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Does the Metro Council reflect Baton Rouge on politics and race? Some members say no and want change
Some members of the East Baton Rouge Metro Council say the council doesn't reflect the racial and political demographics of the parish, and they want to change how the council is structured.
The 27th named storm of the 2020 hurricane season, Tropical Storm Zeta, grew out of a tropical depression Sunday morning, and increased in strength throughout the afternoon.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans voted overwhelmingly Sunday to advance Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett toward final confirmation despite Democratic objections, just over a week before the presidential election.
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The Louisiana Department of Health reported 974 more coronavirus cases and 17 more deaths in its noon update Sunday.
In Louisiana, positive tests for coronavirus have been found in all 64 parishes, according to the Louisiana Department of Health.
As Tropical Storm Zeta churns in the Caribbean Sea, a new map from a University of Colorado researcher illustrates how extraordinary the 2020 hurricane season has been, particularly for Louisiana.
Tropical Storm Zeta, which formed early Sunday in the Caribbean Sea, is set to enter the Gulf of Mexico in a few days and potentially come ashore in Louisiana by the middle of the week.
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Veterans business resource summit set
Dreams of running a business together came true for Kimberly and Lance LaMotte when the pair invested in a boxing club franchise in Baton Rouge.
The LSU Law Center has received a grant to establish an Innocence Project Clinic at the school, allowing law students to review cases they think may have led to wrongful convictions.
More than four years after the fatal police shooting of Alton Sterling, and numerous failed attempts to settle the resulting wrongful death lawsuit, the East Baton Rouge Metro Council will once again weigh a crucial question: Is it better to settl…
Like seasoned partyers who turn to hair of the dog to cure a hangover, Louisiana legislators are asking voters this fall whether the solution to revenue shortages caused by major corporate giveaways is yet another tax break.
One person was injured in a shooting at Plaquemine in Iberville Parish, emergency officials said.
As the third legislative session of the year — the second called by the legislators themselves — sputtered to a close, a reasonable question is whether it was all worth it?
In a touch of political theater, the “swan song” of the truncated second special session of 2020, which seemed more about image than substance, was the final act death scene of legislation that would have punished local governments if they defunde…
Gov. John Bel Edwards will talk about the end of the special session on Friday afternoon.
Investar Bank National Association's parent company reported net income of $4.5 million, or 41 cents per share, for the third quarter, compared to $4.7 million, or 46 cents per share, a year ago.
A truck and its 38-foot trailer left Louisiana and criss-crossed the country three times in October with special cargo: more than 100 cats and kittens from hurricane-torn Calcasieu Parish.
On the last day of the legislative session, with the governor sure to veto their central effort to curb his emergency powers, House Republicans dropped what leaders have long considered the nuclear option: A controversial petition aimed at revokin…
LSU on Friday announced changes to its academic calendar for the fall and spring, including making its fall graduation ceremony strictly virtual in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The man accused of ambushing and fatally shooting a Baton Rouge police officer several hours after he allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend's stepfather in April pleaded not guilty Friday to first-degree murder charges that could carry the deat…
SORRENTO — An Ascension Parish teenager killed his father during a fight Thursday, sheriff's deputies said Friday.
First Horizon National Corp., which now includes the former Lafayette-based IberiaBank, has stopped underwriting energy sector loans for now as the oil and gas industry struggles to regain its footing.
Valero Energy has agreed to better manage the quality of gas and diesel from its refineries in St Charles Parish and elsewhere, pay $2.85 million and install emission controls at two Texas refineries to help settle alleged air pollution violations…
Life was looking up for TeQuilla Parker.
This much is settled: an LSU freshman wound up in the hospital with alcohol poisoning after a night of partying with his fraternity brothers, and police opened a criminal hazing investigation.
GONZALES — A Sorrento man has been sentenced to eight years in state prison after he pleaded guilty to having sex with an underage teen in 2019 while on probation for doing the same thing with a different youth two years earlier, plea documents show.
The Louisiana Legislature on Thursday gave final approval to a bill that revamps state policies after the families of special needs children were unable to see their children for months because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Though legislators agree that the issue of “defunding the police” isn’t really a problem in Louisiana, the Senate gave near final approval Thursday to a measure initially aimed at punishing local governments for reducing law enforcement budgets.
A West Feliciana-area lawyer and former assistant prosecutor in multiple judicial districts was charged Thursday on sexual assault charges stemming from allegations he molested a minor in 2003, according to court records.
NEW YORK — Gap is moving away from the nation's malls.
Net income for Baton Rouge-based Business First Bancshares, the parent company of b1Bank, grew to $9.6 million during the third quarter from $5.5 million a year ago.
As a legislative session aimed in part at curbing Gov. John Bel Edwards’ coronavirus rules winds down, the Democratic governor on Thursday said he was granting a request from Republican legislative leaders to allow some high schools to welcome mor…
Zachary Police are investigating after two vehicles began a shootout Thursday afternoon.
A West Baton Rouge Sheriff's deputy was recently arrested on a DWI after authorities say he crashed his car in Pointe Coupee Parish.
East Baton Rouge's new planning director plans to tackle short-term rentals issue, Plank Road revamp
This week, the East Baton Rouge Parish Planning Commission appointed a new planning director, a decision they didn't have to go far to make.
A West Baton Rouge Parish solar farm capable of supplying thousands of homes with power was plugged into the capital region's electrical grid as it began operating this week.
Life was looking up for TeQuilla Parker.
This much is settled: an LSU freshman wound up in the hospital with alcohol poisoning after a night of partying with his fraternity brothers, and police opened a criminal hazing investigation.
GONZALES — A Sorrento man has been sentenced to eight years in state prison after he pleaded guilty to having sex with an underage teen in 2019 while on probation for doing the same thing with a different youth two years earlier, plea documents show.
The Louisiana Legislature on Thursday gave final approval to a bill that revamps state policies after the families of special needs children were unable to see their children for months because of the coronavirus pandemic.
'SEX OFFENDER' stamped in orange letters is called unconstitutionally compelled speech
Though legislators agree that the issue of “defunding the police” isn’t really a problem in Louisiana, the Senate gave near final approval Thursday to a measure initially aimed at punishing local governments for reducing law enforcement budgets.
A West Feliciana-area lawyer and former assistant prosecutor in multiple judicial districts was charged Thursday on sexual assault charges stemming from allegations he molested a minor in 2003, according to court records.
NEW YORK — Gap is moving away from the nation's malls.
Net income for Baton Rouge-based Business First Bancshares, the parent company of b1Bank, grew to $9.6 million during the third quarter from $5.5 million a year ago.
As a legislative session aimed in part at curbing Gov. John Bel Edwards’ coronavirus rules winds down, the Democratic governor on Thursday said he was granting a request from Republican legislative leaders to allow some high schools to welcome mor…
Zachary Police are investigating after two vehicles began a shootout Thursday afternoon.
Restoration projects along Louisiana’s coastline were mostly spared by the six different hurricanes that have threatened the state so far this year, including Category 4 Laura and Category 2 Delta, which slammed into the southwestern part of the s…