Matthew Albright

A Denham Springs woman who ran a tax preparation business dodged more than $180,000 in her own taxes, federal officials said Wednesday.

A man was found dead of multiple gunshot wounds inside a car in Donaldsonville early Friday morning, Ascension Parish Sheriff Bobby Webre said in a news release.

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

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

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.

If you smell smoke in Baton Rouge, it is probably coming from wildfires elsewhere in Louisiana, not here, fire officials said.

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

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

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

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