Baton Rouge police have released the name of the motorcyclist killed during a crash Tuesday evening on Perkins Road.
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
A Baton Rouge doctor pleaded guilty to receiving $336,000 in illegal kickbacks in exchange for sending patient urine specimens to a drug testing laboratory, federal authorities said Wednesday.
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announced Wednesday morning it hopes to re-open one lane of the Sunshine Bridge in each direction by mid-December, weather permitting.
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
One person has died after a motorcycle crash Tuesday night on Perkins Road.
Metro Council members are asking Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome's administration to justify its request for a fourth assistant chief administrative officer, an expenditure that would make up a fraction of a projected $3.5 million increase in…
The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank is filled these days with people volunteering their time and sorting food donated for the hungry. But what this 170,000-square foot facility on Choctaw Drive doesn't have as the holidays start is food.
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Three days. Three faceoffs between two marching bands who take the competition just as seriously as the football teams.
Just 10 minutes into the attack on Pearl Harbor nearly 77 years ago, Japanese planes had fired eight torpedoes into the USS Oklahoma, causing the great battleship that had escorted convoys in World War I and guarded President Woodrow Wilson's ship…
Louisiana legislators earlier this year quietly approved a new law meant to establish protections for "skilled" gamblers, including those who count cards when playing Blackjack — a practice made popular in films like 21 and Rain Man.
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Sen. Bill Cassidy is proposing the nation rent out storage space in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which includes facilities in Louisiana.
The Watkins family doesn't eat cabbage, but they doted on one for months until it won a $1,000 prize.
Louisiana's threatened whooping crane population has grown by another 12 birds.
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
The Our Lady of the Lake Foundation board Tuesday named Christel Slaughter as its interim president to fill in for a leader recently fired on allegations he stole several hundred thousand dollars through “a pattern of forgery and embezzlement of funds.”
A Baton Rouge man is facing an upgraded murder count after the victim of a Nov. 15 shooting died.
A federal judge has blocked Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban that served as the basis for a similar law in Louisiana.
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
No romaine for Thanksgiving! Citing E. coli outbreak, US officials say don't eat any romaine lettuce
U.S. health officials are telling people to avoid eating romaine lettuce because of an E. coli outbreak that has sickened 32 people in 11 states.
WALKER — As the bell rings at Walker High School, most kids are hopping on the school bus to head home. But some two dozen are donning green uniforms and tan aprons, getting ready for their after school job at Papa John's.
Maxwell Gerald "Mackie" Robinson, who spent decades growing the family-owned Robinson Brothers into a formidable local car dealership, died Sunday. He was 83.
Authorities arrested at least five people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into parish prison between noon Sunday and noon Tuesday.
A Price LeBlanc Toyota employee was arrested for lighting a fire at her employer's building around 11:30 a.m. Monday, according to her arrest report.
Perkins Rowe is unveiling its new public park on the east end of the development and has finished construction of a future restaurant at the site, part of a $5 million redevelopment announced earlier this year.
One person has died after what police believe was a justified shooting at an apartment complex early Tuesday.
Monday, November 19, 2018
A state House candidate has been advised that she could be penalized if she uses her campaign fund to pay for a babysitter when she's hitting up fundraisers, forums and other stops on the campaign trail.
Authorities are searching for a Baton Rouge man accused of stabbing his wife to death and injuring two other relatives Sunday evening in a violent rampage that has left the mourning family questioning how more than a decade of marriage could come …
Louisiana spent nearly $35,000 on private attorneys to respond to the sexual harassment lawsuit against former Secretary of State Tom Schedler, boosting the state's costs in the litigation to $184,000.
The plug has been pulled on the body camera committee the city-parish created to help determine how to best deploy the devices within the Baton Rouge Police Department and to establish policies for their use. But opinions differ on whether it's th…
The East Baton Rouge Parish school system wants to make another, different, attempt at attracting children to a program that offers a free, public education online.
Louisiana's tourism department didn't properly track spending, follow payroll policies or collect appropriate park fees, the legislative auditor's office said in a report released Monday.
A Baton Rouge man arrested early Monday morning is accused of stabbing a woman during an argument hours earlier.
The sentencing of a Baton Rouge man in the 2016 "play fighting" death of his 4-year-old son has been pushed back to February.
LSU has seen “significant” growth in several entrepreneurship and innovation metrics, including invention disclosures and patent applications, in recent years, according to a new report from the Baton Rouge Area Chamber.
Two people from New York and one from Canada were arrested Friday, accused of using false ATM cards, "cloned" from card holders who live outside the U.S, to make large cash withdrawals from ATMS, Ascension Parish Sheriff Jeff Wiley said.
Peachtree Tents & Events in Georgia was ranked atop LSU's 2018 list of 100 fastest-growing companies, while Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers in Baton Rouge won the Summit Award as the company bringing in the most revenue.
GONZALES — Two political action committees on different sides of a proposed hotel-motel tax for Gonzales are planning to get their messages out this week in time for early voting.
In a Daily Caller interview, President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday, without presenting evidence, that fraudsters had cast ballots in the Nov. 6 election, changed their shirts to disguise themselves and voted again.
Authorities are searching for a Baton Rouge man accused of killing his wife and injuring two of her relatives in a stabbing at the family's home Sunday night.
A Denham Springs man is accused of stealing stealing multiple items from his neighbor's house in the 30800 block of Lilac Street that was set on fire on Oct. 3.
Sunday, November 18, 2018
Arson was responsible for a fire Sunday morning at a former hardware store on Weller Avenue in Baton Rouge.
Here's an election issue that Republicans and Democrats may be moving toward agreement on: eliminating Louisiana's odd "jungle primary" system of electing state, local and congressional candidates and moving toward the more common closed primary s…
Authorities arrested at least four people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into parish prison between noon Saturday and noon Sunday.
The Baton Rouge Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board has upheld a two-day suspension imposed on a Baton Rouge police officer after his body camera footage showed him repeatedly using profanity during interactions with the public.
Hundreds of gallons of crude oil spilled into a marsh near Dulac on Saturday, and state and federal officials are planning to burn the marsh Monday to remove it.
Amid allegations of racially-charged juror misconduct, a state judge has ordered the prosecution and defense to steer clear of the jurors who recently convicted a black Baton Rouge man of raping a teenager.
Fifteen people were rescued from a boat near Grand Isle early Sunday morning after reports the vessel was taking on water.
Why are large sections of beautiful fence around Magnolia Cemetery on all sides not being repaired by BREC in the heart of our city?
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LNG export group joins southwest alliance
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