Baton Rouge News

"Filling up my car, I encountered a fellow in a truck with a new Louisiana 'Support Our Troops' license tag.

Topping the list is Zach Kopplin, the Baton Rouge High School student - now freshman at Rice University - who fought to repeal the Louisiana Science Education Act that's viewed by some as a way to introduce creationism into public schools, has been selected as one of four recipients of the Hugh Hefner First Amendment Award.

The industrial real estate market continues to improve as a strengthening petrochemical industry fills empty space following the pullback after the financial crisis and recession.

Carrie Underwood owes her career to "American Idol," but her Saturday night set at the Bayou Country Superfest indicated "The Voice" would have been a more fitting vehicle.

A judge has ruled a man who pleaded guilty nearly four decades ago to felony murder in the 1973 slaying of prominent Baton Rouge lawyer H. Alva Brumfield is not eligible for parole.

Jindal and political adviser Timmy Teepell dropped by the Baton Rouge apartment of Senate President John Alario, R-Westwego, for a crawfish boil.

A big play often brings fans to their feet at Minute Maid Park, and it was no different last Sunday... What does Mardi Gras and a lemonade stand have in common? Nothing, unless you're a 5-year-old girl... Ashley Diane Romero and Ross Jonathan Viltz will be united in marriage on Saturday, June 2, 2012 at St.

Authorities in East Feliciana Parish arrested a man Saturday accused of fatally shooting his estranged wife and her male friend outside the friend's Baker home Friday afternoon, a sheriff's spokeswoman said.

As was clear from the start, the hundreds of thousands of students who are considered "eligible" for the program from public schools rated from C to F on the state's scale are not really eligible, because there are no places for them.

A shooting near downtown Baton Rouge has left one man dead. According to family members the victim is 24 year old Raymond Louis Sowell.

A man DeSoto Parish investigators say defrauded several local businesses turned himself in to authorities Friday.

I don't jump out of my seat any longer and clutch my chest when the quadra-zillion-decibel-level-sound intro of the movie blasts away! My caring and lovely soul-mate, Mary, had to cover her ears , while I heard very little and kept munching Goobers in the super-sound movie theater.

A 20-year-old Baton Rouge man was convicted Friday on murder and armed robbery charges in the May 2011 shooting death of a man in a Winnebago on Aster Street.

Advocate staff file photo by BILL FEIG -- LSU Chancellor Mike Martin is seen in this July, 2011 photo at LSU's "Breakfast with the Chancellor" event about the future of the flagship university.

We will suggest one recipe per weekday, which you can build a meal around. Today's recipe is Holly Clegg's shrimp soup .

No. 4 South Alabama defeated No. 8 Western Kentucky 5-1 in the final game of Thursday's pool play, Cliff Dodge and his grandson 'Capt.' Robert Brown hold a piece of the pirogue they built together, 'Colors,' in front of the Louisiana Legislature building in Baton Rouge on April 17.

A horn section backs up country singer Jerrod Niemann this weekend in south Louisiana's Bayou Country Superfest, a two-day festival that includes Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, Jason Aldean, Sara Evans and others.

After competing unsuccessfully in season 2 of the obstacle course competition series "American Ninja Warrior," the Baton Rouge resident is back again, a contestant in the G4-NBC series' fourth season.

The mother of a two-year-old who drowned earlier this month has been charged in connection with the case.According to reports, Fallon Gautreau, 22, and her mother left Gautreau's daughter to play in the The mother of a two-year-old who drowned earlier this month has been charged in connection with the case.

The mother of a two-year-old who drowned earlier this month has been charged in connection with the case.According to reports, Fallon Gautreau, 22, and her mother left Gautreau's daughter to play in the The mother of a two-year-old who drowned earlier this month has been charged in connection with the case.