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BATON ROUGE — Surveillance video from Coastal Contractors on Jamestown Avenue shows a white SUV backing into the company's sign three times, and Baton Rouge police say former contractor Kelly Sills was behind the wheel. Police charged Sills with felony criminal damage to property for the incident. He agreed...

ST. GEORGE — Portobello’s Grill on George O’Neal Lane has closed its doors, the owners announced on Facebook on Monday morning. “After many wonderful years serving Baton Rouge, Portobello’s Grill served its final brunch this Sunday,” a post from owner Peter Sclafani and "the Portobello’s family" reads. “This was a diff

ST. GEORGE — Two apartments were burned and a cat was rescued in a Monday afternoon fire, the St. George Fire Department said. The fire broke out at an apartment around 2:05 p.m. along Toulon Drive and spread to at least one other unit. It was not immediately clear how the fire started.

A former LSU Tigers assistant coach is reportedly joining the Florida Gators' coaching staff.

For a lot of Louisiana business owners, the events of 2020 and 2021 — the COVID-19 pandemic and successive hurricanes Laura, Delta and Ida — were disastrous. For Corey Rosales, they were opportunities. Over the course of just a few years, Rosales grew his one-man industrial safety training...

Here is a list of commercial and residential building permits issued by East Baton Rouge Parish Government from July 20-24. 7521 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY: 258-square-foot oyster bar addition to Cafe American, $45,000; applicant, Britany Dealminana; owner, Brian Blackledge. 1750 BRIGHTSIDE DRIVE: remodeling 1,000-square-foot c

Six of the nine members of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board say they are seeking reelection this fall to oversee the state’s second-largest traditional school district for four more years. All six face an uncertain number of challengers when voters head to the polls on Nov. 3.

ZACHARY - The search for the remains of a 15-year-old boy at a North Baton Rouge landfill is now entering its third week. Ja'Derrius Minnieweather was reported missing on June 6, and his remains have yet to be found. Investigators believe 51-year-old Maurice Parms put Minnieweather's body in a dumpster,...

BATON ROUGE — The Baton Rouge Police Department is searching for two suspects accused of attempted murder along Plank Road. According to police, the two suspects fired multiple shots at a person outside a convenience store in the 5500 block of Plank Road near Hollywood Street. This happened the night of July 4.

On July 23, 2026, an Ascension Parish Jury found 43-year-old Joshua Bleakley of Prairieville, LA, guilty of First-Degree Rape – Victim Under 13 Years of Age and Aggravated Crimes Against Nature (14 counts). Bleakley was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Lana Chaney and Adam Koenig. Presiding over this matter w