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A Baton Rouge district judge who has been hospitalized since early July with the coronavirus will now face only one challenger in the Nov. 3 election.
The entry of a viable Democrat into the race for U.S. Senate may not make the contest LSU-Alabama competitive, but Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins’ candidacy certainly means the Nov. 3 election is no longer a mere coronation for U.S. Sen. Bill Cas…
Crews began taking down exterior Lee High signs at a newly-named Baton Rouge public school Monday morning. The parish school board voted in July to change the name to Liberty High School in response to protests against racism and police brutality.
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Emergency managers in Louisiana struggling with how to fold COVID-19 precautions into their evacuation plans as the 2020 hurricane season enters its most active phase say their worst fear is that people won't leave in advance of catastrophic storm…
Residents in a south Baton Rouge neighborhood have seen a troubling trend of missing cats. Hardly a week goes by without someone posting on the community’s online message board or pinning a missing cat poster to a power line pole in hopes of reuni…
Louisiana ranks second in the nation in the percentage of homeowners who are late on their mortgage payments.
Mauro Rojas had been looking forward to a few family trips he planned to take this year and had been working at chemical plants to save up money for starting an aquarium business to support his young family.
In his bid to be elected chief prosecutor in the west bank parishes of the Baton Rouge metro area, Tony Clayton planned to hand out Krispy Kreme donuts at subdivision entrances, knock on doors, attend street parties and visit every social club he …
A regional panel that regulates large-scale pumping from the Baton Rouge area drinking water aquifer is homing in on a candidate for the first full-time director in the group's 45-year history.
WASHINGTON _ As millions of Americans drifted toward financial crisis, the two parties remained deadlocked after weekend talks on another round of economic relief intended to ease the burden of job losses from the worsening coronavirus outbreak.
From sports jerseys to signs to outdoor benches, renaming Lee High to Liberty High will take several months to complete, with the East Baton Rouge school system paying the lion's share of the more than $250,000 cost.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Two NASA astronauts returned to Earth on Sunday in a dramatic, retro-style splashdown, their capsule parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico to close out an unprecedented test flight by Elon Musk's SpaceX company.
A Hammond man was killed in a Sunday morning crash near Ponchatoula after his car veered off a highway and struck several trees, authorities said.
The Louisiana Department of Health on Sunday reported another 58 deaths from COVID-19 and 3,467 more coronavirus cases statewide since its last update two days before.
A Baton Rouge man was killed in a traffic accident in Lafayette, the Lafayette Police Department said.
Though all of Louisiana’s incumbent congressmen seeking another two-year term drew opponents, only Acadiana’s U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins’ race is being called competitive – but that’s not really accurate, experts say.
Louisiana has taken its first serious enforcement action on a restaurant for violating Gov. John Bel Edwards' coronavirus rules regarding masks, revoking the food permit of a defiant Denham Springs BBQ restaurant after its owner refused to require…
The rapid spread of coronavirus through a Louisiana prison earlier this month prompted corrections officials to test all inmates and staff there — the latest example of mass testing in state correctional facilities that has revealed widespread inf…
A dog that joined the State Fire Marshal's Office almost a decade ago and played a critical role investigating the St. Landry church fires retired this week.
Former Senate President John Alario, the most powerful state legislator in recent years, disclosed Saturday that he has been hospitalized with the coronavirus.
An Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office deputy died Saturday morning after a weeks-long battle with with the coronavirus.
With an unprecedented number of candidates jumping into the race for East Baton Rouge mayor-president, political experts say the election is now much more competitive — and interesting.
A former Livingston Parish SWAT leader and teacher accused of numerous sex crimes, including rape and child pornography, will go to trial in mid-2021.
The Diocese of Baton Rouge will ordain two men Saturday, one to the priesthood and one as a deacon in anticipation of his ordination to the priesthood next year.
Authorities arrested at least four people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into parish prison between noon Sunday and noon Friday, booking records show.
A lawsuit filed Friday seeks to block Metro Council member Tara Wicker from the Baton Rouge mayor's race, claiming that she has not filed her income taxes in recent years.
After a man was taken into police custody and later arrested in a shooting Thursday that left a woman in critical condition, detectives also linked him to an earlier June homicide at Tim's Food Mart on North Ardenwood Drive.
Even though the ongoing coronavirus outbreak means that East Baton Rouge Parish schools won’t educate students on campus for the first month of the about-to-start 2020-21 school year, the schools will hand out grab-n-go meals on campus throughout.
Red River Bank said it plans to expand into Lafayette by opening a loan production office in the current quarter and follow it with a full-service branch in the next year.
GONZALES — After an Ascension Parish Council member left an expletive-laden voice mail with a parish employee Thursday night, the council chairwoman says she will seek a public censure of him.
A collection of 11,000 microbes capable of breaking down dangerous chemicals and pollutants is being licensed by LSU for use by a national environmental services firm.
A Hammond contractor is arguing with the city government over payment after he accidentally demolished the wrong house.
The criminal prosecution in the gruesome bedsore-related death of a 77-year-old Baton Rouge woman ended this week when a second granddaughter accepted responsibility for her role, and manslaughter charges were dismissed against the victim's son an…
Early in the pandemic, the Louisiana Department of Health started sending out lists of patients who tested positive for the coronavirus to local emergency officials, in an effort to help first responders know when to prepare for interacting with s…
The California Pizza Kitchen restaurant chain said it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and will close unprofitable locations.
NEW YORK — American oil giants Exxon Mobil and Chevron lost more than $9 billion combined in the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic kept households on lockdown, cutting a gaping hole into a once-thriving business as the need for oil dimini…
A Baton Rouge man was arrested in a shooting Thursday afternoon on Monet Drive that left a woman in critical condition, Baton Rouge Police reported.
Two people were injured in a shooting Thursday night on Monroe Avenue, Baton Rouge Police reported.
Red River Bank said it plans to expand into Lafayette by opening a loan production office in the current quarter and follow it with a full-service branch in the next year.
GONZALES — After an Ascension Parish Council member left an expletive-laden voice mail with a parish employee Thursday night, the council chairwoman says she will seek a public censure of him.
After BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded on April 20, 2010, Paul Montagna was given the job of rushing into the blackened seas to find out how much harm the nation’s biggest oil disaster was doing to the creatures on the sea bottom — the tiny…
A collection of 11,000 microbes capable of breaking down dangerous chemicals and pollutants is being licensed by LSU for use by a national environmental services firm.
A Hammond contractor is arguing with the city government over payment after he accidentally demolished the wrong house.
As research for a coronavirus vaccine continues to ramp up worldwide, more and more clinical trials are coming to Louisiana.
The criminal prosecution in the gruesome bedsore-related death of a 77-year-old Baton Rouge woman ended this week when a second granddaughter accepted responsibility for her role, and manslaughter charges were dismissed against the victim's son an…
Early in the pandemic, the Louisiana Department of Health started sending out lists of patients who tested positive for the coronavirus to local emergency officials, in an effort to help first responders know when to prepare for interacting with s…
A 31-year-old woman checked in to a New Orleans hospital this spring after five days of fever, cough and stomach pain. Hospital workers stuck a long swab into her nose: She was positive for COVID-19 and given azithromycin and two days of hydroxych…
The Louisiana Dept. of Health reported 1,799 more coronavirus cases, 24 more deaths and 22 more hospitalizations in its daily noon update Friday.
The California Pizza Kitchen restaurant chain said it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and will close unprofitable locations.