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BATON ROUGE — The East Baton Rouge Parish School System and the Good Fellows organization teamed up on Tuesday to provide gifts to kids in need. Elementary school counselors from across the school district took part in the giveaway at the old Louisiana Resource Center for Educators building, which is now Belfair...

NAPOLEONVILLE – A Baton Rouge woman was arrested after deputies responded to a disturbance call in Napoleonville over the weekend, and she allegedly led authorities on a high-speed pursuit while her child was in the car. Assumption Parish deputies said that they responded to a disturbance call on Sunday...

Yetta Russell's life has never followed a straight line. She finished college on her own timeline, skipped the traditional nine-to-five world and moved between fashion merchandising and service-industry jobs. But one thread has always held: clothes. Two years ago in Lafayette, Russell started her own clothing line —...

Ole Miss Twitter is exposing the dirst laundry of Lane Kiffin following his departure. The post Ole Miss Twitter Is Now Exposing Lane Kiffin’s Dirty Laundry After He Abandoned Them For LSU originally published on Total Pro Sports .

BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Police are searching for a second person connected to the kidnapping and killing of a 73-year-old man. According to an affidavit, police are searching for 50-year-old Edward Hayes in connection with the Nov. 21 beating of Woodrow Vaughn. Police say that Hayes and 30-year-old Breanna Terrance...

BATON ROUGE — The Lincoln Theater, a venue that once hosted artists like James Brown, Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding, is expected to reopen as a community center celebrating Black culture in December. According to The Advocate, the Lincoln Theater located on Myrtle Walk Street off Government Street, is...

A woman killed blocks away from the route for the Original Lady & Men Buckjumpers annual second-line parade on Sunday was identified by the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office Tuesday as 26-year-old Destiny Dunn. Dunn, of Baton Rouge, was shot at Washington Avenue and Magnolia Street in Central City about...

Serop's Cafe is closing one of its restaurants and moving to a familiar location on Perkins Road.

BATON ROUGE - A 28-year-old was found stabbed to death, and Baton Rouge Police are searching for more information. BRPD said Kyle Coleman was involved in a domestic incident along North Ardenwood Drive around 12:20 a.m., then drove two miles to Mission Drive, where he died. Police ask for anyone...

Informational meetings will be held this month in St. Gabriel and Plaquemine as plans move into the next phase for a Mississippi River bridge that would connect the two cities. A meeting is set for Dec. 9 in St. Gabriel and Dec. 10 in Plaquemine for the proposed Mississippi River-South...