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16 hours ago · District Court Judge Brad Myers recessed the trial until Thursday morning after Brown refused to testify, allowing state prosecutors time to regroup.

15 hours ago · LHSAA member principals worked through key issues during their annual convention vote in less than 40 minutes. A one-time transfer proposal was soundly defeated. Two proposals designed to ...

1 day ago · Chadwick Lajean Alexander Jr. allegedly gunned down a man in an open Scotlandville field and stole the victim's rent money. As Alexander, 28, faced a jury inside a Baton Rouge courtroom Wednesday ...

2 days ago · President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, as White House staff secretary Will Scharf watches.

1 day ago · For the second time in four months, the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council voted down a proposal to roll forward 13 millage rates, denying additional funding for local police and fire ...

For the second time in four months, the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council voted down a proposal to roll forward 13 millage rates Wednesday night, denying local firefighters and police addi…

LSU must immediately allow law professor Ken Levy to return to teaching, an East Baton Rouge Parish district judge ruled Thursday morning.

2 days ago · A Jeanerette city attorney is suing the town's mayor after he is alleged to have withheld her paycheck. Lucretia Pecantte filed the lawsuit Friday claimed that Mayor Carol Bourgeois withheld her ...

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