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Denham Springs, LA

Services where held for fallen Denham Springs Police Officer Cpl. Shawn Kelly at A Healing Place Church on Highland Road in Baton Rouge. Cpl. Kelly was given full honors with officers from around Louisiana and the country attending the service. Cpl. Kelly was shot on May 11 while responding to a call and later died on June 2 after battling for several weeks.

Photos: Service for Cpl. Shawn Kelly

Baton Rouge, LA

The Baton Rouge man taken into custody this week for allegedly shaking his infant son, killing him, was out on bail for a previous arrest earlier this year, accused of putting the child at risk during a domestic violence incident, court records show. The death plays into continuing controversies in...

Accused of killing 6-month-old, Baton Rouge man had previous child endangerment arrest

Acadia Parish, LA

Crowley, LA

A Crowley man was arrested on a murder charge after investigators say he provided illicit drugs to a fellow inmate, which led to his death. Tyrone Vanketih Robinson, 35, of Crowley, was arrested Tuesday on a count of second-degree murder after an investigation into the death of an inmate at the Acadia Parish Jail in June 2022. An autopsy determined the inmate, who was not named by law enforcement, had fentanyl in his system at the time of his death, the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

Crowley man arrested, accused of giving Acadia inmate drugs that killed him

A 15-year-old boy was arrested Thursday in connection to a triple shooting last week that left an 18-year-old dead, according to Baton Rouge police. Police said Lenni Douglas, 18, was shot the night of May 31 on the 4100 block of Prescott Court and died at the scene. Douglas was trying to stop a fight between an ex-boyfriend and the new boyfriend of one of the other shooting victims, according to officers.

15-year-old arrested in shooting that killed 1, injured 2, BRPD says

Youngsville, LA

A Youngsville officer has been elected to the city's Civil Service Board ahead of a high-profile hearing this month for an officer who was fired by Police Chief Rickey Boudreaux. Officer Tim Cotone was elected to fill the seat vacated last month by Sgt. Brian Baumgardner, who cited fear of...

New Youngsville civil service board member elected ahead of hearing for fired officer

Rayne, LA

A Rayne woman died Tuesday night after she was struck by a car while she was walking on U.S. 90 near Rayne. Louisiana State Police say they were called to the crash about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. They identified the victim as Amanda Soileaux, 42, of Rayne. Troopers say Soileaux was...

Pedestrian struck, killed Tuesday night on US 90 in Acadia Parish

A juvenile girl was shot and injured while standing outside at a location off Scenic Highway late Wednesday. Baton Rouge police said the girl was with other juveniles when she was shot in the arm in the 2200 block of Goudchaux Street around 9:30 p.m. The department said it wasn't...

Juvenile girl injured in shooting off scenic highway, Baton Rouge police say

A man was shot and killed on Merganzer Avenue early Wednesday morning, Baton Rouge police said. Eishmel Spears, 69, was shot shortly after 2:35 a.m. in the 9900 block of Merganzer Ave., police said on Facebook. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The shooter or shooters fled before police...

69-year-old man shot, killed overnight on Merganzer Avenue, Baton Rouge police say

Broussard, LA

An employee died Wednesday morning at the Baker Hughes in Broussard, KATC is reporting. Officials with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration confirmed a fatal incident at the plant and that it is conducting an investigation. The victim's identity has not been released. In a statement to KATC, the company...

Employee dies Wednesday at Baker Hughes facility in Broussard; OSHA investigating

The Baton Rouge man arrested in the death of his 6-month-old son admitted to shaking the boy in an attempt to stop him from crying, arrest documents show. Luciano Livious was taken into custody Tuesday, one day after the infant died at a hospital from what a police spokesman described as "non-accidental trauma."

Baton Rouge man admits he shook infant son to stop him from crying, causing the boy's death

The wildfire smoke that has blanketed the country's east coast drifted down to Louisiana on Thursday, joining other air pollution threats across the state, particularly ozone. Much of southeast Louisiana, including New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lake Charles and Monroe, was expected to reach orange level air pollution by midnight Thursday, partly due to wildfire smoke, but mainly because of ozone. The air quality index has six levels, with orange being the third-highest.

Wildfire smoke drifts to Louisiana, joining other air pollution threats

In the latest challenge involving addressing the needs of the homeless population in Lafayette, an encampment of homeless people at Catholic Charities of Acadiana’s St. John Street campus was broken up Thursday morning. Team members with Catholic Charities of Acadiana inform people who had been allowed to camp in...

Previously allowed homeless camp near Catholic Charities broken up

Another potential location for a new Northeast Regional Library in Lafayette has been offered up by the Lafayette Parish School Board. The School Board on Wednesday authorized the superintendent to negotiate with representatives of the Lafayette Parish Public Library system to sell or lease about 6 acres of undeveloped land at 2905 Louisiana Ave. for a new library.

Lafayette School Board offers new site for Northeast Regional Library

Lafayette's Pride celebration will come to life downtown with a parade, live musical performances, food and drinks, artists and a wellness fair. The festivities, put on by Acadiana Queer Collective, kick off at 9 a.m. on June 24 with a parade and will continue until about 5 p.m. This year's theme, selected by bracket-style voting on social media, is Yeehaw-Dollywood.

