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The father failed to secure the gun, leading to the toddler's death, police said.

Sound off: Is requiring an adult to accompany teens at the mall a good idea?

LSU is honoring six faculty members who have earned national or international recognition for their research.

Garbage and recycling will not be picked up in East Baton Rouge Parish on Monday, New Year’s Day.

Baton Rouge and Louisiana voters elected new leaders and weighed in on four constitutional amendments on Saturday.

West Baton Rouge schools will have crisis counselors and an ’increased security presence” when classes resume Tuesday after a student was shot and killed at Port Allen High School on

The Livingston Parish school system canceled classes Monday after receiving multiple bomb threats.

East Baton Rouge sheriff’s deputies are searching for a 15-year-old who escaped from custody Thursday after he was arrested on suspicion of simple burglary.

The Louisiana Supreme Court says a convicted serial killer who hanged himself in prison before his appeals were heard should not have been exonerated because of his death, overturning lower

The Rev. Dr. Jesse B. Bilberry Jr., a longtime Baton Rouge pastor and leader of Southern University, has died at the age of 93, the university said in a news