Known for funding conservative causes around the country, Baton Rouge businessman Lane Grigsby offered future help to keep the state senator representing his home from going Democratic. Read the full story
WASHINGTON (AP) — Liberal and conservative justices seemed split Wednesday on whether to grant a new sentencing hearing to Lee Boyd Malvo, one of two snipers who terrorized the Washington, D.C., region following a killing rampage that stretched from coast to coast and claimed the life of a B… Read the full story
John Paul Funes, the former chief fundraiser for Our Lady of the Lake hospitals who pleaded guilty earlier this year to embezzling more than $550,000 from 2012 to 2018, will learn his punishment in federal court on Thursday, Oct. 24. Read the full story
A 62-year-old man who left New Orleans as a teenager for a life in prison on a murder conviction was released from the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola on Wednesday (Oct. 16). Read the full story
A video posted on Facebook by a local contractor purports to show the concrete slab above an upper level of the since-collapsed Hard Rock Hotel sagging to the point of bending the temporary posts supporting it. Read the full story
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One concern for some St. George residents off table -- no need to change mailing address
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Tropical depression has 50% chance of developing in Gulf of Mexico this week
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LSU football practice report (Oct. 16): Healthy Tigers all in attendance
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Episcopal High in Baton Rouge taps Memphis educator to serve as its next leader
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Baton Rouge man indicted on first-degree murder counts in June triple homicide off South Harrell's Ferry
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Saints sign RB Zach Zenner, TE Brian Parker ahead of Bears; LB Stephone Anthony released
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Quality of life report: Only 8% of parents want kids to settle in East Baton Rouge
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