Lafayette is celebrating Pride downtown with a parade, music, wellness fair

Port Allen, LA

In its 100 years of life, so much has changed for Lyons Specialty Co. A Port Allen wholesale distributor to more than 600 convenience stores across Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas, Lyons Specialty’s product lineup is much wider than when the firm opened in 1923. Its fresh food business has exploded in the last decade. It had to reinvent itself in 2020, moving into personal protective equipment distribution at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

How a family-owned Port Allen business has kept going for 100 years

Central, LA

Written in faded ink on the tattered, yellowed pages of a birth log, is the history of a community about to be born, literally. The booklet, which contains recorded births from April 11, 1914, to March 1916 in the community of Central, north of Baton Rouge, has landed in the Special Collections department of the East Baton Rouge Parish Library, more than 100 years later.

Looking for Baton Rouge-area ancestors? Century-old book uncovered, may hold genealogy clues

For years motorists had only two ways to cross the Vermilion River crossings: either on Ambassador Caffery Parkway or Pinhook Road. So when the Ambassador Caffery bridge closed because of mechanical failure over one Christmas shopping season in the early 1980s, you can imagine the gridlock that followed. “It was...

Camellia bridge got built despite financial, political headwinds, changed south Lafayette landscape

Lake Charles, LA

Barbe High School center fielder Donovan LaSalle made the most of his second chance, blasting a go-ahead grand slam in the seventh inning of Barbe’s 10-4 win over West Monroe in the nonselect Division I state championship baseball game. LaSalle’s blast highlighted a nine-run inning for Barbe, who entered...

Barbe's Donovan LaSalle gets redemption, Mr. Baseball award

The oldest public golf course in Lafayette today is known as the Jay & Lionel Hebert Municipal Golf Course located on Mudd Avenue. It wasn't named that until after the Hebert brothers earned their places in PGA history in the 1950s and 1960s. Born in 1923, Junius Joseph "Jay" Hebert...

Lafayette's oldest golf course named after local brothers, PGA champs

A Baton Rouge youth basketball team is headed to a national competition and needs your help. After capturing its multistate regional title in Texas in May, Sports Academy's UAA Under Armour Youth Basketball Team has earned a spot in the National Future Circuit Basketball Competition from June 22-25 in Cincinnati.

Some young Baton Rouge basketball players are heading to nationals. Here's how you can help.

Bon vi·vant /noun/ a sociable person who has cultivated and refined tastes, especially with respect to food and drink. Food adds so much to the equation of living well. It can be all the things — luxurious, cheap, communal, intimate, simple and complex. In Baton Rouge, the culinary scene ranges the complete spectrum of senses.

Bon Vivant: New specials at Willie's Restaurant and BLDG 5, plus a Champagne social

If land records tell us anything, the founders behind the Northgate Mall were at least super ambitious. It was 1963 when the three original investors behind the project — Ison Fontenot, Dr. Daniel Voorheis and Joseph Angelle — first filed documents to form what was legally known as Northgate Shopping City, court records show.

Northgate Mall began 60 years ago with 3 men, $4K and lots of retailer interest. This rendering tells the story.

Indiana State

Pitchers who throw inside, beware. If you lose control of your fastball, or if your curveball doesn’t break enough, you might hit an LSU or Kentucky batter. They don’t mind getting plunked. They even seek the pain in some ways, daring you by crowding the plate, and they will gladly jog to first base in exchange for the occasional bruise.

Have you noticed LSU batters getting hit by pitches more often? That's not by mistake.

You say you don't have plans for this weekend? Well, here are three options for you, two of which involve the outdoors. If the weather doesn't cooperate, there's always "Mary Poppins Jr." Enjoy the show!. Magical and memorable. Christian Community Theatre presents "Mary Poppins Jr.," based on the beloved Disney...

3 things to do this weekend in the Baton Rouge area, including Kidz Fest on Saturday

Airline High School baseball coach Al Cantwell stood 20 feet from the plate, firing fastballs and sliders at Hayden Travinski. He hit 10 in a row. Several teammates stood behind him, cheering as he splattered balls into the outfield. “I couldn’t get anything by him,” Cantwell said. "It was the...

LSU's Hayden Travinski is not an underdog, but he had to push through adversity for his shot

Opelousas, LA

For some, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, was just another day. But for Opelousas High School running back D’Shaun Ford, it was anything but. That day, during Week 6 of the high school football season, is a day he'll probably always remember. It’s the day Charlotte gave Ford his first...

Opelousas High RB D'Shaun Ford continues to pick up top notch scholarship ofers

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Ella Goodie disappearance case turned over to Calcasieu District Attorney’s Office

Louisiana State Police investigators have turned over the case of missing Lafayette woman Ella Goodie to the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office. Trooper Derek Senegal, spokesperson...

Ella Goodie disappearance case turned over to Calcasieu District Attorney’s Office

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