Halle Jefferson

BATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge African American Museum has so many unique features of African American history, like this sharecropper cabin that Sadie Roberts-Joseph's son says she experienced at one point during her life.

BATON ROUGE — Saturday afternoon, 49-year-old Randall Holmes and four other people were shot near the intersection of Osceola and Calumet Street. Holmes died at the scene.

BATON ROUGE - The 4th of July weekend, a time when people typically travel. AAA lists the current average for gas in Louisiana at around $3.47, about 38 cents less than what it was a month ago.

BATON ROUGE - Members of the community hit the streets of Baton Rouge, taking a stand against gun violence ahead of the 4th of July holiday.

PORT ALLEN - Two days after a West Baton Rouge Parish inmate died after being found unresponsive in a cell, while the cause of death for that inmate is still pending autopsy, four West Baton Rouge Parish inmates are in the hospital after a medical incident , which deputies believe is narcotics-related.

PLAQUEMINE — Prayers rained down over the family of Paris Williams and members of the community as they joined hands under the Seymourville Pavilion in Plaquemine on Friday evening.

0 seconds of 2 minutes, 51 seconds Volume 90% BATON ROUGE - For the first time this year, Louisiana's Department of Health has recorded that someone died because of a heat-related issue.

BATON ROUGE - It's been more than a month since Ja'Derrius Minnieweather disappeared from the "Ghosttown" area of Baton Roug e.

BATON ROUGE - A master plan to make significant changes to City-Brooks Park is in the works by BREC. The parks commission brought in design consultants, Sasaki Associates, to develop a blueprint for what improvements to City-Brooks Park could look like.

HAMMOND - Downtown Hammond is an area of town most popular for college nightlife and restaurants, but this past Saturday, during the early morning hours, shots were fired downtown, leaving one person injured.