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BATON ROUGE - A 49-year-old man was killed and four others were injured when a fight among teenagers escalated to gunfire Saturday afternoon. The Baton Rouge Police Department said Randall Holmes and four other people were shot around 3:30 p.m. near the intersection of Osceola and Calumet streets, which is in a neighbo

Temperatures are heating up, and so are the heat risks. Make sure to take care of yourself when outside as summer is in full swing. Chances for rain exist in the coming days. Taking a look out the window (NOAA satellite), there is not much going on currently (around 1:00 CST). No precipitation in our region (see below

One commit has silenced any rumors that he could flip to LSU.

Three years of planning and fundraising to commemorate an obscure but major piece in America's 250th celebration was wiped out in just three days. The story starts before the American Revolution. The British built Fort Bute at the confluence of Bayou Manchac and the Mississippi River in 1766, exactly 10 years before th

Koa Romero returned to the dugout when a Hahnville assistant coach pointed out the high number of radar guns tracking his every pitch. For Romero, this was a surprise. The LSU commitment from Hahnville has long been known for his batting prowess. But on this day, with 17 major league scouts there to watch Parkview’s Lo

Early voting results Saturday show the three East Baton Rouge Parish tax renewals passing. Parish voters went to the polls the past two weeks to cast early votes on tax renewals for the parish library, Council on Aging and parks system. They were asked to individually approve or reject a...

BATON ROUGE – Voters on Saturday approved continued funding for the East Baton Rouge Parish Council on Aging, seven months after rejecting a plan that would have directed part of the agency’s budget to the city-parish’s general fund. The so-called “clean” tax proposal will raise $12.5 million...

Baton Rouge, Jun 24, 2026 - The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission will meet at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 1, at the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries headquarters, located at 2000 Quail Drive in Baton Rouge. AGENDA. Call to Order. Pledge of Allegiance and Prayer. Roll Call. Approval...

GONZALES — A son. A brother. A twin. A young life gone too soon. A Gonzales family is mourning the loss of six-year-old Raiden Scott, who died earlier this month, and now the community is rallying around them. Raiden’s mother, Chassity Scott, told UWK her son, who was born with a bilateral cleft, started not […] The p

One person was injured in a reported shooting at a McDonald's restaurant in Baton Rouge on Saturday night, with the cause of the incident still unknown.