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The parasite has hospitalized five and there are currently 70 active cases.

BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Police have arrested a 20-year-old suspect in connection with a July 7 fatal shooting. On Tuesday, police arrested Jordan Edwards on second-degree murder and obstruction of justice. Edwards is accused of murdering Qwaviez Hamilton at the Mirage Villa Apartments along Florida Boulevard.

BATON ROUGE — A Baton Rouge man accused of punching another man and threatening to shoot him at an apartment along Denham Street has been arrested by police. According to an arrest warrant, while the alleged victim was putting his laundry into his car to take it to be washed on July 13, 57-year-old Billy Williams drove

Two inmates allegedly dragged another inmate from his cell block and raped him in the East Baton Rouge Prison, the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office said. James Merritt, 22, and Letrell Baker, 20, were both arrested on counts of first-degree rape and second-degree battery. Baker is being held with a $600,000 bon

A man arrested Monday for allegedly holding a woman against her will is also a person of interest in the cases of two missing Baton Rouge women. Thomas Morris, 43, of St. Francisville, has been an active person of interest in the case of Madison Renae Allen, who went missing in 2023, according to West Feliciana Parish

BATON ROUGE — Firefighters responded to a duplex fire in a subdivision off Coursey Boulevard near Cedarcrest Avenue on Tuesday. According to St. George Fire officials, crews responded to the fire along Weiner Creek Drive around 9:20 a.m. The blaze produced a large plume of black smoke, with the fire appearing to severe

A Baton Rouge man was charged with DWI for the fourth time as his BAC% came back almost three times the legal limit.

DENHAM SPRINGS - Gang members in East Baton Rouge Parish are suspects in a killing outside of a Denham Springs apartment, the Livingston Parish sheriff said Tuesday. On Monday, Patrick Payne was found shot to death outside of his apartment at the Parc at Denham Springs. Sheriff Jason Ard said he was going to work when

A trial date was set Tuesday morning for a Geismar couple charged with second-degree murder in the death of their 5-year-old son, who investigators say died after months of severe neglect and malnourishment. A judge set the trial for March 16 in the 23rd Judicial District. It is expected to...

St. George Fire Department firefighter Philip Stephen Castleberry, 45, died July 17, 2026, surrounded by his family after a courageous yearlong battle with lymphoma. He had been a firefighter operator with the department since September 2012. “Everything he did was for a greater cause,” said St. George Fire Department'