Baton Rouge News

A West Feliciana Parish elementary teacher took top honors as Louisiana's teacher of the year at an awards ceremony for outstanding educators Saturday at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Baton Rouge.

DETAILS: Help fill school buses with school supplies, such as pencils, pens, construction paper, composition notebooks, color pencils, markers, rulers, scissors, index cards, glue sticks and spiral notebooks.

Kyle Hamilton's first fishing trip to the Panhandle with his family on the Full Draw was deemed a success.

Jurors deliberated for less than 90 minutes Friday evening before convicting a St. Landry Parish man on five counts of vehicular homicide in the fiery Interestate 10 crash that killed five Ascension Parish people in March 2010.

Drivers who frequent Essen Lane will need to consider taking another route later this month as railroad construction will close the road for a weekend.

FARMER'S MARKET: 8 a.m., Main Street Market, corner of 5th and Main streets. This week's market will include a cooking demonstration by Chef Don Bergeron.

Sheriff's deputies arrested a 43-year-old Baker man for forcing a 7-year-old girl to perform oral sex on him on July 1. The 7-year-old's family thought they were dropping off their child at 4212 Rue Splendeur, Baker, where a 14-year-old girl was supposed to could baby-sit the child for a few hours, according to the arrest warrant.

The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office reports 65 percent of people who are contacted by alleged schemers over the telephone fall prey.

Two men suspected of raping children were arrested in East Feliciana Parish on Thursday, and police say two more men are wanted in connection to the case.

A December 2013 image from the web site of Uber, a mobile application-based, car-for-hire service that is now operational in Baton Rouge.

Looking at you, Louisiana products. These are happening now. Also: I expect to see and report on more new products from our state next month, when there are usually debuts at the Louisiana Restaurant Show.

Travis Jones, 22 of 1860 Blvd De Province, was the Baton Rouge man shot to death Thursday night in the 200 block of South 17th Street, police announced at 9:05 a.m. Friday.

A Louisiana Supreme Court decision reaffirmed in May 2014 has revived a sex abuse lawsuit in which parents are suing a priest and a Baton Rouge Catholic diocese for not reporting the alleged abuse when the teenager confessed to the priest about it.

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.