Local shelters prepare for cold weather

Two Baton Rouge shelters will put their cold-weather plans in place as temperatures are expected to plunge Sunday night, the ...

Arctic temperatures, snow and flooding sweep across the U.S.

Sixty million people from the northern Plains through the Southeast are under cold weather alerts this weekend and will face ...

Early morning house fire in Baton Rouge ruled arson

The Baton Rouge Fire Department responded to a call for a house fire early Saturday morning. On the heels of Minnesota’s still-unfolding massive social services fraud scandal, a whistleblower is ...
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This Louisiana home insurer is cutting rates after steep increases. But it’s not all good news.

Many homeowners are still struggling to pay premiums that have doubled or tripled, and haven’t come down significantly since.
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Louisiana US House lawmakers introduce bill to stop flood insurance program lapses

Some members of Louisiana's congressional delegation introduced a bill to prevent future lapses in the National Flood ...
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Louisiana’s coastal restoration strategy sees major shift in new plan

Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration is proposing a slate of projects that move definitively away from the large-scale river ...
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Baton Rouge man who stabbed woman to death live on social media sentenced to 999 years

A Baton Rouge man convicted of stabbing a woman to death in 2022 was sentenced Tuesday.