Baton Rouge News

Baton Rouge city judge sub-districts would be organized according to the above map had the Louisiana Legislature passed House Bill 198 by Rep. Alfred Williams, D-Baton Rouge.

Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- Interim East Baton Rouge Planning Director Ryan Holcomb, at the City-Parish Planning Commission's open house for Planning Director job finalists to meet staff and interested members of the public, on March 7. Metro Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem Chandler Loupe is recommending that Holcomb be appointed to ... (more)

A 20-year old man was arrested Thursday on first-degree murder and other counts in the June 9 fatal shooting of Octavia Jackson, 27, at Club Shenanigans, 3964 Plank Road.

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Brusly Police Chief Jamie Whaley pleaded guilty Thursday morning to one count of malfeasance in office and was sentenced to 18 months of probation.

Authorities said a man broke into the home of his estranged wife, killing her and their 12-year-old son, early Thursday morning.

Joel Porter, a defense lawyer who previously ran for City Court judge, was arrested Wednesday after a 25-year-old woman reported Porter violated a temporary restraining order she had against him.

Workforce development forecasters report tens of thousands of jobs in the petrochemical industry will open up in less than two years.

As the temperature continues to get warmer, look for more people riding bicycles.

Nakeydran Williams, 16, of Baton Rouge, was transported from juvenile detention to the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison just before 5 p.m. Wednesday.

A well-known Baton Rouge attorney was arrested for allegedly violating a temporary protective order that was placed against him.

After months of fruitless efforts to find a place to have school in the future, the board of directors of Career Academy agreed unanimously early Wednesday afternoon that the career-oriented high school will close its doors next month when the current school year ends.

RED STICK MOBILE FARMERS MARKET: 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Delmont Service Center, 3525 Riley St. The mobile farmers market provides a source of food in areas without direct access to grocery stores.

Advocate Photo by MICHELLE MILLHOLLON -- State Sen. Ben Nevers, D-Bogalusa, meets with constituents after a hearing on legislation to study the way Louisiana incorporates new cities.

The widening of Hooper Road, in the City of Central, has been planned for several years.

Consumer and business spending in East Baton Rouge Parish increased by 6.2 percent in February compared with a year ago.

The Baton Rouge High School Foundation, the members of which are largely alumni of the school, wish to express our extreme disappointment in the latest rule change to disallow Louisiana public magnet schools from consideration for the U.S. Department of Education's Blue Ribbon program.

Advocate staff photo by RYAN BROUSSARD -- Baton Rouge police department crime scene technicians preserve the scene of a shooting late Tuesday on Avis Avenue.

Advocate staff photo by RYAN BROUSSARD -- Baton Rouge police department crime scene technicians preserve the scene of a shooting late Tuesday on Avis Avenue.

A plot to have three witnesses against a Baton Rouge murder suspect killed was thwarted after investigators listening in on jailhouse phone conversations developed information that led to an arrest Monday, court records show.