Baton Rouge News

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.

Joey Caillouet misses those standing lunch dates that he, and even some of his co-workers, would enjoy every Tuesday with his mother, Elsie, at her Old Hammond Highway condominium.

Unmanned aircraft would be limited on Louisiana private property if lawmakers agree to a bill that won the support of a Senate judiciary committee Tuesday.

At the Greenwood School, Cameron Ferachi found his place to fit in, made academic progress and discovered the courage to stand in front an audience and recite The Gettysburg Address.

Louisiana State Police reported Emmanuel Bailey, 21, of Fort Smith, AR, is an alleged pimp sought in an investigation into prostitution and online solicitation throughout the state.

A malfunctioning gas floor heater sparked a fire in the living room of a 3121 Seneca Street house Tuesday morning, burning a wall before firefighters were able to get it under control, said Curt Monte, a spokesman for the Baton Rouge Fire Department.

The Louisiana Senate has agreed to prohibit unmanned aircraft from flying over chemical plants, water treatment systems, telecommunications networks and other items considered "critical infrastructure" in Louisiana.

"It's the best thing for the town, me stepping down," Whaley said. "Brusly doesn't need to be in the news every day with bad publicity."

BATON ROUGE. -- Eight lawmakers asked Gov. Bobby Jindal on Monday to scrap plans to use tests associated with the Common Core education standards, a proposal that Jindal called "a viable option" if the Legislature won't vote to jettison the tests.