A Baton Rouge woman convicted of defrauding the federal government was sentenced to 13 months in prison. Gernesia Williams, 47, was ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay $110,030.

Many Gulf Coast restaurants are falsely advertising imported shrimp as being sourced locally, new studies find.

R​oads were still closed Thursday morning after a historic winter storm hit the South, bringing inches of snow to areas not used to seeing any snowfall at all. D​rivers in southeastern Louisiana were urged to remain off the roads Thursday morning as snow and ice were still making travel treacherous or impossible.

A significant portion of I-10 is closed in both directions in Louisiana west of Baton Rouge to the Texas border.

After a historic winter storm hit the Interstate 10 corridor on Tuesday, parts of the vital east-west artery remain closed due to icy road conditions in

The SEC has shifted the women's basketball game between No. 5 LSU and No. 2 South Carolina from Thursday to Friday because of a winter storm.

Ruston (La.) tight end Ahmad Hudson continues his rise as a coveted prospect in the Bayou State after a dominant sophomore campaign for his prep squad. Hudson,

Evangel Christian four-star quarterback Peyton Houston continues his rise in the 2027 Recruiting Class as a sought-after prospect by Southeaste

Krewe of Shenandoah, named after the Shenandoah neighborhood, started from a Facebook group. This year’s parade theme is “May The Course Be With You,” a reference to the neighborhood’s history as a golf course and “Star Wars.”

Sister companies House Brew and Smoky Bean Roasting Co. have opened the doors to a new storefront in downtown Baton Rouge, 225 reports.  The shop at 227 Florida St. operates like a “coffee lab,” say co-owners Manning Bergeron and Joe Foster,

Bank officials announced the move Monday to offer banking and lending services in the capital city and that Jordan Hultberg, a longtime banker with Red River Bank, will head up the market. No locations were announced.

Columnist Will Sutton looks at President Donald Trump's decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. He has some ideas.