Matt Bruce

A Baton Rouge teenager indicted in the slaying of a local rapper three years ago was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to reduced charges.

Twenty-three days after she found former Baton Rouge police officer Donald Steele Jr. guilty of a "misdemeanor grade" of malfeasance in office, District Judge Eboni Johnson Rose admitted Thursday that

The afternoon of Sept. 17, 2021, Tarek Keionte Sonnier and Monte Drayton ambushed a mailman as he walked his delivery route in the heart of Houston, Texas. The men pepper

For the past 15 months, authorities have pursued criminal charges against four men accused of sexually assaulting a severely intoxicated Madison Brooks not long before the 19-year-old LSU sophomore was

A Black woman's employment discrimination lawsuit against an LSU sorority has been tossed out of federal court after a judge ruled the sorority was not the plaintiff's employer when she

A Baton Rouge man who accidentally shot his friend as the two played with a gun in 2021 pleaded guilty to negligent homicide Tuesday, according to officials from the East

A Baton Rouge woman who caused a deadly crash while she was high on crack cocaine pleaded guilty Wednesday to negligent homicide and first-degree vehicular negligence causing injuries, according to

Boil & Roux, a popular Baton Rouge seafood lounge that recently settled a clash with city officials over its liquor license, is now in a legal battle with the owners

A Baton Rouge teacher who was caught on video threatening people in a car that had driven up a flooded street near her home has been declared not guilty after the Louisiana Supreme Court tossed out a guilty verdict, saying the judge mishandled the case.

On Tuesday, the Louisiana Supreme Court added a new — and likely final — twist to the winding case of a former Baton Rouge gym teacher who went