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The Justice Department recently awarded Louisiana’s East Baton Rouge Parish a $63.5 million grant through the Model Cities Initiative. The initiative was designed to support the implementation of comprehensive and innovative whole-of-city strategies that reduce crime, restore law and order, … Read More » The post Louisiana parish awarded $63.5M to fight crime appeared first on Homeland Preparedness News .

BATON ROUGE — Three defendants who previously pleaded guilty were sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to commit bank burglary and bank theft, according to the Department of Justice. The department said local law enforcement was notified of numerous attempted and successful burglaries of ATMs in the Baton Rouge...

When first generation cattle farmer Jeremy Free needed a way to sell his farm’s beef trim, he decided to open a burger business in Baton Rouge. In came Wagyulicious, beginning as a food trailer in 2022 parked outside local breweries, businesses and at various local events. Three years later, Free opened a brick-and-mortar restaurant at 11950 Cloverland Ave., a spot formerly occupied by the original location of Willie’s Restaurant.

Ncaaf on gradient background - Created by the Sports On Tap desk | Source : Sports On Tap (team logos property of their respective owners) The 11th-seeded LSU Soccer squad just kicked off their 2026 SEC Tournament with a massive 1-0 upset victory against sixth-seeded, No. 23 nationally ranked Auburn. That win went down Sunday […]

Tuesday’s blue wave has shifted both the racial and partisan balance on the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board. A new nine-member board will take office in January with a majority of Black elected representatives for the first time in its history, as well as a rare Democratic majority.

GROSSE TETE - The murky waters of the Atchafalaya Basin have provided few clear answers for the family of a missing Texas woman, as the United Cajun Navy has expanded search efforts in the area where investigators say Christin Munn-Holliday was last seen after colliding with another car. For the...

A small, slightly wobbly tabletop prize wheel, the kind often seen at a school carnival, sat on a marigold-yellow tablecloth in Free Speech Alley, outside the LSU Student Union. Students who spin it land on a number and a color, each corresponding to a question. One asks: How many people...

BATON ROUGE - Dozens of people took part in the fourth annual Community Coastal Day at the LSU Center for River Studies in Baton Rouge. The family-friendly event highlighted the work being done to protect and restore Louisiana's coast. Coastal experts called the coast an irreplaceable asset that needs to...

Shoppers filled 5th and Main streets in downtown Baton Rouge on Saturday for the latest edition of the Baton Rouge Arts Market, browsing tables of handmade jewelry, pottery and paintings alongside the produce stalls of the Red Stick Farmers Market. The scene has played out on the first Saturday of nearly every month for more than two decades, giving Louisiana artists a recurring chance to sell their work directly to the public.

IBERVILLE PARISH, La. (KLFY) — More than a month after Christian Munn Holliday disappeared following a crash on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge, her family and volunteers returned to Whiskey Bay Saturday to continue searching for her. Christian ‘Chrissy” Munn Holliday, 22, of Texas, disappeared Sept. 30. Louisiana State Police...