Duplantis soared to a mark of 6.23 meters or 20 feet, 5.25 inches at the Diamond League Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon this past weekend.
A high school fishing team out of Bossier Parish may have set a world record after their impressive haul this past weekend in the Louisiana High School Bass Nation Caney Lake "Hawgfest".
The World Meteorological Organization announced on Monday that a single bolt of lightning stretching over Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi is the longest in recorded history.