Baton Rouge LA

LAFAYETTE, La. (NEWS 15) — Two Baton Rouge men are facing charges after a violent encounter in Lafayette over the weekend that left a woman injured and in which one of them kicked out a police window while the other spit on officers, according to the Lafayette Police Department.

Southern University has expelled the Beta Sigma Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity from campus following an investigation into the alleged hazing death of 20-year-old student Caleb Wilson.

Typically celebrated in the summer and winter, Restaurant Week allows restaurant enthusiasts to take advantage of select menus with unique pricing. The menus consist of a three-course meal style with a fixed price, often containing an appetizer, entrée, and dessert. This Week is Summer Restaurant Week. Updated: 10...

As a boy, Chris Hill lived across the street from a New Jersey branch of the Police Athletics League. At that time, the organization only sponsored boxing lessons for their students. But since Hill had an older brother who was an officer, he joined the league. As an adult, Hill...

The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office has arrested a man in connection with a mid-July shooting that injured a person in the 10400 block of Rieger Road.

BATON ROUGE — An alleged burglar of an East Baton Rouge Parish home is in custody Monday morning. Deputies said the burglary suspect was apprehended around 7:30 a.m. after they received a call from a woman alleging someone had broken into her father's home on Greenwell Springs Road near Wax Road.

On July 8, 2025, the Gonzales Police Department Narcotics Division, in conjunction with the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), arrested three individuals as part of a multi-month drug investigation into heroin and methamphetamine distribution in Ascension Parish. Agents...

Asian Seafood House, the very straightforwardly named restaurant at 11294 Florida Blvd., Baton Rouge, is temporarily closed. The restaurant has some of the best and most authentic Chinese food in town, and the unsuspecting location makes it feel like a hidden gem. According to a Facebook post, Asian Seafood House is...

Nearly a decade after a deadly attack on law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge, a local nonprofit is holding a fundraiser fueled by bourbon to help equip officers with high-tech bulletproof vests. The Capital Area Law Enforcement Foundation is raffling off a bourbon flight valued at $70,000 to buy as...

ZACHARY - A Zachary Council member is claiming the city attorney made threats towards him and another council member if they did not vote to roll forward an upcoming tax millage. Councilman John LeBlanc says City Attorney John Hopewell tried to pressure him into supporting a property tax increase. "I...