Christopher Cartwright

The results are in for the Baton Rouge mayor-president election.

East Baton Rouge residents voted to renew two taxes for BREC on Tuesday. Here's the results.

The Prevost Memorial Hospital in Donaldsonville faces a lawsuit alleging hundreds of thousands dollars in unpaid work to an architect, while the hospital board’s vice chair remains appointed amid arrests on felony counts.

Rardell Joseph, the mother of Myrese Collins, listens to Pastor Alvin Mulder Jr. during a Nov. 3 vigil concerning the arrest of her daughter. Activists and family of Collins say

On Oct. 24, 17-year-old Myrese Collins' father was arrested, accused of illegally dealing prescription drugs — and she was arrested too.

The 23rd Judicial District Attorney’s Office agreed Wednesday to drop all charges against a 17-year-old who had been held on $400,000 bail in the St. James Parish jail for nearly three weeks.

In February, investigators found an officer at Dixon Correctional Institute punched an inmate numerous times and arrested him on two felony counts. In August, he pled guilty to simple battery and received a one-year deferred sentence. Now, the officer and state face two lawsuits over his alleged behavior.

A Geismar resident who assaulted law enforcement with a baton during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Monday to more than four years in prison, the Associated Press reported.

LDEQ recently settled with BASF for around $35,000 over alleged violations at its facility in Geismar.

Following a total outage of natural gas in South Vacherie Wednesday, the St. James Parish government said Thursday afternoon 95% of homes had gas service restored.