Sudsy: Splash and Dash Groomerie & Boutique chain has opened its first Baton Rouge location on Coursey Boulevard, near South Sherwood Forest Boulevard. The pet spa offers a range of grooming treatments and it also sells specialty foods and pet supplies. Splash and Dash is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
At the starting line: As a new semester begins at LSU, the university expects to welcome its largest and most diverse freshman class ever. Preliminary numbers show that LSU is expected to welcome at least 5,800 new freshmen to campus this year, which would break the previous record of 5,725 new freshmen enrolled in 2012. Enrollment numbers will be finalized after the 14th day of class, which is Sept. 7. Read the full announcement from LSU.
Gassed up: Oil exports surpassed imports along the Texas portion of the Gulf Coast in April for the first time on record, the Houston Chronicle reports. In April, oil exports in the Houston-Galveston port district exceeded imports by 15,000 barrels a day, and in May that difference grew to 470,000 barrels a day, according to data from the Department of Energy. The Houston-Galveston port district includes the ports of Houston, Texas City, Galveston, Freeport, Port Lavaca, and Corpus Christi. Read the full story.
