Baton Rouge LA

BATON ROUGE — A private security firm now staffs City Hall under a new city-parish contract. The contract is worth up to $48,500 and sets the rate at about $30 an hour for each security officer. The city-parish pays at least $4,050 each week. Some council members say the...

BATON ROUGE — Prince St. Pizza opens its first Louisiana location on Friday along Siegen Lane. The shop will open at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 9, with a free slice of pizza for the first 50 people in line. Jon Jones, a former UFC champion in two divisions who signed on as a partner in August, will appear at the grand opening.

BATON ROUGE — The Baton Rouge Fire Department has determined that the fire at the former OYO Hotel, on Mead Road, on Wednesday was intentionally set and has been classified as arson, the department announced Thursday morning. Baton Rouge Fire crews responded to the old OYO Hotel, which was...

Port Allen police believe one person is behind six vehicle break-ins reported Sept. 30, and detectives have video. All six cars were unlocked, and guns were among the items taken.

BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU women’s basketball head coach Kim Mulkey will be joined by Mikaylah Williams, MiLaysia Fulwiley and ZaKiyah Johnson to represent LSU at 2026 SEC Media Day. The event will run over two days in Birmingham, Ala., with both the LSU men and LSU women...

BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Police have issued an arrest warrant for 20-year-old Dajun Rayvond Arnez Stcyr, a Texas man they allege burglarized a dozen 18-wheeler semitrucks last month. Police responded early Sept. 9 to a complaint that someone had burglarized 12 trucks at Coastal Truck Driving School on...

WASHINGTON,Oct. 8, 2026 — A new fiber project in Louisiana is making history while bringing faster internet to thousands of residents, giving communities in East Baton Rouge Parish a new broadband option. Louisiana has broken ground on what state officials describe as the country’s largest Broadband Equity, Access, and...

A Baton Rouge woman is wanted for attempting to steal more than $1,000 worth of various cuts of meat by concealing them in water-filled cases and tote bags, police said. The 63-year-old, Pamela Johnson, tried to steal 11 racks of lamb, two beef briskets, six steaks, three ribeyes and six bathrobes from the Sam’s Club on 10444 North Mall Drive on September 26.

BATON ROUGE — Nineteen-year-old Tyler Hoggan has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with a fatal shooting outside a North Acadian Thruway convenience store in 2024. Hoggan, previously indicted for second-degree murder, was accused of shooting 29-year-old Patrick White in November 2024 after an argument. Per the plea deal...

A store clerk at Ragusa’s Meat Market on Beechwood Drive was found fatally shot in the store early Wednesday morning, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department. Abdallahi Baba, 25, was found with multiple gunshot wounds at the store on 4850 Beechwood Drive. Police responded to the location at 5:09 a.m., and the coroner’s office arrived shortly after at 5:30 a.m.