When Reggie Brown became the Baton Rouge constable, his officers had just started wearing law enforcement uniforms, some were issued cars, though many of those cars had different markings on them and deputies weren't issued standard weapons.
Friday, July 20, 2018
In the final moments before qualifying for the November election ended Friday, interim Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin reversed previous emphatic public statements that he would not run and joined the race.
A 33-year-old man already incarcerated at the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison was accused Friday in 16 business burglaries that happened in May and June, Baton Rouge police said.
Friday, July 20, 2018
Whoever coined that expression "it's not the heat, it's the humidity" failed to consider that, on some days, it's both.
A judge refused Friday to throw out the confession of a Baton Rouge man who told detectives he bludgeoned a retired LSU athletics department employee during a vicious 2014 fight — and then buried him in a tomato garden — because it was "a kill or …
A caustic East Baton Rouge Metro Council debate over how to fill Buddy Amoroso’s council seat tumbled so far off course that Councilwoman Tara Wicker was repeatedly likened to Judas for reaching across political and racial lines when casting her vote.
Friday, July 20, 2018
PORT ALLEN — Residents living in approximately 20 mobile homes and at least four homes on Lafiton Lane were forced to evacuate their residences Friday evening due to a leak in a natural gas line from a nearby chemical company in West Baton Rouge Parish.
The fourth and final session of the Dialogue on Race and Policing concluded Friday with action plans formed by participants to address issues that intersect race and policing, said Myesha Braden, director of the criminal justice project for the Wa…
The Downtown Development District released its annual development toolkit, which provided information on the demographics, statistics and projects underway in downtown Baton Rouge.
Friday, July 20, 2018
Wireless speeds in Louisiana overall and New Orleans both lag national averages, according to a new report, while Baton Rouge is in the middle of the pack.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A candidate who had just registered to run for one of Louisiana's congressional seats was arrested after signing up for the race.
A small airplane successfully made an emergency landing Friday afternoon shortly after its takeoff from Baton Rouge Metro Airport, and no one was injured, said BTR spokesman Jim Caldwell.
Friday, July 20, 2018
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Scorching heat was spreading Friday across much of the South, where temperatures are expected to soar over 100 degrees (37.8 Celsius) and persist into next week.
Gov. John Bel Edwards is attending the National Governors Association's annual summer meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico this week, where he is expected to take part in discussions with other governors on the opioid crisis, Opportunity Zones and othe…
The owners of the Pelican House Tap Room and Whiskey Bar, which closed in March after five years in business in Baton Rouge, have filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Friday, July 20, 2018
A cadet training to be a Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries agent died Thursday after collapsing at the academy in Baton Rouge.
The cadet was a former Youngsville police officer and played basketball for the University of Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns from 2001-'03.
An East Baton Rouge Parish Council On Aging 'Meals on Wheels' van on Friday morning crashed into a home on Jefferson Avenue after officials believe the driver had a sudden medical issue, according to Council on Aging Board Chair Jennifer Moisant.
DUTCHTOWN — Four customers sitting in a car at the Sonic restaurant on La. 73 in Dutchtown on Thursday night were robbed at gunpoint and had their car stolen, Ascension Parish Sheriff Jeff Wiley said.
Louisiana added 21,200 nonfarm jobs in June compared to a year earlier, lifting employment to 1,995,100.
Brown & Root Industrial Services, the Baton Rouge-based company owned by Bernhard Capital Partners, will open a recruitment and training center in south Baton Rouge.
In the final moment before qualifying for the November election ended Friday, interim Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin reversed previous emphatic public statements that he would not run and joined the race.
IberiaBank Corp., the holding company of the largest bank headquartered in Louisiana, posted net income of $74.2 million, or $1.30 per share, for the second quarter.
Thursday, July 19, 2018
GONZALES — After nearly a year of public debate, it appears Ascension Parish voters won't get to decide this December whether to keep its elected parish president-council government or try a new parish council-appointed manager.
