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BATON ROUGE - The doors to The Varsity Theater are shut, for now at least. The Varsity Theater has temporarily closed for renovations, according to The Advocate. Sitting just steps away from the North Gate of Louisiana State University, The Varsity has operated for generations. It first opened as a movie theater in...

BATON ROUGE — A man died after he was shot several times along Beechwod Drive, the Baton Rouge Police Department said. William Hills, 23, was found in his car on Byron Avenue with multiple gunshot wounds on Sunday afternoon. He was taken to a hospital, where he died from his injuries.

BATON ROUGE - A Louisiana State Police trooper who allegedly covered up evidence and coerced a domestic violence victim to repeatedly lie to law enforcement investigating him was arrested Tuesday. Trooper James Jefferson III, 41, was taken into custody by the attorney general's office. According to new documents...

WHITE CASTLE — A woman from Port Allen was arrested on attempted murder and hit-and-run charges after she drove her car into a crowd of people in White Castle, Iberville Parish deputies said. Jeremeisha Johnson, 21, was arrested Sunday after one person was injured near Olano Street. According to...

State corrections officials on Monday asked a federal appeals court to reinstate the death sentence of a man convicted nearly three decades ago of a Baton Rouge double-murder, a case that could hasten the next use of Louisiana's death chamber. Todd Wessinger, who landed on death row for killing two...

Walking into the costume room at LSU felt like time travel. There was a smell — fabric, maybe, or sewing machine oil. Whatever it was, for a moment, I wasn't in Baton Rouge anymore. I was a little girl in my grandmother's garage-turned sewing room, surrounded by fabric, jars of buttons and a rainbow of zippers on pegs.

Come along with food reporter Maddie Scott for some coffee and pastries at Las Brujas Coffee and Grocery in Baton Rouge. #wakeupbatonrouge.

Two men have been arrested after a woman was attacked during a home invasion in Livingston Parish.

Kira Ekukpe is a native of Dallas, Texas and is majoring in Business Administration at LSU. This was her second year of competing in pageants and she says that the experience has taught her so much about stepping out of her comfort zone, according to the Miss LSU pageant. The...

BATON ROUGE — As Holy Week continues, churches across the capital area are preparing for Easter services. However, several parishioners told WBRZ that they have concerns about safety due to recent events, including an arson at a Catholic church in Caldwell Parish that led to multiple arrests. "Security everywhere...