Baton Rouge News

Dr. Lorrie Metzler Has anyone forgotten Derrick Todd Lee, the 2004 convicted Serial Killer? Lynne Marino, the outspoken mother of slain victim Pam Kenamore, certainly has not.

The interim pastor of Fairview Baptist Church on Braddock Street was arrested Wednesday for allegedly opening several lines of credit using the church's name and tax identification number.

The state and the ACLU Foundation of Louisiana have filed an agreement in federal court that will allow a death-row inmate at Angola to practice his Catholic faith.

BATON ROUGE "'- In a year that the state is digging for money to pay bills and laying off thousands of workers, legislators sent to the governor more than $150 million in tax breaks for businesses and individuals.

BATON ROUGE -- The administration of Gov. Bobby Jindal has asked state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education member Tammie McDaniel to step down, McDaniel confirmed Wednesday morning.

A three-year-old girl was found dead inside a day care van in Baton Rouge Wednesday afternoon.

The federal Department of Health and Hospitals is giving Louisiana $11.7 million in Recovery Act grants to 24 community health centers around Louisiana.

A man wanted in a Texas murder was arrested in East Baton Rouge Parish, a law enforcement official said today in a news release.

The state's top court has rejected a Baton Rouge lawyer's attention deficit disorder defense in disbarring him for keeping $50,000 that should have been shared with his former law partners.

BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's highway agency has issued its holiday weekend travel advisory.

A 33-year-old woman who was shot in the head and left to die in a ditch was the third slain witness to a beating and burning death in 2007, the East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney said Monday.

The body of an unidentified woman was found today behind a shed at 427 Atkinson St., a Baton Rouge Police Department spokesman said.

Due to extremely dry conditions, the president of West Baton Rouge Parish has issued an executive order banning the use of all types of fireworks in the unincorporated areas of the parish, with the exception of public fireworks displays that have obtained the appropriate permit.

BATON ROUGE - While approving funding that reduced cuts to higher education and health care, state lawmakers also included $34 million to fund select projects in their districts.

Baton Rouge Community College student Levi Lemoine, left, helps Courtney Gallagher, 14, center, of Carencro High School, and Zsak Powe, 13, of Westdale Middle School, use a video camera Tuesday afternoon during the Summer Art and Entertainment Technology Camp at the collegea s Black Box Theater.

BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal might have to choose between two bills that essentially do the same thing - expand movie tax credits to try to preserve Louisiana's burgeoning film industry.

BATON ROUGE - With temperatures rising to near-record levels over wide parts of Louisiana, a state rule is kicking in that bans power companies from cutting off customers when the heat index is 105 degrees or hotter.

BATON ROUGE - Rep. Herbert Dixon is trying to head off a move that could lead to downgrading the services at Huey P. Long Medical Center in Pineville.

A veteran lawmaker said today he has written letters to federal and state officials asking them to determine if a Web site operated by Gov.

BATON ROUGE - The June mineral-lease sale hit a three-year low by bringing in only $1.4 million for the state.