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Standing at the north end of the Quad, the LSU Library is impossible to miss. In fact, it was designed to be that way when built nearly 30 years after the completion of the original campus. Now big changes are coming — changes that will lead to the demolition of...

Here is a list of commercial and residential building permits issued by East Baton Rouge Parish Government for the week of June 1-5 7234 Airline Highway, 720-square-foot addition, $80,000; applicant, David Albrecht; contractor, NKE Developments. 142 Lee Drive, change in occupancy from tobacco shop to tire shop; applica

BAKER - A community activist said hundreds of dollars worth of her youth violence awareness signs may have been stolen from businesses in Baker. Cathy Toliver, the grandmother of three-year-old Devin Page Jr., who was killed by a stray bullet in 2022, launched a campaign to spread a "Save Our Kids" message across East

A group of eighth graders in Heath Juneau's science class were on their second attempt at an unusual experiment: injecting liquid carbon dioxide deep underground — or at least a classroom model of that process. "Coach Juneau, can we get our CO2?" Ava Bourg, 14, asked. Her group's first...

BATON ROUGE — As of Monday morning, WBRZ and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are sold out of raffle tickets for the 2026 St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway!. The annual fundraiser raises money for St. Jude's treatment of childhood cancers. This year, the 13,250 tickets sold raised $1.325 million for St. Jude.

PORT ALLEN — A man was arrested on Sunday in connection with two burglaries that happened along Tuscaloosa Avenue in the northern part of West Baton Rouge Parish in late May, according to the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Jeff Bergeron said deputies identified 28-year-old Price Johnson,...

In an April Instagram post, Emmy-nominated actress Megan Stalter showed off her new high-tech and stylish trailer on the set of the hit HBO Max TV show "Hacks," filmed on a studio lot in Los Angeles. The vehicle comes with Starlink Wi-Fi, an Apple TV, an open floor plan and...

PRAIRIEVILLE - Firefighters responded to a house fire in the Keystone Subdivision of Prairieville on Sunday evening, saving two dogs and a cat from the home. The Galvez Lake Fire Department, with assistance from the 7th District Fire Department, was called to the residence after a fire broke out. According to fire offi

LOUISIANA — One person was hospitalized following an early Monday morning stabbing at an apartment complex on Picardy Avenue. According to officials, the incident happened at The Heights at Picardy apartment complex. Emergency responders were dispatched to the scene around 1:50 a.m. The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’

Airline rising junior Hudson Greene finished in a two-way tie for eighth in the Louisiana Amateur Championship Sunday. Greene shot a 2-over par 72 on the Metairie Country Club course. He finished at 4 over for the tournament. Baton Rouge’s Connor Cassano Of Baton Rouge won for the second year...