The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office arrested three men who were accused of operating a drug trafficking group.

Christopher Schmidt, 58, was operating a Ford Pickup truck when he struck a Denham Springs Police officer who was directing traffic around an unrelated vehicle fire, according to police.

There is a difference between the way one celebrates Dragon Boat Festival (typically early summer) and Mid Autumn Festival (in October), but in a town in Arkansas with no dragon boats, it was a potluck for both.

A Baton Rouge woman was sentenced for fraudulently using Covid-19 relief funds. Among the things she bought with the more than $100,000 loan -- a $20,000 destination wedding and $30,000 in jewelry.

Tacos del Cartel, a Mexican restaurant that is part of New Orleans’ Veho Hospitality Group, is opening in Baton Rouge, an announcement reads.  According to Tacos del Cartel Baton Rouge’s G… Already an INSIDER?

The soaring harmonics of this Grammy-nominated world-touring octet will fill the lofty heights of Holy Name of Jesus Church at Loyola University uptown.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - One person was injured in a shooting in Baton Rouge Monday night, January 27. According to emergency officials, the shooting happened around 7:30 p.m. on Lorraine Street near Longfellow Drive. Officials said the victim is stable at this time.

A Baton Rouge woman will serve time in federal prison after she used COVID-19 relief money to pay for a destination wedding.

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — An inmate is back in custody after being mistakenly dropped off at the Greyhound bus station in Baton Rouge on Friday, Jan. 24. Christopher Davis, 33, of Baton Rouge, was apprehended around 10:45 p.m. Sunday. Jan. 26, according to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office.

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A Baton Rouge woman convicted of defrauding the federal government was sentenced to 13 months in prison. Gernesia Williams, 47, was ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay $110,030.47 in restitution.

Game Coin was launched in 2021 by Baton Rouge entrepreneurs Frankie Badeaux and David Mahler, who are not named in the SEC’s lawsuit against Zhu. The startup aimed to allow amateur athletes to create their own digital trading cards which could then be bought and sold on a web-based marketplace using its Game Coin—or GME—token.

After losing Aicha Coulibaly, the Texas A&M Aggies battled in Baton Rouge but lost 64-51. Here is what happened.