So far, the university has begun working on a new police department, stem building, business building, amphitheater, and ...

Nearly 60 years ago, a fatal car crash near Slidell claimed the life of Jayne Mansfield, a Hollywood starlet known for her ...

After returning from the Vietnam War in 1973, William "Bill" Johnson became the first Black officer in the Zachary Police Department. On May 17, he died, and today he is ...

To visit his wife, Adrian Clouatre has to make an eight-hour round trip from their home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to a rural ...

An inmate who was captured Monday night in Baton Rouge has been held without bond. Louisiana State Police and Baton Rouge police recaptured Lenton Vanburen Monday night in Baton Rouge.

Stanley Nelson, who investigated some of the nation’s most notorious racially motivated slayings in Mississippi and Louisiana ...

Separately, Lenton Vanburen, 26, who was jailed on firearms and parole violation charges, was taken into custody in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the city’s police department said in a statement.

Baton Rouge police said VanBuren was arrested while sitting on a bench near a department store. He was initially incarcerated on charges of parole violation, possession of a firearm by a felon ...

A Black History Month event, canceled. A lab working to fight hunger, shuttered. Student visas revoked, then reinstated, ...

Stanley Nelson investigated some of the nation’s most notorious racially motivated slayings in Mississippi and Louisiana.

The crash occurred on Joor Road near Prescott Road, at around 11 am Monday. Law enforcement confirmed the victim was a Baton ...

Baton Rouge Police Chief T.J. Morse Jr. is laying out his strategy for a safer city, highlighting both progress and ongoing ...