They call it "Cancer Alley." It's an 85-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that connects Baton Rouge and New Orleans. The ...

A federal judge blocked Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution, citing concerns over cruel and unusual punishment. The ...

"It's more of that motivation book. Anyone could read it and remember that New Orleans would shout for them too because we ...

After getting some pushback, Mayor-President Sid Edwards has scaled back his controversial plan to rededicate funds from the East Baton Rouge library system.

A taste of Southern comfort is coming to Baton Rouge! :poultry_leg::tropical_drink: Southern Chicks Café & Daiquiris is ...

As WDSU learned, the three Omega Psi Phi Fraternity members had been bonded out of a Baton Rouge jail. Isaiah Smith, Kyle ...

A new report by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation zeros in the school days of young men, aged 18 to 29, who were convicted of ...

The latest installment of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation’s Opportunity Data Project explores the root causes of violent ...

Lucifer himself could conceive of few more evil ways to execute someone than nitrogen hypoxia,' one spiritual leader for condemned inmates told Newsweek.

After Louisiana scheduled its first nitrogen gas execution for March 18 -- currently being blocked by a federal judge -- ...

A federal judge halted Louisiana’s first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next week. U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a ...

Automatic expulsion for guns — not to mention criminal charges — is meant to serve as deterrent, but it has not stopped the ...