As Hurricane Francine churned to the east of Baton Rouge Wednesday night, multiple people were injured and houses were damaged by falling tree…
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A majority of school superintendents in the Baton Rouge area were paid less than the national average for leaders of other districts of simila…
The Comite Diversion Canal is the Baton Rouge area's largest flood prevention project ever.
A second man has been arrested in an apparent drive-by shooting that killed a 66-year-old man on Tennessee Street and wounded someone else in …
A 2-year-old was killed when found a gun and shot himself, Baton Rouge police said.
Louisiana Rep. Ken Brass, D-Vacherie, was arrested shortly after midnight Friday for reportedly driving drunk, State Police said in a news release.
For the second day in a row, Interstate 10 eastbound became a traffic nightmare for drivers coming across the Mississippi River Bridge into Ba…
The Advocate won several awards from the Louisiana Press Association in its annual "Better Newspapers" contest, including first place for gene…
A 17-year-old fired a gun inside a car, killing a man, and now faces a count of negligent homicide, Port Allen police said.