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J. Hover has been named the new executive director of the Baton Rouge Blues Festival and Foundation.

Lane Kiffin brought his good friend Ed Orgeron back to LSU, not as a coordinator, but to lead recruiting — and Orgeron has already been making noise at fall practice in Baton Rouge.

BATON ROUGE — The East Baton Rouge Parish Council on Aging is finalizing its plans to renovate a former grocery store into a new space for area seniors, according to Business Report. The renovation is reportedly part of the organization’s larger efforts to expand its services. Last week, the...

Carter Williams is changing schools this year. Nevertheless, he is determined to see that his new school, Greenbrier Elementary in Baton Rouge, offers something that he loved at his old school: singing. Or, to be precise, Singing Pirates. His father, Kevin Williams, marvels at his son’s willingness to sing pretty...

LSP and EBRSO are asking for the public's help in finding a missing man.

BATON ROUGE — It’s now going on week four as the landfill search continues for Ja’Derrius Minneweather. No one has seen the 15-year-old in more than two months. He was last seen on June 5, 2026. About two weeks after he went missing, the Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD) arrested 50-year-old Maurice Robbia Parms in

BATON ROUGE — Authorities arrested a 31-year-old woman accused of driving her teenage boyfriend across state lines to hide him from police after he shot her in the face. According to a BRPD arrest warrant, Charlitria Thomas got into an argument with her 15-year-old boyfriend in December 2025. During...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Grammy Award-winning R&B icon Bobby Brown will headline Southern University's 4th Annual Athletics Gala later this month, bringing one of music's most recognizable performers to Baton Rouge for an evening focused on strengthening support for Jaguar athletics. The black-tie event is scheduled for Aug.

This month, Sheriff Jason Ard along with Livingston Parish Sheriffs Office Special Victims’ Unit (SVU) Detectives began an investigation involving a First Degree Rape and Molestation of a Juvenile complaint. Sheriff Jason Ard says, “During the course of the investigation, multiple interviews were conducted and evidence

BATON ROUGE — A house caught fire early Friday morning along Alice Street in Baton Rouge. The fire first broke out around 4:20 a.m., a Baton Rouge Fire Department spokesperson told WBRZ. Crews arrived to find heavy flames coming from the back of the home. Within 30 minutes of...