Gov. Jeff Landry said a Baton Rouge operation targeting violent crime has resulted in over 100 arrests and the seizure of guns, machine gun conversion devices and drugs.

The operation, which focused on four local gangs and their respective neighborhoods, seized more than 100 firearms, dozens of ...

Officials confirmed a Chinese national studying in Baton Rouge on a student visa has been indicted for a child sex crime.

Gov. Jeff Landry said Wednesday that Louisiana has partnered with multiple federal agencies to disrupt violent gang activity ...

Sgt. Caleb Eisworth was critically injured in June when a driver intentionally hit him as he rode his motorcycle. He had both ...

Some Baton Rouge officials questioned the soaring price tag of a federally funded project to renovate three small homes, and ...

Go to a film festival this weekend Attend the inaugural Baton Rouge Underground Film Festival, Friday and Saturday, Aug. 22-24, at the Manship Theatre.   Spend the weekend celebrating independent film ...

Families of inmates who have died in Louisiana jails are calling for better handling of inmate deaths and more transparency ...

B ATON ROUGE, La. ( Louisiana First) — A man was found with a rifle in his hand after the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office ...

A multi-agency initiative to reduce violent crime in the Baton Rouge area has led to over a hundred arrests and the seizure ...

Commercial sales transactions in East Baton Rouge Parish are trending upward, though some sectors are performing better than others, according to Elifin’s latest data. Sales rose 5.6% year ov… Already ...

In Baton Rouge, homicides and nonfatal shootings dropped by one-third between 2021 and 2023, to 359 victims from 535. That was a sharper decline than in many other cities.