Rob Masson

Companies use QR codes to point consumers to their apps, track packages, or view menus. But because these codes can’t be read by the human eye, they have become a way for scammers to disguise malicious links.

Questions in the preseason about whether or not former LSU wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase could catch the football can finally be put to rest. The No. 5 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft continues to impress in his young NFL career.

After a run of beautiful weather that began late last week, it’s back to reality in the days ahead as humidity and rain chances make a return. Much of today will stay dry, but it will be noticeably more humid as winds shift around to the southeast. Increasing moisture may be enough to produce a couple of showers by late in the day, with rain chances posted at 20%.

Due to extensive power outages, many of you had to toss out food from your fridge and freezer and start from scratch to stock up again. It’s why the federal government approved disaster food stamps for several parishes after Hurricane Ida. Monday, Sept. 27 marks the start of Phase 2.

The Southern Jaguars and head coach Jason Rollins won their SWAC opener against Mississippi Valley, 38-25.

The last 90 years of Mrs. Jean Butler’s life has been anything but boring. From her time spent as an honor graduate at Southern and Howard universities, to serving as president of the Louisiana Finance Agency, and raising her four children, she’s done it all. Everything except learn to fly a plane. A dream of hers since she was 16 years old. So, for her 90th birthday, her family wanted to make that dream of her’s, a reality.

A juvenile was taken to the hospital with burns after an electrical malfunction sparked a house fire on Sunday, Sept. 26, according to the Baton Rouge Fire Department.

Authorities said the body of Navaeh Allen, 2, the missing toddler from Baton Rouge, was found in Mississippi and her stepfather has been arrested in connection with the investigation into her disappearance.

First United Methodist Church in downtown Baton Rouge celebrated the completion of a roughly $5 million renovation.

Investigators with the Baton Rouge Fire Department reported someone didn’t properly put out what they were smoking at the Browning Recovery House, which sparked a fire that destroyed it.

A woman accused of throwing her two children off the Cross Lake bridge, resulting in the death of one of them, has been extradited back to Shreveport.