Baton Rouge News

Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" returns movie-goers to Middle Earth on Friday, as the filmmaker continues his three-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" prequel.

Investigators are on the scene at the Quality Inn and Suites, 131 N. Lobdell Highway in Port Allen, working to determine the cause and origin of an early morning fire, according to the West Baton Rouge Fire Sub-district No.

A Matherne's Supermarket is set to open in fall 2014 at the former site of the Capital One Bank at Third and Main streets, making it the first full-service grocery store in downtown Baton Rouge in nearly 50 years.

A pedestrian was killed early Tuesday after being hit by an SUV on the Interstate 12 east exit ramp at South Satsuma Road, a Walker Police Department spokesman said.

Police released the identity of an armed robbery suspect who they said shot at pursuing officers in Baton Rouge recently.

A Ponchatoula, La. woman pleaded guilty Tuesday morning after being charged with child desertion.

There was an announcement Tuesday morning that a full service grocery store will be built in downtown Baton Rouge.

There was an announcement Tuesday morning that a full service grocery store will be built in downtown Baton Rouge.

There was an announcement Tuesday morning that a full service grocery store will be built in downtown Baton Rouge.

Carl Enna, of Little Rock, Ark., says, "Us oldsters are truly excited at this time of "As the comic strip 'Pogo' was as much a part of starting our day then as reading Old Smiley now, sometime soon after Thanksgiving we were gifted with Pogo's Christmas carol.

Randy Rice and Dana Lux visited with JP to talk about the Twin Living Chirstmas Trees.

Baton Rouge police are searching for the man who fired a shot at officers chasing him after he robbed a Jack in the Box restaurant early Monday, a police spokesman said.

Authorities are hoping an autopsy scheduled for Monday will shed some light on the murder investigation of a missing man whose body was found Friday along the Mississippi River.

Marcus Franklin, 31, was discovered dead about a week after he was reported missing in Baton Rouge.

Jury selection was not completed Monday in the computer fraud and aggravated identity theft trial of Murphy J. Painter, former commissioner of the Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control.

Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District looks like a wind-ruffled ribbon that curls from the eastern shore of Lake Pontchartrain through New Orleans, then up the Mississippi River to northern Baton Rouge.

Sheriff's deputies in East Feliciana Parish arrested two men Monday after an armed robbery and high-speed chase ended in a crash.

A 20-year-old Baton Rouge man was arrested in the Hammond Tractor Supply store after being seen staggering in the aisles with a gun.

The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office arrested a woman for damaging property and resisting arrest after she was accused damaging woman's car.

DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT: 8 a.m., Hilton Capitol Center, Heidelberg Ballroom, 201 Lafayette St. The meeting will focus on downtown events and developments.