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Louisiana shrimpers started heading out to sea Monday as the fall inshore shrimp season kicked off. But with restaurants closed due to coronavirus, opening day arrived at a time when fewer people are buying shrimp, and prices remain low.
Police are investigating the death of a man found on America Street in Baton Rouge Monday evening, officials said.
Authorities arrested at least three people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into parish prison between noon Sunday and noon Monday, booking records show:
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The new school year got underway Monday in Baton Rouge public schools, but like the last one, it’s largely being conducted online. This year, though, schools are taking roll and student work counts.
President Donald Trump’s executive order Saturday to renew federal unemployment benefits left Louisiana officials with more questions than answers Monday, topped by ongoing uncertainty about how they might pay out the extra money.
On Friday, Aug. 7, LSU honored more than 600 summer graduates with a virtual graduation celebration, and during the ceremony, 609 degrees were conferred. The virtual graduation watch party took place on the LSU Facebook page, and following the cer…
There was "absolutely nothing" Baton Rouge police officer Howie Lake II could have done to prevent fellow officer Blane Salamoni from fatally shooting Alton Sterling in 2016, Lake's attorney argues in a new court filing.
A Louisiana civil rights organization has sued the state Department of Corrections in an effort to obtain records that would shed light on the inmate furlough review panel created in April to reduce the prison population amid the coronavirus pandemic.
PRAIRIEVILLE — Kindergartner Owen D'Aquin rode with his parents in the carpool line for his first day at Bluff Ridge Primary, one of two new schools that opened Monday morning in Ascension Parish.
More than $80,000 worth of counterfeit Louis Vuitton and MAC products were seized by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection office in New Orleans late last week.
Facing mounting pressure from teachers who said crowded classrooms aren't safe and that online learning materials aren't ready, the Jefferson Parish Public School System said Monday it has agreed to delay the start of fall classes for two weeks, u…
A fourth child in Louisiana has died of multi-system inflammatory syndrome, the inflammatory illness associated with coronavirus, according to a statement from the Louisiana Department of Health.
Speakers are blaring and people are dancing, showing off nice cars and new outfits, blowing off steam. But the chance to let loose and socialize comes with serious security concerns and a heightened risk of spreading coronavirus.
In Louisiana, positive tests for coronavirus have been found in all 64 parishes, according to the Louisiana Department of Health.
The Louisiana Dept. of Health reported 24 more coronavirus-related deaths and one fewer hospitalization in its daily noon update Monday. But the data on new cases and the number of test results returned were incomplete because of a possible report…
Two new public schools in Baton Rouge are ready for students to fill their halls, but the coronavirus outbreak is keeping those places largely vacant.
As cases of the new coronavirus have risen in recent weeks across Louisiana, hospitals and public health officials have nervously watched to see whether the rising number of cases in so many communities would impact the state’s nursing homes.
One person was injured in a shooting Sunday afternoon on Congress Boulevard after being struck in the lower body by a bullet, according to Baton Rouge police.
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At least one person was killed and two others were injured in a shooting at a Tangipahoa trail ride event Saturday evening, the Tangipahoa Sheriff's Office said.
Nick Tullier, who was critically injured in the July 2016 attack on Baton Rouge law enforcement, and his parents James and Mary have moved back to Baton Rouge after spending the past several years in Houston, his father announced Sunday.
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Since a statewide mandatory mask order and the re-closure of bars took effect July 13, the seven-day average for new coronavirus cases has been trending sharply downward in the 12-parish Baton Rouge area.
Cameras are starting to roll again in Louisiana, with pent-up demand for movies and TV programming emerging out of the coronavirus pandemic that shuttered show business in mid-March and made shut-ins of content-hungry fans.
A 69-year-old woman was killed in a traffic crash in St. Helena Parish, state police reported.
Several school districts around the Baton Rouge metro area will open its doors for students next week.
It was a common occurrence: two good friends chatting on the front porch.
A 33-year-old Gonzales man riding a motorcycle was struck and killed in Ascension Parish early Saturday, according to Louisiana State Police.
Authorities arrested at least five people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into parish prison between noon on July 31 and noon Friday, booking records show.
From a young age, Loston Tiner Jr. wanted to be just like his big brother, Marcus.
A Tangipahoa Parish inmate is suing the Sheriff’s Office and parish government, claiming he was sexually abused by a parish employee who was supervising him during a work release assignment.
Campus Federal Credit Union is set to open a branch this fall in the Long Farm Village traditional neighborhood development.
Even as his colleagues beamed in from nondescript office spaces, David Tatman was joined by an unusual companion: a lion.
The coronavirus pandemic is the greatest uncertainty the restaurant industry has ever faced, a high profile New Orleans restaurant official said Friday.
Iberville Parish is the latest to announce a delay to returning to in-person class as District Superintendent Arthur M. Joffrion, Jr. said Friday that the first day of class has been delayed by a week.
A Livingston Parish judge has ordered the restaurant Firehouse BBQ to temporarily close down until a hearing in a lawsuit filed Friday by the Louisiana Department of Health, which seeks to shutter the restaurant over its failure to follow rules re…
The Louisiana Legislative Auditor has issued a report debunking a theory that the state Health Department is inflating its coronavirus numbers by double-counting people with positive test results, calling the state’s data “generally correct.”
The Advocate hosted an economic outlook summit on Friday morning, focusing on the state of the Louisiana economy and how coronavirus has impacted it.
Cinemark said it will reopen its Perkins Rowe movie theater on Aug. 14, one of a select number of properties the chain will reopen in the coming days.
Cameras are starting to roll again in Louisiana, with pent-up demand for movies and TV programming emerging out of the coronavirus pandemic that shuttered show business in mid-March and made shut-ins of content-hungry fans.
Day after day Louisiana has tracked the official death toll from COVID-19, but a new analysis by the New York Times seeks to better assess the the disease's impact by measuring the deaths that may have been caused by the coronavirus pandemic in general.
A 69-year-old woman was killed in a traffic crash in St. Helena Parish, state police reported.
BEDMINSTER, N.J. -- Seizing the power of his podium and his pen, President Donald Trump on Saturday moved to bypass the nation's elected lawmakers as he claimed the authority to defer payroll taxes and extend an expired unemployment benefit after …
Several school districts around the Baton Rouge metro area will open its doors for students next week.
It was a common occurrence: two good friends chatting on the front porch.
A 33-year-old Gonzales man riding a motorcycle was struck and killed in Ascension Parish early Saturday, according to Louisiana State Police.
Irene Wimberly waited 303 days to receive her son.
Authorities arrested at least five people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into parish prison between noon on July 31 and noon Friday, booking records show.
Family members of Quinnyon Wimberly said late Friday that authorities have assured them his remains will be removed at last from the wreckage of the partially collapsed Hard Rock hotel in downtown New Orleans on Saturday.
From a young age, Loston Tiner Jr. wanted to be just like his big brother, Marcus.
Within an hour of receiving black market buttock injections in a Kenner motel room on an October evening in 2015, 42-year-old Juliet Capps began experiencing excruciating pain, according to authorities.