According to the Baton Rouge Fire Department, heavy smoke was coming from the house, and the residents were already safely outside when firefighters arrived on the scene.

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — In a letter to the community, East Baton Rouge Parish Schools Superintendent LaMont Cole said he is proud of what has been accomplished in the past year.

A Baton Rouge mother of two, who has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Monroe for months, will not be deported after a ruling by a California judge.

Baton Rouge's district court is one of the one of the most sluggish courts in the country at closing homicide cases, averaging three years to close cases. Here's how it affects Louisiana families.

Courtesy of LSU Tigers Baseball. BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU led the nation in college baseball attendance in 2025 with a total of 458,606 tickets sold in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.

Thomas “Tom” Sawyer, who led the Baton Rouge General Hospital system as CEO for 16 years until 1997, died Sunday at the age of 84. Sawyer grew up in Oak Grove and graduated from Louisiana Tech ...

East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards’ plan to merge Emergency Medical Services with the Baton Rouge Fire Department is receiving mixed reaction.

Thomas "Tom" Sawyer, the longtime chief executive officer of Baton Rouge General Medical Center, died Sunday at 84. A native of Oak Grove, Sawyer began his career in hospital administration while ...

A City Council committee is reviewing progress on a proposed 90-minute passenger rail route between New Orleans and Baton Rouge with six planned stops.

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 ...

Two Baton Rouge men, Davante Dotson and Kadaro Smith, were arrested in Lafayette for battery of a woman, resisting arrest, and other charges, and are currently being held in the Lafayette Correctio… ...

Baton Rouge Restaurant Week will take place between July 21-26. Here's who's participating and tips from an experienced restaurant week goer on how to get the most bang for your buck.