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Here's what's making news in Baton Rouge...

Police kill fugitive at crime-plagued Tigerland complex; manager says 'building cursed'

Baton Rouge police officers shot and killed a fugitive while trying to take him into custody at a Tigerland apartment complex overnight, of…

Longtime Angola prison guard dies from coronavirus; it's the 4th DOC staff death

An Angola prison guard died Saturday from coronavirus, the fourth Louisiana corrections employee to die from COVID-19, officials announced.

Eldorado-Caesars deal completed, new business to own 5 Louisiana casinos

Eldorado Resorts, the owner and operator of the Belle of Baton Rouge, has completed its $17.3 billion purchase of Caesars Entertainment Cor…

Hammond man arrested after allegedly killing 30-year-old in I-10 road rage case, officials say

Authorities announced Monday the arrest of a Hammond, Louisiana resident in connection with the Memorial Day weekend road rage killing of a…

Louisiana fisheries, coastal agencies working on initial oyster recovery strategy

Oysters are such a mainstay of Louisiana cuisine that when President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited in 1937, Antoine's proudly served up a p…

Will Sutton: Civil rights icons made us better. Honor them with action. Here's how.

Two young men were in the Nashville Student Movement learning how to protest, nonviolently — even when others were demeaning and violent. T…

4 years after Alton Sterling, here's what reviews of police shootings look like in Baton Rouge

Since Alton Sterling's death four years ago this month, the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney's Office has reviewed 15 cases in whi…

Cook This: North Carolina–style Pulled Pork simmers in a tangy, vinegar-based sauce

This North Carolina-style Pulled Pork recipe can be made in your slow cooker, multicooker or pressure cooker, which, in our opinon, is much…

Wearing masks likely at least until summer 2021, Ochsner chief medical officer says

Public health experts say masks and face coverings are one of the easiest and most important measures the public can take to mitigate the s…