🌱 LSU Lifts Mask Mandate + BR Ranked Among Top 10 Digital Cities

Happy Wednesday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know going on today.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 78 Low: 60.

Here are the top stories in Baton Rouge today:

1. LSU lifted its mask mandate but will continue testing unvaccinated students. Any restrictions for on-campus events and indoor capacity limits have also been lifted. They will still require quarantining for anyone who tests positive for COVID-19. (WWNO)
2. Baton Rouge has been named among the "Top 10 Digital Cities" for the seventh consecutive year. The Center for Digital Government ranked Baton Rouge as seventh among mid-sized cities in the 2021 Digital Cities Survey. (WBRZ)
3. LSU is partnering with Springboard, an online learning platform, to offer a design boot camp. (Greater Baton Rouge Business Report)
4. A woman was arrested for allegedly driving into the patio at a Baton Rouge bar and hitting her spouse with her car. (WBRZ)
5. Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center split with Our Lady of the Lake because it wanted to keep focused on cancer care, its CEO stated. (The Advocate)

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Today in Baton Rouge:

• Grab & Geaux: Glow Jars - East Baton Rouge Parish Library (12:00 AM)
• Resume Class - East Baton Rouge Parish Library (10:00 AM)
• Typing Lessons - Delmont Gardens Branch Library (10:00 AM)
• Turkey Story/Craft - East Baton Rouge Parish Library (10:30 AM)
• Metropolitan Council Zoning Meeting - East Baton Rouge Parish Metropolitan Council (4:00 PM)
• Bionic Hand Story/Craft - Delmont Gardens Branch Library (4:00 PM)
• Pokemon Terrariums - East Baton Rouge Parish Library (4:00 PM)
• Library Scavenger Hunt - East Baton Rouge Parish Library (6:30 PM)

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— Kayla Harrison

About me: Kayla Harrison is a Writing Arts professor, as well as a freelance writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners. She holds a Master's Degree in Writing Arts and is grateful to incorporate writing into everything she does. In her free time, you can find her listening to podcasts, writing poetry, and visiting local coffee shops.