The contentious battle over who should fill Buddy Amoroso’s Metro Council seat ended Thursday evening as his widow, Denise Amoroso, secured the appointment amid flareups and emotions.
LIVINGSTON — Parish officials are considering a new rule that would require developers to build more than one entrance in large, residential subdivisions.
The cost of repairing and rebuilding flooded Glen Oaks High School has increased $2.1 million as workers race to get the north Baton Rouge high school ready for the start of the school less than three weeks from now.
Rachel Wilson, Stacey Fiddling and Takeisha Williams stood before a judge Thursday morning in the 19th Judicial District Court in Baton Rouge. Among them, the three women had stared down drug addiction, alcohol abuse, loss of child custody, mental…
Incumbent Congressmen Steve Scalise, Garret Graves and Clay Higgins picked up more opponents Thursday in what was a relatively quiet day for candidates to officially sign up for the November elections.
WASHINGTON — Former Louisiana Congressman John Fleming is up for a position as assistant Commerce Department secretary overseeing the U.S. Economic Development Administration.
A local organization that supports Baton Rouge area youths will host a back to school event on Saturday, giving away school supplies to children in need.
Baton Rouge police are searching for a man — the children's music minister at a local church — who is accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl numerous times over the past three years.
Curbside, the popular Mid City hamburger restaurant, is adding a space for catering and events and eyeing two locations in Baton Rouge for an additional restaurant.
PLAQUEMINE — The region's sugarcane farmers took center stage Thursday as they grilled Gov. John Bel Edwards and Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain on issues affecting their $1 billion industry.
It’s going to be hot and humid in south Louisiana, and it’s going to last all weekend.
The spat between Gov. John Bel Edwards and Attorney General Jeff Landry over Louisiana's long-stalled use of capital punishment continued to play out on Thursday, as Edwards accused Landry of "deliberately misrepresent(ing) the facts" about why th…
The suspended St. John the Baptist Parish judge accused of sex crimes against three teenage girls pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Thursday.
While casino revenues rose statewide, Baton Rouge's three riverboat casinos saw their winnings drop 15.6 percent in June, the same month the citywide ban on smoking in most public places took effect.
Authorities arrested at least four people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into Parish Prison on Thursday, booking records show.
LIVINGSTON — A 34-year-old French Settlement man was found guilty Thursday of stabbing another man 15 times outside an Albany convenience store last year.
The Louisiana Gaming Control Board on Thursday approved Penn National Gaming’s $2.8 billion purchase of Pinnacle Entertainment.
Ballard Brands in Covington has purchased along with partners the Garces Group of Philadelphia, a restaurant and catering company with several Latin-American concepts that could make their way to Louisiana.
In an apparent statement on how Louisiana selects and funds construction projects, the State Bond Commission on Thursday took a routine vote that ensured contractors get paid and turned it into a debate on the capital outlay process.
A land bank for national homebuilder D.R. Horton has purchased a 178-acre site off Jones Creek and started building the infrastructure for the controversial Lakes at Jones Creek development.
Sasol will begin testing several systems and machinery over the next few months in advance of a startup of its $11.13 billion Lake Charles chemicals project in southwest Louisiana.
Baton Rouge police arrested a man suspected in multiple recent armed robberies in the Baton Rouge area.
A state judge Thursday placed on hold a lawsuit that aims to resolve who is entitled to $750,000 in life insurance proceeds on a Baton Rouge man whose charred body was found in the rear seat of his burned truck in New Orleans in 2016.
Two Angola inmates died Wednesday night from apparent drug overdoses, raising concerns in the Department of Corrections about guards smuggling drugs — in particular synthetic marijuana or "mojo" — inside prison walls, officials said.
Pool Corp. on Thursday reported second-quarter profit of $117 million, compared to $94.9 million in the second quarter of 2017.
The sealing of a settlement between Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal’s office and a family member of a man who was shot dead while handcuffed in the back of a patrol car in 2014 violates the First Amendment and state public records law, according…