Baton Rouge News

Nearly 30,000 Entergy customers in the Baton Rouge area lost power for a few hours Wednesday night due to an equipment failure.

Nearly 30,000 Entergy customers in the Baton Rouge area lost power for a few hours Wednesday night due to an equipment failure.

Two men armed with handguns entered the restaurant through an employee entrance shortly before 11 p.m. while employees were cleaning, said Cpl.

Zachary Sawyer Kopplin speaks after winning the LSU Manship School of Mass Communication's Courage & Justice Award along with a $1,000 prize Wednesday, April 23, 2014, in the Holliday Forum in the Journalism Building at LSU.

Baton Rouge Police are searching for two men they say robbed a mid-city restaurant just before 11 p.m. Tuesday.

A narcotics bust at a business on Plank Road a home in the Shenandoah area and another home in North Baton Rouge ends with five people arrested and drugs and guns seized.

A Baton Rouge man is being held on a $20,000 after he allegedly caused a crash that injured three people.

A Baton Rouge man is being held on a $20,000 after he allegedly caused a crash that injured three people.

Here are our quick look at the top 5 things to do in Baton Rouge this weekend, as picked by NOLA.com We've culled the family-friendly, date-appropriate and adults-only music, performances and festival events around Baton Rouge for this weekend's best choices.

Mayor Joe Pitre issued a warning, bolstered by a bill under discussion in Baton Rouge, when Police Chief Ronelle Broussard used police fine revenue to justify a request for pay raises in his department.

A special meeting in Brusly, LA is scheduled for tonight at 6 p.m. at the Brusly Town Hall to select an interim police chief.

Advocate Photo by MICHELLE MILLHOLLON -- New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, right, was in Baton Rouge to testify Tuesday in favor of legislation that would reduce the number of juvenile judges serving Orleans Parish.

The 46-year-old man on Death Row for fatally stabbing an elderly Baton Rouge couple on New Year's Day 1991 falls within the borderline intelligence range but is not mentally retarded, a court-appointed expert testified Tuesday.

Jury selection is scheduled to start on Tuesday for the trial of a man suspected of shooting three people in the parking lot of a nightclub in 2011, leaving one of them dead.

Photo courtesy of the Food NetworkTed Allen, host of 'Chopped,' is a spokesman for Dining Out for Life, a fundraiser for a HIV/AIDS organizations.

The search continues for a man accused of killing his wife and son early Thursday morning.

The search continues for a man accused of killing his wife and son early Thursday morning.

Advocate Photo by WILL SENTELL -- State Rep. Alan Seabaugh, R-Shreveport, sponsored two bills aimed at Washington, a town about 70 miles northwest of Baton Rouge, that he calls, the worst speed trap in the state of Louisiana.

Louisiana's skyscraper-style capitol in Baton Rouge. Gay rights groups in the state contend police have used anti-sodomy laws to target gay men.

The Baton Rouge Fire Department said a construction crew hit a gas line near LSU, causing the natural gas line to rupture beneath the roadway Monday morning.