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Some Zachary students are starting off the new school year with a longer-than-usual walk to catch a school bus, after several bridges in the district were closed to heavy vehicle traffic. Ten bridges within the Zachary Community School District, along with 42 others in East Baton Rouge Parish, were reclassified...

LSU is considering the creation of a new entity to house broadcast revenue it earns via the SEC’s media rights deal with ESPN, with the hope being that the private company could use the revenue for investments, creating a “perpetual revenue-generating model” to help “alleviate strain in an NIL era, where big-money cont

Baton Rouge businessman and auto-shop owner Matt McKay died Saturday night after a years-long battle with Alzheimer’s disease, a spokesperson for the family confirmed. McKay passed away peacefully at 71 years old in his Baton Rouge home surrounded by his family, a statement from his family said. The prominent...

PRAIRIEVILLE — A fallen tree left both directions of Highway 933 at James Weams Road blocked on Sunday in Ascension Parish. Drivers in the area were urged to use caution or seek an alternate route. The road has since reopened.

BATON ROUGE — A man who spent 45 years, 18 months and three days in prison for a crime he did not commit is now facing the possibility of losing his sight. Wilbert Jones was 19 years old when a judge sent him to prison in 1973 for raping and kidnapping a Baton Rouge nurse, a crime he repeatedly insisted he never commit

The mother of a 19-year-old who was allegedly gang-raped and fatally struck by a car spoke out after a judge denied a motion to ban supporters from wearing pink

BATON ROUGE — A drone helped officers with the Baton Rouge Police Department arrest a man following a stolen vehicle pursuit early Sunday morning. According to the department, around 3 a.m., officers attempted to make a felony stop on a recently stolen vehicle when the driver refused to stop, leading to a pursuit.

A woman was injured in a shooting following a confrontation with another woman at a Baton Rouge hotel on Sunday.

A man was arrested Sunday for rape and theft for allegedly assaulting a college student after he drove her home from Duvic’s bar in June, the Sheriff’s Office said. Elijah Clyde, 24, was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on counts of third-degree rape, sexual battery, theft and unauthorized use of a motor

WALKER — A Holden man was killed in a fatal two-vehicle crash on La. 63 at Weiss Road in Livingston Parish, according to Louisiana State Police. According to troopers, on Saturday around 10:30 p.m., 40-year-old Louis Gurka of Holden was driving a 2012 Toyota Camry south on La. 63 when he allegedly crossed the centerlin