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BATON ROUGE — The East Baton Rouge Parish Metropolitan Council has called a special meeting to appoint a new parish attorney. The council announced it will vote on whether to appoint John McLindon to the role at Thursday's special meeting. The criminal defense and personal injury lawyer graduated from...

BATON ROUGE, La. (LSU Manship School News Service) - A House bill requiring the Department of Public Safety & Corrections to publish prison data on its website advanced 59-32 Monday with no debate. House Bill 525, authored by Rep. Barbara Carpenter, D-Baton Rouge, would require the Corrections Department to upload...

Prosecutors want a judge to revoke the bond of a student whose gun misfired in class earlier this year at Istrouma High — the same teenager who was detained soon after last week’s fatal Mall of Louisiana mass shooting but has not been booked in the crime. Baton...

BATON ROUGE — A local councilman and animal shelter are working together to give free pet food and supplies to Baton Rouge residents in need. District 5 Councilman Darryl Hurst and Companion Animal Alliance will host a Pet Pantry Pickup at the Charles R. Kelly Community Center along Riley Street on Wednesday.

PORT ALLEN — Turner Industries is building two nuclear fabrication facilities in Louisiana, one in New Iberia and one in Port Allen, that are expected to create 1,000 direct new jobs. The 1,000 direct jobs will be split evenly between the two sites, with 500 at each location. Louisiana...

Come along with food reporter Maddie Scott for some coffee and pastries at Le Reve in Baton Rouge. #wakeupbatonrouge.

IBERVILLE PARISH, La. (WAFB) - Louisiana State Police (LSP) completed their investigation into last year’s courthouse shooting in Iberville Parish, showing how the suspect died and which gun fired the bullet that killed Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Charles Riley. The investigative findings were obtained through a public records...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The man accused of a brutal rape and attempted murder in Baton Rouge has taken a plea deal with permission of the victim, court records and officials confirm. Manuel A. Mejia, was arrested in January of 2017 and charged with attempted first degree murder, second...

LAFAYETTE, La. (NEWS 15) — The family of Martha Odom, the innocent victim killed in the shooting at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge, issued a statement on Tuesday, April 28. “Our family is devastated by the loss of our beloved firstborn daughter Martha. Full of light, love...

Emergency officials are responding to a deadly crash near the intersection of Mt. Pleasant Road and Barnett Cut Off Road on Tuesday morning, April 28.