Baton Rouge News

The George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts awarded $50,000 in scholarships to 21 finalists from around Louisiana in the 5th Annual Art Contest themed, "Louisiana's Natural Beauty."

Information provided by LSU Sports BATON ROUGE - LSU senior left tackle La'el Collins and junior left guard Vadal Alexander were named to the 2014 Outland Trophy Watch List, the Football Writers Association of America announced Thursday.

NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS PROJECT: 10 a.m., Leo S. Butler Community Center, 950 E. Washington St. Come make art for free with the Neighborhood Arts Project.

The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office has released an image of the man deputies say attempted to rob a CVS store at 15255 George O'Neal Road around 9:10 a.m. Thursday.

East Baton Rouge Parish is one of four parishes that will enjoy a taxable-property bonanza over the five years ending 2017, thanks to expiring tax exemptions on refineries, according to economist Loren Scott.

Drivers on Burbank Dr. are allowed to continue through the intersection at E. Boyd Dr. without stopping.

The prosecution presented and rested its case Wednesday in the trial for the second driver charged in a "road rage" crash that killed five people, including three children.

Two homes were set on fire after lightning hit them during Tuesday's storm. One home was on Kenmore Avenue.

Another move in the Baton Rouge versus proposed City of St. George saga played out late Wednesday.

When Kendall Washington and about 70 other paramedics with East Baton Rouge Emergency Medical Services gathered for a training in-service recently, Washington was unaware he was about to receive his department's highest honor.

An Iberville Parish grand jury indicted five people Wednesday in connection to the shooting death of 34-year-old Hashim Henderson of Plaquemine, LA.

Former LSU star Glen Davis will make a three-tour junket around Baton Rouge to promote reading and youth literacy.

The Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge has vowed to fight all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to defend its beliefs.

BREC and The Walls Project announced they will team up on Saturday, July 12 to create in a mural in BREC's Gayosa Park and are on the lookout for artistic volunteers.

An Irish language school released a cover of "Callin' Baton Rouge," the country love song made famous by Garth Brooks.

Baton Rouge Police Department Cpl. Richard McCloskey, right, and Sgt. Chris Polito, both members of the department's Special Response Team, we're honored Tuesday for surviving being shot while on duty by Safariland, the company that manufactures the bulletproof vests that stopped the .40-caliber bullets fired at the officers on April 16. "Baby, ... (more)

A woman involved in a deadly 'road rage' crash that killed five people in 2011 has been released from jail and will be on probation until 2019.

If it's summer in the South, you might feel a bit cranky. As in hand-cranked ice cream, that is.

Sometimes, there are just those things that defy what anyone is able to believe unless they see it with their own eyes.

A Baton Rouge man free on bail in a Gardere area burglary was arrested again Monday night in a June robbery and shooting that left one person wounded in the leg, according to the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office.