After a triple shooting early Saturday at a hookah lounge on Florida Boulevard, one person was pronounced dead and two others were hospitalized with injuries, according to police.
A child, possibly three years old, was struck by a vehicle Friday afternoon on Greenwell Street, Baton Rouge police say.
The blaze happened Friday morning at a home on Alliquppa Street, according to officials.
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The stabbing happened around 4 a.m., according to police.
Two teenagers were transported to the hospital for non-life-threating injuries after a shooting that took place on North Little John Drive on Thursday afternoon, Baton Rouge Police said.
The family of a missing LSU student from Opelousas says they had no idea Kori Gauthier's vehicle had been involved in a crash on the Baton Rouge bridge on Interstate 10 until they learned that she had not shown up to class, work, a doctor's appoin…
Another Louisiana State Police trooper has resigned and two more will stop receiving their taxpayer funded salaries after getting arrested earlier this year, accused of mistreating Black suspects.
A Southeastern University student has been arrested, accused of stabbing an LSU student multiple times in a Southeastern dorm Saturday, according to the campus police department.
A woman was brought to the hospital after getting hit with shrapnel from a bullet shot into the ground, the Baton Rouge Police Department says.
A father was making lunch for his children in their Baker home Wednesday when the day turned tragic: A gun, recently purchased for protection, somehow landed in the hands of a curious toddler, who pulled the trigger before anyone could intervene.
After the Baton Rouge Police Department released bodycam footage Tuesday showing a tense interaction between three BRPD officers and an LSU football player last fall, the police chief said neither party did anything wrong.
Long-awaited bodycam video released Tuesday by the Baton Rouge Police Department shows more details of a November 2020 encounter between LSU football player Koy Moore and three officers.
The Baton Rouge Police Department is expected to release long-awaited bodycam footage this afternoon showing an encounter between BRPD officers and LSU wide receiver Koy Moore, who posted on social media last fall alleging the cops had harassed an…
After local prosecutors dismissed more than 100 cases involving two Baton Rouge police officers recently accused of misconduct, the sheer number of dropped charges exemplifies what some consider a longstanding dilemma facing the BRPD narcotics division.
The fire started around 6:45 a.m. and was under control by 7 a.m.
The woman was arrested around 7:30 p.m. Monday night.
The mother of a 16-month-old who died from blunt force injuries last week was arrested Monday, Baton Rouge Police said.
The shooting happened around 8:45 p.m.
A person was fatally shot Sunday night near Gus Young Avenue, Baton Rouge Police said.
Baton Rouge firefighters responded to five fires over Saturday and Sunday, all without injuries, and are investigating two of the blazes as arsons, officials said.
A man is wanted in connection with an arson that involved an apartment fire, the Baton Rouge Fire Department said late Saturday.
A video that shows Hammond police officers hitting a man who is lying on the ground has raised alarm among some City Council members.
A person killed in a shooting reported on McClelland Drive on Saturday has been identified, the Baton Rouge Police Department said.
PIERRE PART — A pickup truck went off Belle River Road in lower Assumption Parish and hit two utility poles early Saturday, killing a Plattenville man and seriously injuring another, Louisiana State Police said.
A house fire on South Howell Drive early Saturday morning was an arson, the Baton Rouge Fire Department said.
LORANGER, LA – The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s issued a misdemeanor summons Thursday to a local Loranger High School basketball coach for simple battery, TPSO said in a news release.
After Demon Sanders allegedly shot and killed another man during an argument Saturday afternoon, detectives believe a group of people followed him and took justice into their own hands, Baton Rouge police said.
A Hammond High Magnet School teacher turned himself in to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office after being accused of sending sexually explicit messages to students through social media, TPSO said in a news release.
After two passengers died in a crash on Kenilworth Parkway last month, Baton Rouge police arrested the driver on vehicular homicide and other counts.
The body was found Wednesday morning on Galvez Trace.
The day before Baton Rouge police received reports of an unresponsive infant, Jonathan Dunn had thrown the baby across a room, causing her to strike a shelving unit and land on the bed, where a bucket of hardware and tools came crashing down and k…
The man was arrested around 2:30 p.m.
A man arrested Monday afternoon in a robbery of a Baton Rouge bank earlier this month is accused of trying on Monday morning to rob a Denham Springs credit union, as well, officials said.
An inmate at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel was killed early Monday inside the prison, allegedly at the hands of another prisoner.
A 16-month-old who was killed Saturday night in Baton Rouge died of blunt force injuries, the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner's Office reported Monday.
A former supervisor of the Tangipahoa Sheriff's Office Criminal Records Division has pleaded guilty to taking part in a scheme in which she accepted bribes in exchange for fraudulent bonds used for the release of incarcerated people, according to …
PAINCOURTVILLE — An Assumption Parish man faces attempted second-degree murder and other counts Monday after sheriff's deputies say he stabbed another man multiple times during a weekend fight and later led them on a chase down farm roads.
One person was injured Monday morning after what police initially responded to as a shooting on Holt Drive turned out to be someone with a cut hand, according to police.
An Assumption Parish teenager died at the hospital Saturday night after the all-terrain vehicle he was driving was struck from behind by a motorcyle, State Police said.
A female pedestrian was struck and killed overnight Saturday on North Acadian Thruway West in a hit-and-run vehicle accident, the Baton Rouge Police Department said.
Baton Rouge Police have arrested a 34-year-old man in connection with the death of a 1-year-old.
Two were killed and two were hospitalized in three different shootings Saturday in Baton Rouge, police and emergency officials said.
A three-year-old child is in critical condition after a confrontation between two men led to a shooting Saturday morning, according to the Hammond Police Department. The shooting suspect turned himself in Saturday.
More than $1.3 million in heroin was seized in a multi-agency narcotics investigation in East Baton Rouge Parish, the sheriff's office announced Saturday.
In the latest sign of strife between Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul and BRPD union leadership, the chief recently broke from tradition when he announced the department would be unable to spare an officer to represent the union before state l…
A juvenile was brought to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle Friday around 6:00 p.m. on Airline Highway, Baton Rouge EMS says.
Three people were injured in gunfire at a music studio off Old Hammond Highway not long after midnight Thursday morning, Baton Rouge police said.
The man was arrested Wednesday evening around 4:30 p.m.
Two women were arrested in connection with a vehicle fire that happened over two years ago in Baton Rouge, according to the Baton Rouge Fire Department.
The East Baton Rouge Metro Council on Wednesday approved the second pay raise for Baton Rouge police officers to take effect this year, though members of the city police force still remain underpaid compared to their counterparts at other agencies.
A Zachary man and woman were arrested Wednesday for setting fire to a vehicle on March 7 in an attempt to get rid of it, according to a news release from Baton Rouge Fire Department.