Baton Rouge LA

Halloween celebrations are taking over downtown Baton Rouge this weekend as the nonprofit 10/31 Consortium hosts its annual Fifolet Festival.

ZACHARY - Spooky season brings out the creative side in many people. But one man puts a twist on getting creative with Jack-O-Lanterns. Robert Barr has a full display of more than 100 pumpkins that he carved by hand. "The process relaxes me, and it takes about six to eight...

A Baton Rouge Police Officer physically assaulted his wife, striking her several times and preventing her from leaving or contacting police, a warrant said. Sirtelli Dorsey, 37, was arrested Thursday morning for aggravated battery, domestic abuse battery, false imprisonment and home invasion. He was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

A man was rebooked on an assault count after he allegedly stabbed another inmate multiple times in the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, deputies say. Jermaine Savoy, 26, was rebooked into the prison Wednesday on aggravated battery and possession of a concealed weapon by a person convicted of certain felonies. Savoy was already in prison on counts of second-degree murder, simple battery and disturbing the peace.

A plan to build a Walmart location near three Dutchtown schools off La. 73 has been blocked by the Ascension Parish Council. The Parish Council this week denied a rezoning request that would have made way for a Walmart Neighborhood Market, gas station and pharmacy. The roughly 22-acre site is...

BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Metro Council introduced multiple ordinances that could allow private land to be seized for MOVEBR projects in the parish. It's tied to road improvement projects along Mickens Road and Port Hudson Pride Road. These projects are looking to take the next step in...

WALKER — A Walker woman was arrested for government benefits fraud and injuring public records after failing to disclose her marriage on Medicaid applications, arrest documents said. The Louisiana Department of Justice said that Karen Morris, 44, received over $52,000 in approved benefits from Oct. 2023 to Sept. 2025...

A bubble tea franchise with Asian street food hosted a grand opening for its second Baton Rouge location on Monday. With over 100 locations worldwide, ViVi Bubble Tea began in 2007 and opened its first Baton Rouge location, at 11230 Florida Blvd., in 2018. Now, a second location in the city just opened its doors at 8342 Perkins Road, next to Rotolo’s and Bao Vietnamese Kitchen.

The West Baton Rouge Parish School Board voted 7-2 to keep a Port Allen High ninth grader expelled for the rest of the year after a fight in the school's parking lot. His mother says she was told it would be 30 days.

BATON ROUGE - An Illinois man was sentenced to more than 6 years in prison after he was caught at a Baton Rouge hotel with a device to make fraudulent credit cards. U.S. Attorney Kurt Wall said Jason Brown, 40, rented a vehicle on a fake card and drove to Baton Rouge, where they stayed at a Bluebonnet Boulevard hotel. The room was paid for on another counterfeit card, and the owner contacted law enforcement who found Brown with a fake licenses and credit cards, blank cards, an encoder machine an