According to the Baton Rouge Fire Department, firefighters responded to an apartment fire on Brightside Drive around 5 p.m.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A Baton Rouge man convicted of second-degree murder in a 2016 nightclub shooting has been ...

The sixth inmate who escaped from the Orleans Parish Jail has been recaptured in Baton Rouge.

A Louisiana Senate committee approved a bill Monday that would abolish parole except for those sentenced to life sentences as juveniles. It would mark an extreme reversal from bipartisan laws ...

Governor Jeff Landry's criminal justice policies have initiated significant changes within Louisiana's correctional framework, leading to an increased inmate population and elevated medical ...