A 45-year-old cyclist was hit by two vehicles and killed while trying to cross Florida Boulevard in Baton Rouge around 10 p.m. Wednesday, according to a Baton Rouge Police Department report.
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Law enforcement has identified one of the victims after two people were shot and killed late Wednesday on Gus Young Avenue, said East Baton Rouge Medical Services spokesman Mike Chustz.
Preliminary numbers from the Baton Rouge Police Department pay study show that city officers are underpaid by 30 to 40 percent compared to peer law enforcement agencies.
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Video footage of a police officer wrestling with a 14-year-old Brusly Middle School student last month has leaked in the midst of a Louisiana State Police investigation into allegations of excessive use of force by that officer and one other, auth…
A 43-year-old man tried to set his mother's Amite mobile home on fire during an argument about him moving out this summer, according to the Louisiana State Fire Marshal Office.
A Baton Rouge man was arrested Wednesday in the September killing of 28-year-old Jerry Spain, Baton Rouge police announced Wednesday.
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
A Baton Rouge man was arrested Tuesday and accused of giving a woman an anti-anxiety drug and then raping her after she was passed out.
A Baton Rouge man was arrested and accused of setting a motor home on fire after an argument with its owner in August.
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
A 16-year-old was pronounced dead at the hospital after a shooting in Jackson around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to the East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office.
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Firefighters rescued an elderly woman from a fire and severe smoke in a hotel off South Shewood Forest Boulevard Tuesday morning, said St. George Fire Department spokesman Eldon Ledoux.
A Baton Rouge Magnet High music teacher and lifelong musician was walking back to her car — after having stopped on an interstate highway in Mississippi to help someone involved in a crash — when she was struck and killed by a logging truck.
CLINTON — The Clinton mayor and recently resigned police chief each pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning to a charge of malfeasance in office, and their attorneys and case investigators noted further charges against the town leaders are possible.
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
A 13-year-old Baton Rouge boy pleaded not guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder and a gun charge in the fatal shooting of a first-grader this month in their Northdale neighborhood.
The Livingston Parish Sheriff said he will "go back to the drawing board" and look for new ways to put a law enforcement officer on every school campus, one week after a school safety tax failed at the ballot box.
Monday, November 12, 2018
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 Monday, booking records show.
Monday, November 12, 2018
An East Baton Rough Sheriff's deputy received minor injuries in a crash Monday evening when another driver failed to yield at an Airline Highway intersection, authorities said.
In East Baton Rouge Parish, 72 people have been killed so far in 2018.
A 37-year-old father and truck driver was shot and killed on Barber Street just off College Drive early Monday morning, marking Baton Rouge's seventh homicide thus far in November, which is seeing a rise in deadly violence.
Sunday, November 11, 2018
One person was injured in a shooting Sunday night at an apartment complex off Florida Boulevard, authorities said.
A Baton Rouge man arrested Sunday is accused of shooting at someone during an argument near a Florida Boulevard business that occurred within earshot of a Baton Rouge police officer.
An Oklahoma officer who was acquitted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man was planning to speak at an upcoming law enforcement conference in Baton Rouge until organizers rescinded her invitation Sunday following backlash from civil right…
Saturday, November 10, 2018
Baton Rouge firefighters battled a fire Saturday night at the Goodwood Place Apartments in the Mid City area that appeared to have done major damage, although there were no reported injuries.
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Civil rights leaders are calling for a detectives group to rescind a speaking invitation to a white Oklahoma officer acquitted for fatally shooting an unarmed black man.
A 27-year-old Tickfaw man was killed when he was struck by a vehicle Friday night on La. 447 about a mile and half west of Interstate 55, State Police reorted
A driver was killed in a Saturday morning crash in St. Mary Parish, according to state police.
Friday, November 09, 2018
Despite the current spike in Baton Rouge gun violence that has claimed six lives in less than two weeks, the homicide rate has fallen significantly in recent months, leaving authorities confident that 2018 won't see a repeat of last year's unprece…
Louisiana leaders hosted Mexican officials this week after the two governments and their respective law enforcement agencies worked together to bring justice in the 2011 death of a Brusly High School teacher and ensure her daughter's safety.
Authorities arrested at least two people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into parish prison between Tuesday and Friday, booking records show.
The probe into the abuse of public office and money in Clinton has expanded to the East Feliciana Parish School Board, where investigators believe the board may have illegally diverted their materials for private use and allowed a conflict of inte…
A Baton Rouge woman was arrested Friday, after tweeting that she would burn down her apartment complex if a power outage wasn't repaired by the time she next returned home, the Baton Rouge Fire Department said.
One person was killed and another critically injured after a double-shooting off Staring Lane late Thursday, according to Baton Rouge Police spokesman Sgt. L'Jean McKneely.
Thursday, November 08, 2018
A federal court jury in Baton Rouge found a former major at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola guilty Thursday of beating an inmate who was handcuffed, shackled and not resisting, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
PRAIRIEVILLE — A Mississippi man driving an 18-wheeler that crashed into stopped traffic on Interstate 10 Wednesday night, killing one woman and injuring 18 people, was booked into the Ascension Parish jail on multiple counts, Louisiana State Poli…
Two Mississippi men were arrested Thursday morning on possession of cocaine during a State Police traffic stop on Interstate 10, State Police Troop A said. Troopers stopped an eastbound 2017 Ford F-150, shortly after 7 a.m. for a traffic violation…
A 48-year-old woman was fatally shot early Thursday on East Washington Street, just a few blocks west of Baton Rouge's City-Brooks Community Park, said Baton Rouge police spokesman Sgt. L'Jean McKneely.
Wednesday, November 07, 2018
A man who died Tuesday after he was beaten in a Ponchatoula bar fight early Sunday was quickly identified as an Alabama football fan, but he was also a former semiprofessional football player and a father of two.
One person received a minor burn in a house fire Wednesday evening off Scenic Highway, according to the Baton Rouge Fire Department.
A fatal wreck involving 11 vehicles and multiple injuries shut down the eastbound side of Interstate 10 Wednesday night in Ascension Parish, authorities said.
PONCHATOULA — An Alabama fan so badly beaten in a Ponchatoula bar early Sunday morning that he was placed on life support died Tuesday, according to Ponchatoula police.
Tuesday, November 06, 2018
Voters in Livingston Parish on Tuesday rejected a permanent sales tax increase that would have paid for the placement of law enforcement officers at all public schools.
Police on Wednesday released the name of the man who was found dead in his home after a shooting on Sycamore Street the night before.
Three members of the Felony Lane Gang were arrested Monday and accused of committing four vehicle burglaries at two fitness centers in the Baton Rouge area.
A Baton Rouge man was arrested Monday after authorities believe he shot at a house off Hooper Road while driving by the residence, though no one was injured.
Monday, November 05, 2018
Authorities arrested at least two people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into Parish Prison between noon Sunday and noon Monday, booking records show.
One person was transported to the hospital with injuries after authorities responded to reports of a stabbing in the Scotlandville area Monday evening.
A state judge has reversed the terminations of two Baton Rouge police officers who were fired for their role in a 2014 alleged rape in a BREC park but later acquitted at a trial.
The 13-year-old boy arrested in the fatal shooting of a 6-year-old boy on Friday appeared Monday in juvenile court, where a judge found enough evidence to proceed with the case against the teen, setting his bail at $15,000.
Interstate 12 westbound was closed for almost an hour Monday afternoon after a man climbed onto an overhead sign near the Airline Highway exit and refused to come down.
A 15-year-old was shot and killed by a LaPlace apartment resident on Saturday after officials said the teen allegedly tried to break into the person's apartment.