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Three people were arrested in Gonzales, Louisiana after a drug investigation led to charges of heroin and methamphetamine possession and distribution.

BATON ROUGE — A man accused of being connected to a June shooting that left a 24-year-old woman dead was arrested by Baton Rouge Police. Scott Strickland, 18, is being charged as a principal in the first-degree murder of Prenesha Wagner at an after-hours club along Choctaw Drive on June 22, arrest records say.

What do you think of when you think of Piccadilly? The Advocate in a Thursday story about the once famous cafeteria chain asked that question right off the bat, and it brought back some pleasant memories. My family years ago headed straight for the Piccadilly cafeteria on Ryan Street right after church when our two […]

BATON ROUGE — Detectives are trying to identify two people allegedly behind two auto thefts on North Harrell's Ferry Road earlier this month. Baton Rouge Police said that the thefts happened near Aubinwood Drive on July 7 and July 9. Anyone with information about the two alleged suspects photographed...

WEST BATON ROUGE —- Interstate 10 is currently partially closed after a deadly single-vehicle crash. It happened around 6:30 p.m. in West Baton Rouge near mile marker 150 just past the Lobdell exit. A big rig flipped in the median. One person died in the crash. Details on the victim have not been released at this time.

The Baton Rouge Police Department was featured in a reality TV series.

A Baton Rouge man was arrested after allegedly stealing a credit card belonging to the West Baton Rouge Parish School Board.

Four candidates, including two military attorneys, a veteran city court prosecutor and a grizzled defense lawyer, have qualified to run for a vacant district court judge's seat in East Baton Rouge Parish. Elzie Alford Jr., Dele Adebamiji, Veronica “Vicky” Jones and Vernon Thomas will square off for the seat on...

WHITE CASTLE — A man was arrested Friday in Iberville Parish for allegedly stealing an ATV from Assumption Parish. Deputies say Emond Brown, 21, was found to be in possession of an ATV that had been reported stolen from Assumption Parish. Brown was arrested and booked into the Iberville...

BATON ROUGE - It's a cemetery many people drive by without knowing the history it holds, or the condition it's in. The Sweet Olive Cemetery houses over 5,000 graves, but you wouldn't know that looking at it; they're hidden under years of neglect, swallowed by overgrown weeds and time. Established...