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A Port Allen man is accused of injuring two people after driving into oncoming traffic and hitting another vehicle head-on.

Inside Baton Rouge’s newest Mexican restaurant, pink walls and tropical plants give a summer-hideaway feel, a fitting backdrop for $5 tacos paired with a margarita. Vals, at 7242 Perkins Road, opened its second location inside the former Rock Paper Taco building. The New Orleans-born business opened its original locati

BATON ROUGE — Four people were struck by gunfire on Independence Day in two separate shootings that happened about an hour and a half apart, Baton Rouge Police officials said Monday. At around 5:20 p.m. on Saturday, BRPD officials responded to reports of a shooting along Fairchild Street. Police...

A thrift store operated by St. Vincent de Paul Baton Rouge is set to reopen Saturday after renovations.

VILLE PLATTE — Two people were arrested for the fatal shooting of a Baton Rouge man in Evangeline Parish, according to the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office. On March 30 around 11:30 p.m., deputies responded to a reported shooting on Cheryl Street, where they located 24-year-old Jonah Lee of Baton Rouge lying in the r

A man from Honduras was sentenced to 10 years after pleading guilty to attempted coercion and enticement of a minor.

BATON ROUGE — A judge declined to dismiss a first-degree rape charge for a suspect accused of raping Madison Brooks, The Advocate reported Monday. Desmond Carter, 21, one of three suspects in the rape of Brooks in a vehicle before her death, faces charges of first-degree and third-degree rape. His trial is scheduled fo

A man was arrested Monday in connection with the death of a 7-year-old child in Addis.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A woman is facing multiple felony charges after Baton Rouge police say she fired a revolver on I-110, grazing a driver in the head, on Sunday. Leila Ann Habib, 63, was booked on one count of attempted second-degree murder, one count of aggravated criminal damage to property, one count of simpl

DONALDSONVILLE — The former CEO of the West Ascension Parish Hospital Service District was paid more than $71,520 in vacation pay than he was entitled to by the district, an audit of the district released by the Legislative Auditor's Office says. According to the audit, the former CEO who...