Louisiana’s health department says its Office of Public Health will now track all HIV, syphilis and hepatitis C test results. That includes cases where tests come back negative.
Otis Washington, the former football head coach of Southern University in Baton Rouge and St. Augustine High School in New Orleans, passed away Friday. He was 80 years old.
Greg Beck, who is in a wheelchair, was trying to get home during a severe storm warning. Seth Philips hopped out of his mother's car and pushed Beck home.
Parents of students attending Advantage Charter Academy are fuming Friday night after being told their kids will be held back and will need to attend a 16-day summer school program in order to advance to the next grade.
Bayou Country Superfest is making its big return to Baton Rouge for Memorial Day weekend, and with it, one local band with a story that so many in the area can relate to.
Memorial Day weekend is of course about remembering our fallen military members, but you can also help support the veterans still among us. Supporting veterans is about to get a lot easier.
On Friday, May 24, officials from the Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal traveled throughout St. Martin and Assumption Parishes where communities are experiencing flooding that is expected to worsen in the coming weeks.
The Senate Finance Committee will work through the weekend to determine how they’d like to change the state’s $30 billion operating budget before amending the bill and advancing it to the senate floor on Memorial Day.
In 2011 the Miracle League started as a mission to give kids with special needs the opportunity to play baseball. Today they have more than 100 players playing twice a week during the Spring.
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry wants student loan debt automatically forgiven for veterans who become totally and permanently disabled in the line of duty.
As officials anticipate the possible reopening the Morganza Spillway due record-high water levels, sand sacks are being deployed Friday along the flooded portion of LA 70 in lower St. Martin Parish.
The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood are asking a federal judge to block an Alabama law banning nearly all abortions across the state.
Pay for CEOs at S&P 500 companies rose to a median of $12 million last year, including salary, stock and other compensation, according to data analyzed by Equilar for The Associated Press.
Blight has been an ongoing issue for the Capital City, and city leaders are encouraging residents to help tackle the issue with a new blight boot camp program.
A Senate committee has approved a bill that would divert money currently earmarked for state savings accounts to construct a new LA 415 to LA 1 connector.
People living in the Bayou Estates neighborhood in lower St. Martin Parish are keeping their homes dry with aqua dams, sandbags, and pumps pushing water out 24/7.
The commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF), Mike Strain, is urging farmers to move their livestock and equipment to higher ground in order to be prepared for flooding if the Morganza Spillway is opened.
In the longest game in SEC Tournament history, LSU could not stop Mississippi State from scoring in the bottom of the 17th inning and dropped to the loser's bracket.
Gulfport Police Chief Leonard Papania said he didn’t want the alligator to cause a crash. What happened when he tried to prevent that from happening can only be described as internet gold.
With a forecast for additional rises along the Lower Mississippi River during the next two weeks, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is now anticipating the opening of the Morganza Spillway to accommodate the excess water.
Republic Services addressed members of the metro council Wednesday, May 22 about why they’ve had so many missed trash pickups and what they’re doing to address the problem.
With the cutting of a ribbon, St. Vincent de Paul officially opened its Sweet Dreams Center, adding to the number of beds and resources the shelter offers to those who are homeless in Baton Rouge.
We need to be smarter with the money we spend on prisons in the United States: That’s the message from Wednesday’s speaker at the Rotary Club of Baton Rouge.
