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BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE) - The Louisiana Attorney General and two parish district attorneys spent last Thursday (Sept. 3) in an all-day Baton Rouge court hearing that focused on college athletics. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and District Attorney Tony Clayton (who prosecutes in West Baton Rouge, Iberville and

BRPD is investigating after a man was shot in the leg on Friday, Sept. 4.

When Christy Jarreau approaches the point where Interstate 110 splits into I-10 West and I-10 East in Baton Rouge, the first question that comes to mind is, "What is it?" followed by a second, "How did it get there?" The interstate forms a kind of triangle at that point, and...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Labor Day outdoor plans come with a double threat across South Louisiana: dangerous heat during the afternoon and scattered thunderstorms that could bring damaging wind gusts, lightning and localized flooding. The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for much of the Capital Region...

Louisiana came incredibly close to making Miss America history as Shelby Bordelon earned first runner-up on the national stage.

BATON ROUGE - Parts of Southern University lost power Sunday while crews repaired a transformer. A message sent out shortly after 6:45 p.m. said that internet and WiFi on campus might also be affected by the intermittent outages. A spokesperson for the university said the outage is not affecting the entire campus.

PORT ALLEN — Sugarcane farming has shaped Port Allen and much of Louisiana, with the West Baton Rouge Museum using its annual SugarFest to highlight the industry's deep roots and ongoing impact. The museum tells the story of sugarcane in the South through decommissioned machines and exhibits. "We're the...

Decades before he was dean of the Southern University College of Business, Donald Andrews picked cotton in northeastern Louisiana and took lessons with the retired schoolteacher next door. “She just painted an entire different picture for me,” Andrews said. “At that time, we were highly segregated. I don’t think people

Every summer, students work to further their experience in their fields of choice through jobs or internships. LSU sophomore Mary Macie Ezell decided to use her internship for impact, turning a public relations resume-builder into an app to help students find lost items around campus. When Ezell, 19, was looking...

BATON ROUGE — A police officer shot a man who was threatening people while holding a rifle Sunday evening, Baton Rouge Police Chief TJ Morse said. Morse said officers were called to the Jaguar Plaza apartment complex along Harding Boulevard shortly before 6 p.m. He said when officers arrived, the man threatened them wi