The East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner's Office identified the woman who was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Jan. 19.

The Baton Rouge Police Department is asking the public for help identifying two people as part of a robbery investigation.

South Louisiana is gearing up for the 2025 Mardi Gras season and there are several parades and parties that will roll through ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A Baton Rouge man accused of rape on LSU’s campus was arrested and charged. An affidavit ...

Three different incidents at East Baton Rouge schools, two in the past 24 hours, are raising questions and concerns about ...

A Louisiana State Police Lieutenant was arrested by the Baton Rouge Police Department following an off-duty domestic violence incident. Forty-year-old James Jefferson III, of Baton Rouge, was arrested ...

A lieutenant with the Louisiana Sate Police has been arrested in an off-duty domestic violence incident, the agency said. Baton Rouge police booked him into parish prison on a count domestic abuse ...

La’Tasha Thomas, a Black woman from Baton Rouge, is the latest victim of gun violence. Police say the woman’s life was ...

The program started with 18 raised garden beds at Howell Park. Now, Baton Roots has expanded into public housing, classrooms, ...

Baton Rouge physical therapy practice Kinetic Physical Therapy and commercial furniture dealer Frost-Barber of Louisiana are joining forces to offer local professionals customized ergonomic ...

Here are stories from Louisiana First News’ “Honoring Black History” special highlighting Black business, culture and history ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday signed a bill to shield the identities of doctors who prescribe abortion medications, ...