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Say this for Baton Rouge schools Superintendent LaMont Cole: He communicates clearly. “He knows I’m getting a kickback from both of you and he plans to expose us,” the former Baton Rouge Metro Councilman wrote in a text message to a friend — who also happened to have a contract with the city-parish.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Detectives are investigating a shooting that left one person dead early Thursday morning, Aug. 6. The shooting happened around 2:08 a.m. in the 7400 block of Plank Road. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, responding officers found the victim, identified as Chad Hawkins, 53,...

A Louisiana man is accused of taking almost $40,000 worth of items during three residential "kick-in" burglaries in Livingston Parish.

As qualifying continued for Louisiana's upcoming congressional races, former Gov. John Bel Edwards endorsed a Democratic candidate who signed up to run in the Sixth District. But Pat Forbes, who won that endorsement, must compete against Lindsay Rubia Garcia, who was endorsed by the Louisiana Democratic Party to run in

New owners recently bought the shop in 2025 and kept it nearly the same. The Whistle Stop sits on East Railroad Avenue in Denham Springs’s Antique District, and it’s a favorite among Only In Your State readers for good reason. She says it has always been special to them, and they wanted to keep it […]

J. Hover has been named the new executive director of the Baton Rouge Blues Festival and Foundation.

Lane Kiffin brought his good friend Ed Orgeron back to LSU, not as a coordinator, but to lead recruiting — and Orgeron has already been making noise at fall practice in Baton Rouge.

BATON ROUGE — The East Baton Rouge Parish Council on Aging is finalizing its plans to renovate a former grocery store into a new space for area seniors, according to Business Report. The renovation is reportedly part of the organization’s larger efforts to expand its services. Last week, the...

Carter Williams is changing schools this year. Nevertheless, he is determined to see that his new school, Greenbrier Elementary in Baton Rouge, offers something that he loved at his old school: singing. Or, to be precise, Singing Pirates. His father, Kevin Williams, marvels at his son’s willingness to sing pretty...

LSP and EBRSO are asking for the public's help in finding a missing man.