Under-21 drinking laws don’t work, a Louisiana state lawmaker says, so why not certify 19- and 20-year-olds who pass a class?
Louisiana got low marks for the number of women living in poverty, women’s life expectancy and the female murder rate.
It was a long shot that bizarre blinking detected by Kepler was a megastructure built by aliens to harvest energy from their own stars.
The defective air bags explode with too much force, hurling shrapnel into car cabins.
SPMG Media is pleased to announce the addition of American Artist Frank Kelley Jr. to its growing roster of clients for the Arts Division.
"We will have the gumbo ready for him when he gets out," the man's niece said.
"The emotions are extremely high," a lawmaker said. "A lot of people are kind of blowing it up."
A federal judge in Baton Rouge refused to toss a lawsuit against Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal and a deputy over 2014 in-custody death.
After undergoing a necropsy, Tony will be taxidermied and displayed in the truck stop restaurant where a predecessor is already shown.
Pledges were forced to drink to excess on the night before Maxwell Gruver's death, during a game called "Bible Study," witnesses told cops.
It was the fourth shooting in the area since July — the second fatal shooting — but investigators aren't sure whether they're related.
Known as "The Bald Eagle" as much for his sturdy leadership as his prematurely receding hairline, Tittle played 17 seasons of pro football.
Pledges at the Phi Delta Theta house were grilled on questions about the fraternity the night before Maxwell Gruver died, police said.
The officer was responding to a report around 10 p.m. Sunday that someone had a gun at a Big Boy store.
Body camera footage showed the boy's father had his hands raised inside his vehicle when gunshots rang out following a car chase.
The judge also made clear that #BlackLivesMatter cannot be sued because it's a hashtag.
"His family didn't teach him that," his aunt Kerrie Highley said Wednesday. "None of us feel that way."
A homeless man and a dishwasher were shot on separate days by a gunman in a car. Police said the attacks might have been racially motivated.
In both shootings, the gunman fired from a car, walked up to the victims as they lay on the ground and fired again multiple times.
The two shootings were also carried out in "similar ways," officials said.
Beat the end-of-summer blues by checking out some of these Labor Day weekend events happening around Baton Rouge.
Flash-flood warning issued for some parishes.
Harvey is forecast to make landfall late Friday or early Saturday as a Category 3 storm.
Mike arrived in Baton Rouge last week from a rescue in Florida. The university said he took over Monday, the first day of fall semester.
In December, a judge ruled that Edwards' order violated Louisiana's constitutional separation of powers and blocked enforcement of it.
"I just talked to a man who was practically begging for a ticket. I bet you we could have filled up the place three times."
Court records show Patricia Minaldi was required to get treatment after a colleague asked a court to rule she cannot take care of herself.
Patch took a poll for the best cajun food in Baton Rouge and the results are in!
"My story has been Louisiana in recession, but I'm changing my story," said Greg Albrecht, the state Legislature's chief economist.
When's the first day of school in East Baton Rouge Parish? That, and other must-know dates for parents, students and teachers.
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An estimated 1,200 more inmates will be freed on probation or parole within two years under new laws overhauling criminal sentencing.
"Our history is our history" and we shouldn't let elected officials "pick and choose" which parts get destroyed or revered, one email said.
The lawsuit says DeRay Mckesson oversaw a protest that "turned into a riot," did nothing to calm the crowd and incited violence.
The report says Long also left a suicide note saying he needed to punish "bad cops."
Patch is putting together a comprehensive guide to Baton Rouge fireworks and July 4th events. If we missed something, let us know!
The family says the shooting fit a pattern of racist behavior and excessive force by its police force.
A new study shows that Louisiana's state finances continue to decline.