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The Baton Rouge Police Department is searching for a suspect in connection with a shooting that left one man dead on Monday afternoon.

Subscribe to our free newsletter today to keep up to date with the latest construction news. Construction employment rose in exactly half of US metro areas over the past year, with the gains concentrated in places where data center, power, and factory projects are being built. That is the finding of an Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) analysis of government data, released Oct. 28.

BATON ROUGE — Across the Baton Rouge area, dozens of recovery centers provide critical addiction services help that resident Samuel Webber says saved his life after years of escalating drug use. Webber credits local advocate Tonja Myles with helping him turn his life around. "They gave me a lot...

Why does Lane Kiffin believe the 2:30 kickoff time benefits Alabama?. The stakes are already sky-high for Alabama and LSU this weekend. But apparently, the 2:30 kickoff time at Tiger Stadium (on ABC) is getting just as much attention as what’s at stake on the field. And LSU Coach Lane Kiffin has made sure of it.

BATON ROUGE - A dark overpass where a man was killed in a hit-and-run will not see its tower lights fixed anytime soon. Back in July, a vehicle hit 39-year-old John Le Nguyen on the Greenwell Springs Road overpass where it crosses Airline Highway. "I just wish this was different,...

Nba logo on gradient background - Created by the Sports On Tap desk | Source : Sports On Tap (team logos property of their respective owners) LSU’s women’s basketball team just absolutely *erased* Southeastern Louisiana in their season opener, dropping them 129-35. That’s not a typo, folks. That monstrous 94-point victory margin isn’t just a […]

The son of Zachary PD chief Darryl Lawrence, Sr., was charged after a physical altercation at a home on Halloween.

The inmate who allegedly killed New Orleans rapper Lil Real One in prison is set to be charged with murder. The 41-year-old (real name Brandon Guidry) was reportedly stabbed at Louisiana State Penitentiary last month and later died at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge. According to...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Days after East Baton Rouge Parish was named one of only four jurisdictions nationwide selected for a massive federal crime grant, questions are growing over the controversial conditions and strings attached to the money. U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche is scheduled to visit Baton Rouge...

Two masked men jumped the counter of a RaceTrac, stole over $8,700 worth of cigarettes and led police on a pursuit across town, police said. Police responded to an active robbery at the gas station on Old Hammond near Cedarcrest Avenue on Oct. 13 at 2:57 a.m. The clerk said that while checking a customer out, two men entered wearing ski masks, jumped over the counter, and stole $8,702 worth of various cartons of cigarettes, according to police documents.