Ellyn Couvillion

Former LSU football player Richard Murphy was arrested this week in connection with a deadly crash in June that killed two people, a 95-year-old man and his 70-year-old daughter-in-law, arrest records say.

Baton Rouge police are asking for the public’s help in finding a vehicle connected with the shooting and injuring of five juveniles, ages 11 to 17, on June 17.

A 7-year-old girl died in the hospital Wednesday, after being injured in an Addis home where a man and woman fought, police said

Volunteers transformed the medians at a busy Baton Rouge intersection with 1,000 plants on recent Saturday morning.

Volunteers transformed the medians at a busy Baton Rouge intersection with 1,000 plants on a recent Saturday morning.

A Gonzales man was arrested on a count of attempted second-degree murder in connection with a Sunday night shooting in a store parking lot, the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office said.

Four people, including two juveniles, were injured in separate shootings on July 4 in Baton Rouge, police said. In both cases, the shots were fired from SUVs.

Quinton Johnson turned himself in to police and was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on a count of manslaughter.

Dr. Maxwell "Mack" Lea (provided photo) Dr. Maxwell "Mack" Lea, who served as the state veterinarian with the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry for nearly 20 years, died Monday at the age of 79.

The Advocate file photo The man who crashed his truck into a pole along Old Hammond Highway on Tuesday may have suffered a medical condition before the incident, the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office said.