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Seconds before 18-year-old Makayla Moore was fatally shot on a Zachary street corner in July 2023, she walked past a yellow house with two young men sitting on the porch. One of those men came off the porch, had a brief conversation with Moore, then shot her once through the neck. The prosecution and the defense agreed on those facts Wednesday at the start of the trial into Moore’s killing.

LSU Coach Will Wade announced on Wednesday that signing papers had been received from five-star and highly ranked point guard Reese Alston. He is the first of LSU’s top-ranked 2027 class to sign with the Tigers. The 6-foot-3 Alston is from Houston and plays for Second Baptist School. Alston...

BATON ROUGE — With Thanksgiving just around the corner on Thursday, Nov. 26, many organizations and local governments are finding ways to make the holiday more special. Here are some events and giveaways happening in and around the Capital Area in celebration of the giving season:. Wednesday, Oct. 21...

Ed Orgeron has rejoined the LSU Tigers after a scary medical incident.

Five-star center Caroline Bradley from Oak Grove, Louisiana, signed to play for the LSU women's basketball program starting with the 2027-28 season.

Kelly offered a warning to Texas and a prediction of who might come out on top in the match.

BATON ROUGE — East Baton Rouge Parish deputies have arrested a woman accused of shooting a car with two people inside. According to deputies, they were called to investigate a shooting along Fontainebleau Drive on Aug. 10. Deputies learned that a man went to Fontainebleau to pick up another person. The person being picked up, deputies note, was involved in a previous physical altercation with 44-year-old Stephanie Sharp.

BATON ROUGE — A local U.S. Army veteran received a major surprise Tuesday morning: a brand-new roof for her home, free of charge. Amy White was selected as the recipient through the Owens Corning Foundation’s Roof Deployment Project. Since launching in 2016, the nationwide initiative has teamed up with local contractors across the country to deliver new roofs to military service members and their families.

On October 26, Ascension Parish Council rejected an application to rezone 22.35 “adjacent (south) of Dutchtown High School” which would have cleared the way for a Walmart. The parcel, located on Hwy 73, approximately 1050′ north of Hwy 74, is currently zoned Medium Intensity Residential with a request for Mixed Use. The Council ignored a recommendation by the Zoning Commission which had voted (5-2) to recommend approval of the request (the commission had ignored a STAFF recommendation to deny).

City Park Golf Course will soon be closing early on Sundays and opening up to nongolfers under a new pilot program — just a few months after the golf course was the subject of an ongoing debate in Baton Rouge. BREC plans to start a pilot program on Sundays...