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The first night after he was released from prison, Michael Blanton found himself sleeping in the back of an unlocked school bus, unsure of what to do next.
Five years after the 2016 flood devastated much of Livingston Parish, the local government had finally emerged from the mire of red tape and federal funding challenges to finish cleaning 400 miles of waterways across the region.
$2 billion Mid-Barataria project expected to result in net elevation gain in first century
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SCORE to host business seminar Dec. 7
Since the start of the year, several national groups that offer different ways to buy and sell used cars have entered the Baton Rouge market.
The search for an inmate who escaped from a Jackson prison on Thanksgiving has expanded to surrounding states, prison officials say.
A man shot a woman's caged dog before allegedly threatening her with a gun over some missing cellphones early Friday, Baton Rouge police say.
898-foot-long tanker crashed into oil platform near mouth of Mississippi River
In this multi-part series, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate takes in-depth look at the economic and energy-producing potential of offshore wind in the Gulf of Mexico.
Police have identified the victim of a shooting earlier this week as a 37-year-old Baton Rouge resident.
Shrimpers see obstacles that will make their jobs tougher, more dangerous; regulators vow to listen
The Bob Pettit Boulevard Bridge, a major link between Tigerland and the LSU campus, will close Monday and remain shut down for months as the city-parish replaces the aging Bayou Fountain crossing. Discussions to build a temporary pedestrian bridge…
After an oil field tank battery explosion killed a 14-year-old girl, Louisiana regulators have put new rules in place for the storage tanks and are launching a campaign to identify all of them statewide.
Permitting fees for residential and commercial developments in East Baton Rouge Parish could be adjusted next year should the Metro Council adopt proposed changes from the city-parish's Department of Development.
Longtime criminal defense lawyer and former prosecutor Carson Marcantel says he's the most experienced candidate in the runoff for a Baton Rouge City Court seat. Lawyer Terrel "TK" Kent has been a prosecutor for 6 1/2 years and offers herself as a…
A proposed law to help minimize flood risks created by Livingston Parish's booming growth has hit a road block just as local leaders were poised to vote on the measure.
The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office annual Christmas Crusade that collects money and new toys for children is set to kick off the Saturday following Thanksgiving.
After he lost his right leg on a military base in Arizona, Capt. John-David Roberts was confined to flat surfaces, unable to hunt, fish or explore the outdoors in his wheelchair.
Beginning Saturday, voters in the Livingston Parish town of Springfield will decide if they want to rededicate sales tax revenue to the town's waterworks to help with future maintenance and improvements.
Early voting for the Dec. 11 election begins Saturday and continues through Saturday, Dec. 4, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, excluding Sunday.
Linda Raby was first in line as cars stretched around the River Center Thursday morning, filled with families waiting to pick up a Thanksgiving meal courtesy of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
Baton Rouge was shaken by three separate homicides in as many days during Thanksgiving week.
A manhunt is underway for an inmate who escaped Thursday morning from the Dixon Correctional Institute, state officials say.
A gas leak appears to have sparked a fire that damaged a building off Nicholson Drive midday Thursday, according to the Baton Rouge Fire Department.
Authorities identified the victims of a fatal crash in St. James Parish Wednesday evening as three members of a LaPlace family, including a baby boy.
A deputy fatally shot a charging dog while serving a search warrant on Wednesday, according to the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office.
A 33-year-year-old man was shot to death outside an apartment complex on Gayosa Street early Thursday, Baton Rouge police say.
Baton Rouge native Shalanda Young was nominated by President Joe Biden Wednesday to play a leading role in formulating the nation’s budget policies.
After legislators wouldn’t go along with their initial plan to find the money to finish $450 million of renovations for the Superdome, the Edwards administration went to plan B and asked lawmakers to use some of the pandemic recovery money.
Three people, including an infant, died in a crash on U.S. Route 61 Wednesday evening, Louisiana State Police said.
An ugly fight over an audit that found the city of Zachary paid two vendors $3.5 million without having contracts in place has died down some, but the city councilman most upset about the matter has made clear he is not giving up on his quest for …
Almost two years after allegedly shooting his ex-girlfriend to death on College Drive and fleeing to Texas where he was later arrested, Billy Pettice received a bond reduction in February 2020.
Almost two years after allegedly shooting his ex-girlfriend to death on College Drive and fleeing to Texas where he was later arrested, Billy Pettice received a bond reduction in February 2020.
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — All three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery were convicted of murder Wednesday in the fatal shooting that became part of a larger national reckoning on racial injustice.
Federal highway officials designated Baton Rouge a "focus city" for bicycling problems back in 2015, and the recent deaths of two bicyclists in separate crashes on Siegen Lane and Stanford Avenue show the problems continue.
A diesel spill caused by an 18-wheeler crashing into another vehicle late Wednesday morning has shut down Interstate 110 southbound just south of the Evangeline Street exit, officials say.
Republican Congressman Clay Higgins, of Lafayette, won’t be attending the Washington Mardi Gras ball put on by Louisiana’s congressional delegation because COVID screening will be required of attendees.
Baton Rouge native Shalanda Young was nominated by President Joe Biden Wednesday to play a leading role in formulating the nation’s budget policies.
Macy's annual Thanksgiving Day Parade featured a piece of Louisiana this year.
After legislators wouldn’t go along with their initial plan to find the money to finish $450 million of renovations for the Superdome, the Edwards administration went to plan B and asked lawmakers to use some of the pandemic recovery money.
Three people, including an infant, died in a crash on U.S. Route 61 Wednesday evening, Louisiana State Police said.
An ugly fight over an audit that found the city of Zachary paid two vendors $3.5 million without having contracts in place has died down some, but the city councilman most upset about the matter has made clear he is not giving up on his quest for …
New Orleans' commitment to renewable energy caught eye of growing industry
Study sees potential for 510,000 megawatts, twice the current needs of all five Gulf states
Almost two years after allegedly shooting his ex-girlfriend to death on College Drive and fleeing to Texas where he was later arrested, Billy Pettice received a bond reduction in February 2020.
Almost two years after allegedly shooting his ex-girlfriend to death on College Drive and fleeing to Texas where he was later arrested, Billy Pettice received a bond reduction in February 2020.
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — All three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery were convicted of murder Wednesday in the fatal shooting that became part of a larger national reckoning on racial injustice.
Federal highway officials designated Baton Rouge a "focus city" for bicycling problems back in 2015, and the recent deaths of two bicyclists in separate crashes on Siegen Lane and Stanford Avenue show the problems continue.
Live online panel discussion is schedule Tuesday at 11 a.m.