairs are expensive, and insurance won't cover the cost for children unless the child proves they can operate it independently. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Custom made by Tulane students, mobility chairs help special needs toddlers get moving
By CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE AND STEPHEN SMITH - Associated Press
Wed,12/20/23-11:06PM , 64 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — At 19 months old, Elijah Jack, born with no femur bone in one leg and a short femur in the other, is unable to walk on his own like most toddlers his age. Another 19-month-old, Freya Baudoin, born prematurely at 28 weeks and delayed in her mobility, has finally taken her first step.
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Georgia head coach Kirby Smart, left, and Alabama head coach Nick Saban, right, walk after the Southeastern Conference championship NCAA college football game in Atlanta, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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SEC Signing Day: Georgia grabs top class after five-star flip, followed by Alabama
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wed,12/20/23-4:57PM , 55 Reads
The Southeastern Conference, currently chasing its fifth consecutive national championship, racked up another collection of talent and a couple of five-star quarterbacks on Wednesday.
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U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham, R-La., speaks at a business event, March 18, 2019, in Baton Rouge, La. Louisiana Gov.-elect Jeff Landry announced Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023, that he has chosen Abraham, a former Republican congressman who ran for governor in 2019, to lead the Louisiana Department of Health. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte, File)

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Gov.-elect Jeff Landry names heads of Louisiana's health, family and wildlife services
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wed,12/20/23-4:55PM , 60 Reads
BATON ROUGE, La.
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