Thursday Dec 17 | Daily Report
A nearly 20,000-square-foot building on Coursey Boulevard behind United Community Bank has been sold for $2.435 million.
Forecasters expect additional flooding
Flood watches and warnings remain in effect for parts of southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi due to additional rain moving into areas where the ground is already saturated from previous storms.
The city plans to spend $1.9 million in state money for landscaping, lighting, sidewalks and street furniture for the North Boulevard Town Square, Mayor Kip Holden announced today.
An early morning fire in Livingston Parish is blamed for killing a 24 year old woman.
Officials say a 23-year-old Holden woman died in an apartment fire. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning said 46-year-old Daniel Hymel told fire officials that he and his girlfriend, Devon Elizabeth Griggs, were asleep in the second-story apartment on La.
Hot sauce & caller ID lead to suspect's arrest
Authorities say a 17-year-old was arrested for allegedly breaking into a business early Tuesday morning.
The Metro Council held its first hearing today on Mayor Kip Holden's proposed 2010 budget for East Baton Rouge Parish.
Mayor-President Kip Holden is not planning to bring back another bond issue proposal at this time, making the announcement at the Baton Rouge Apartment Association's monthly luncheon this afternoon.
Accident victim's picture used in possible scheme
Alyica Owens died when the car her friend was driving ran off the road and hit a tree.
Donation jar theft caught on tape
A crime that shocked a community was caught on camera and it didn't take Livingston deputies long to find their suspect.
B.R. mayor wants Audubon Institute to run attraction
A possible no-bid contract for the New Orleans-based Audubon Nature Institute to run a proposed tourist attraction in Baton Rouge is one of several unresolved issues concerning the controversial $225 million project slated for a Nov.
Passenger Killed in One-Vehicle Crash
Louisiana State Police investigated a single-vehicle serious injury crash this morning shortly before 6:30 am on LA 441 in Livingston Parish.
The Capital Region Legislative Delegation could be looking at a less-intimidating funding request for Alive.
Crews were cleaning up mud and broken asphalt yesterday after a deluge from a burst water main swept cars down streets, forced people out of their homes and flooded a section of a major Los Angeles boulevard.
2-year-old, 3 others dead in La. domestic incident
A man shot his estranged wife and son to death and critically wounded his pregnant daughter-in-law inside a rural Louisiana home, authorities said.
Investigators have begun the autopsies for the three relatives all killed at the hands of their family member.
1 dead, 4 injured in Tangipahoa Parish crash
A two-vehicle accident in Tangipahoa Parish has claimed the life of a 26-year-old Slidell woman.
New evidence in bloody murder-suicide
There is new information about a murder-suicide that claimed four lives in Holden Saturday night.