A pair of road wins, one of them a stunning upset of No. 5 Kentucky, has propelled the LSU men's basketball team to its highest ranking in a decade. Read the full story
The president of student government and the student voted “Mr. Lee High” was recently expelled from the prominent Baton Rouge public high school, but he’s persuaded the School Board to consider reversing that decision. Read the full story
The man who entered into a shootout with law enforcement officers before being fatally shot on Sunday evening has been identified as Reginald Romero Bursey, according to multiple law enforcement sources. Read the full story
GONZALES — Defense attorney Jarrett Ambeau showed Ascension Parish jurors a disturbing photograph of a dying Todd "T.J." Toups Jr. during last week's closing arguments in the murder trial of Toups' admitted killer, Jacob Westbrook. Read the full story
An incident involving a suspected shoplifter at the Mall of Louisiana led to the arrest of 73-year-old Baton Rouge man after a video taken by a passerby appeared to show the man kick the female shoplifting suspect in the face as security officers held her down on the ground in the mall's par… Read the full story
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Baton Rouge firefighter to be arraigned in suspected DUI crash that caused leg amputation
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'Complete command' Jaden Hill, offensive explosion power LSU in resounding win vs. Air Force
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Youth charged as adults have no spot in local jail; attorneys plea for return to juvenile detention
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Baton Rouge police unit involved in crash that left one person injured
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Speeding driver caused fatal four-vehicle wreck in Prairieville, police say
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LSU scientists will be scanning Mississippi River for Mardi Gras beads after Carnival; here's why
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U.S. Rep. Higgins' aide arrested on pandering charges related to massage parlor trafficking, prostitution bust
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