BATON ROUGE, La. ( Louisiana First) — East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Sid Edwards will talk about crime initiatives Tuesday morning. A news conference is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. at ...

Louisiana has lost 2,000 square miles of coastal wetlands since the 1930s. A Baton Rouge Magnet High student is studying the ...

Families can join the Baton Rouge Zoo Mardi Gras krewe and see local artists’ works at an ongoing art festival through February.

"If you do burn yourself, the metal's so hot that it heats up your flesh to where even though you let go of the piece, it's ...

In a major belt-tightening measure, Police Chief Thomas Morse Jr. said he's ending a $400,000 annual contract with a company that's provided the city for 18 years with sensor technology.

Small businesses and private nonprofit organizations affected by the winter storm can apply for low-interest federal disaster ...

BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU is ranked inside the top 10 in the four national rankings after the 2025 opening weekend. LSU ranks No ...

Future Use of Energy in Louisiana—or FUEL—hosted its inaugural Super Pitch competition in New Orleans, awarding $175,000 in grants to Louisiana energy startups in the process. Launched in January 2024 ...

In January, two of Louisiana’s most influential public policy advocacy groups—the Committee of 100 for Economic Development ...

A federal district judge temporarily postponed President Donald Trump’s buyout program to entice federal employees to quit ...

Let the good times roll! South Louisiana is gearing up for the 2025 Mardi Gras season and there are several parades and ...

People in North Baton Rouge now have a way to contact the mayor via a new satellite office on Harding Boulevard.