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BATON ROUGE — For nearly 25 years, Mason’s Grill has been a place where Baton Rouge families, friends, and regulars have gathered around the table. Now, the longtime neighborhood favorite is entering a new chapter, led by owners who once sat on the other side of the menu.

Baton Rouge weathered the weekend’s winter storm well overall, the National Weather Service said. “The event for the city was fairly low impact,” Rob Frye, meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said Monday morning. The winter weather advisory was set to end at 6 p.m. Sunday. Just further...

BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Police are investigating a Friday night shooting on North Ardenwood Drive that left one injured. According to the department, the shooting occurred around 9:45 p.m., shortly after another shooting at 6:54 p.m. injured a 13 -year-old inside a home. Police said the 33-year-old victim...

That old cast iron skillet you inherited from your grandmother or even the dusty pan you picked up at a garage sale for five bucks? It could be worth thousands.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Louisiana starts the day wrapped in an unfamiliar chill as stiff north winds whip across levees and frost clings to windshields. The air feels sharp, and exposed skin cools fast, even near the coast....

When Baton Rouge Police Chief Thomas Morse took office in early 2024, he restarted a program meant to cut down on car burglaries and thefts. Now, he wants would-be thieves to know their next target could be high-tech bait. The program involves police-owned “trackable vehicles,” more commonly known as "bait...

About 100 people marched down the side of Government Street in Baton Rouge just after 5 p.m. Sunday to protest the killings of Minnesota residents Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good by federal immigration enforcement agents this month and the treatment of U.S. citizens and immigrants by the U.S. government.

On July 2, 2025, an Ascension Parish Jury found 37-year-old Marty Leonard of Pierre Part, LA, guilty of 2nd Degree Murder and Aggravated Criminal Damage to Property (3 counts). Leonard was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Adam Koenig and Philip Prescott. Presiding over this matter was the Honorable Judge...

ERWINVILLE — The West Baton Rouge Parish Coroner's Office said a mother and son died in an Erwinville house fire over the weekend. The home's owner, 72-year-old Gloria Decuir, and her 48-year-old son, Kevin Decuir, died on Saturday in the Maple Street fire. West Baton Rouge Fire officials said that units arrived...

BATON ROUGE — Crews with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development began pretreating roadways with salt in the Baton Rouge area on Sunday in preparation for the winter storm. The salt will help protect drivers from potential black ice. Crews will be treating bridges and overpasses on I-10,...