Baton Rouge News

For some people, finding a fresh head of lettuce or an orange is not easy since parts of East Baton Rouge Parish lack grocery stores and have been labeled "food deserts."

Police say a Baton Rouge woman drove her car into a 6-year-old girl riding a bicycle Monday afternoon on Washington Avenue near Plank Road, critically injuring the girl before fleeing without stopping to help the child.

Victims from a Sunday morning of terror in Baton Rouge are recalling what happened to them when they came face to face with Andre Young.

If Louisiana farmers and those around the country are going to continue producing crops to feed the growing state and national populations and continue exporting to the rest of the world, they have to keep up with technological changes and be smart about how they manage their land, says Commissioner of Agriculture Mike Strain.

A Baton Rouge woman was arrested after she was stopped Saturday by Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's deputies, who had been searching for her after several reports about an erratic driver on Interstate 49, according to a release.

A wreck involving an 18-wheeler closed Florida Boulevard North in Baton Rouge during noon traffic, according to state traffic officials.

It's been an extremely difficult day for family and friends as well as officers.

A 19-year-old man early Sunday went on a crime spree, committing a string of armed robberies, rapes, kidnappings and an attempted murder before being arrested at 8 a.m. Sunday, Baton Rouge police say.

NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS PROJECT: 10 a.m., Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church, 9700 Scenic Highway, Scotlandville.

Since officially taking the helm of a divided and downtrodden department one year ago, Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie Jr. has spent his time at the top mollifying the troops, gradually lifting what many described as a once-widespread mood of frustration among the rank and file.

Sheriff's deputies on Saturday evening arrested a Baton Rouge man accused of raping a woman after having just met her through a popular social media dating application called Tinder.

An electrical short ignited a fire in a home early Sunday that eventually burned through the roof of the house, the fire department said.

A man was found dead in the front yard of a home after he was allegedly shot by his girlfriend.

Time ran out Wednesday before the Baton Rouge Metro Council could tell gay people to go to hell, but that is clearly what is going to happen at the next meeting in a couple of weeks.

A man who was out of gas on Interstate 10 at Perkins Road in Baton Rouge was struck early Saturday morning is dead, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department.

Three months after Baton Rouge's bus system expanded service and added routes, ridership is up though the agency continues to adjust service.

Gulf Coast Bank has been named to the Independent Community Bankers of America's list of Top 50 Community Bank Leaders in Social Media.

Back home, I put them in a No. 10 tub in my den, but they were in the way all the time.

A Zachary woman is under indictment on state charges that accuse her of defrauding Louisiana's Medicaid program out of thousands of dollars and laundering more than $100,000 through her Baton Rouge personal care company.

Baton Rouge-based Investar Holding Corp., the holding company for Investar Bank, reported second-quarter earnings dipped to $1.1 million, or 26 cents per share, compared to $1.7 million, or 44 cents per share, a year ago.