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Africa Davis and her family prepared to leave their home of six years for the foreseeable future, cleaning out their belongings two months after Hurricane Ida tore off part of the roof.
Protein is one of the few treatments shown to be effective in fighting COVID-19
An Ohio-based consulting firm will spend the next several months probing whether East Baton Rouge Parish schools are paying their nearly 6,000 employees appropriately and to recommend ways to fix any problems they find.
One of the five teenagers who escaped last week from Baton Rouge's Juvenile Detention Center is a 16-year-old awaiting trial in the 2019 slaying of a 74-year-old woman, a prosecutor revealed Thursday.
Ascension Parish Councilman Corey Orgeron fought with one of his clients late last week and was cited with a misdemeanor battery count three days before he had an explosive outburst during a meeting where he challenged another elected official and…
A worker died Thursday following an incident at the Honeywell plant in Geismar, the company said in a statement.
Gov. John Bel Edwards on Thursday announced an interim replacement to head up the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness following the resignation of Gen. James Waskom, who led the agency since January 2016 and is taking…
Ochsner Baton Rouge is opening a new pediatric floor, billing it a “one-stop healthcare” center for children throughout the region.
Louisiana's legislative leaders balked Thursday at a $63 million debt forgiveness plan for the Superdome's oversight board that Gov. John Bel Edwards' administration framed as a key piece of striking a new deal with the New Orleans Saints.
The mayor of French Settlement was arrested Wednesday for failure to appear in court on a civil matter.
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to a new low point since the pandemic erupted, evidence that layoffs are declining as companies hold onto workers.
State gambling regulators are close to approving the first phase of sports betting, but Louisiana State Police aren't quite ready to recommend which of the 13 applications will be first to allow on-premises, in-person wagering on sporting events.
A dense fog advisory is in effect until 9 a.m. for the Baton Rouge and Acadiana areas, the National Weather Service says.
After dump trucks tore up a road the St. Helena Parish police jury recently spent $258,000 to fix, a few local officials and residents want to shut down the gravel company responsible for the damage — an effort the business owner calls “harassment.”
Three Baton Rouge-area fire departments that owed around $1.5 million in federal loans doled out after 2016's devastating floods won't have to pay them back anymore now that Congress voted to forgive the debt as part of a stopgap government fundin…
A Baton Rouge man who struck and killed another driver during a 2017 police chase that stretched from Livingston Parish into East Baton Rouge and reached speeds of 119 mph was convicted of negligent homicide Wednesday.
The new office for Louisiana Farm Bureau is set to open in mid-2022, just in time for the organization's 100th anniversary. The $21 million building at 7000 Commerce Circle will have 84,555-square feet of space. It will replace the current Farm Bu…
An arrest warrant was filed Wednesday for the girlfriend of the last of five juvenile offenders still on the run after escaping from a detention center last week after police say she allegedly helped the teen get away.
A struggle over a duffle bag Sunday ended in gunfire and a Zachary woman's arrest for trying to kill a house guest, the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office says.
The Downtown Development District Commission has picked a Baton Rouge-based management firm to help the organization choose a new executive director.
Entergy is launching a multi-million-dollar project this week to replace power lines and utility poles along a three-mile stretch of Highland Road and install "smart devices" that can restart power after everyday events like fallen tree limbs or e…
A Baton Rouge teenager accused of fatally shooting a 74-year-old woman during a 2019 attempted burglary at her home off Tiger Bend Road is competent to stand trial, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Legalized sports betting could start at some of Louisiana’s state licensed casinos as soon as Nov. 1.
After years of stagnant or reduced budgets, higher education leaders Wednesday requested a 19% hike in state aid for colleges and universities amid Louisiana's brighter financial outlook.
Authorities have released the names of the man and the woman.
Halftime at Tiger Stadium: football fans roared, crowds shuffled single-file along the walkways ferrying snacks and sodas from concession stands, and Ryan Barnes was left stranded.
A group of parents protested at the Ascension Parish School Board meeting Tuesday night, holding up signs criticizing a policy requiring masks indoors for students ages five and up.
A Louisiana House leader offered blistering criticism Monday of Gov. John Bel Edwards' temporary housing program for people with severe home damage from Hurricane Ida, slamming the effort as moving too slowly to assist suffering residents.
Trina Edwards, widow of the late Gov. Edwin W. Edwards, said the former four-time governor wanted to be buried near Huey P. Long in the park in front of the State Capitol.
The state board which oversees economic incentive contracts with manufacturers is looking to hold several companies accountable for jobs they promised but did not deliver.
The boyfriend of a female victim who was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon at a Burbank Drive apartment about a mile south of LSU has been taken into custody, officials said.
Brianna Franklin and T.J. Wisham will reign as queen and king of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s 2021 homecoming.
The Louisiana School Boards Association is dropping out of the National School Boards Association after officials of the umbrella group asked for federal intervention to combat what it called possible "domestic terrorism" by critics who show up at…
With the Louisiana Supreme Court weighing whether to allow criminal charges go forward against him, a Central pastor who challenged state coronavirus restrictions was back in front of a Baton Rouge courtroom Tuesday while his attorney met briefly …
Louisiana residents at odds with their insurers over Hurricane Ida damage claims may now be able to resolve their disagreements through a voluntary mediation program set up by the state's Department of Insurance.
Louisiana is poised to become a hub for carbon capture technology to curb greenhouse gases but environmentalists and some state climate task force members question if that's such a good thing.
Halftime at Tiger Stadium: football fans roared, crowds shuffled single-file along the walkways ferrying snacks and sodas from concession stands, and Ryan Barnes was left stranded.
80 new trees - with hundreds more coming - planted in Pontchartrain Park
A group of parents protested at the Ascension Parish School Board meeting Tuesday night, holding up signs criticizing a policy requiring masks indoors for students ages five and up.
They lured him to killing site with promise to sell him a gun
A Louisiana House leader offered blistering criticism Monday of Gov. John Bel Edwards' temporary housing program for people with severe home damage from Hurricane Ida, slamming the effort as moving too slowly to assist suffering residents.
The giant alligator float will roll through the streets of New York City.
That framing—of hospitalizations between early July and now—represents a fairly clear window into the rise and fall of COVID's fourth surge alongside the virus's particularly transmissible delta variant.
Trina Edwards, widow of the late Gov. Edwin W. Edwards, said the former four-time governor wanted to be buried near Huey P. Long in the park in front of the State Capitol.
The state board which oversees economic incentive contracts with manufacturers is looking to hold several companies accountable for jobs they promised but did not deliver.
The boyfriend of a female victim who was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon at a Burbank Drive apartment about a mile south of LSU has been taken into custody, officials said.
When New Orleans rapper Cleveland Lewis Jr. recorded a tribute to rap superstar Megan Thee Stallion in 2019, he was hoping it would explode, becoming the biggest hit of his career.
Brianna Franklin and T.J. Wisham will reign as queen and king of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s 2021 homecoming.