PLAQUEMINE - An inmate at the Iberville Parish Jail has tested positive for coronavirus and is being moved to Angola... More >>

BATON ROUGE - Neighbors Federal Credit Union purchased $10,000 in gift cards from restaurants participating in the Keep BR Serving... More >>

GONZALES- A drive-thru care site is up and running in the parking lot of Our Lady of the Lake Ascension... More >>

BATON ROUGE - There is a total of nine LSU community members who have contracted COVID-19 in Baton Rouge, the... More >>

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leonardo DiCaprio will help launch America’s Food Fund, which has already raised $12 million to help... More >>

Central - BREC announced Thursday that it will close the Frenchtown Road Conservation Area on weekends after emergency responders and... More >>

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s confirmed number of coronavirus cases spiked 42% higher Thursday as a backlog of test... More >>

BATON ROUGE- Gov. John Bel Edwards announced a new, informational website for Louisiana residents seeking coronavirus-related updates and advisories on... More >>

BATON ROUGE - Amid all the craziness in our daily lives right now, at least finding reasonably priced crawfish is... More >>

On April 1, 1960, NASA launched TIROS-1, the world’s first successful meteorological satellite. A couple years before, on October 4,... More >>

New data from the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite show strong reductions in nitrogen dioxide concentrations. Major European cities... More >>

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UPDATE: The Mid-City testing center will reopen Friday. Only patients who have orders faxed prior to 6 p.m. on... More >>

BATON ROUGE - Authorities are looking for a work release inmate who escaped state custody overnight. Officials say Dequan... More >>

The Louisiana Lottery announced Thursday that minimum starting jackpots and minimum jackpot increases will be temporarily eliminated due to waning... More >>

MILWAUKEE - The 2020 Democratic National Convention has been rescheduled to mid-August due to the national health crisis caused by... More >>

DETROIT (AP) — Nissan is recalling more than a quarter-million SUVs, trucks and vans worldwide to replace potentially dangerous Takata... More >>

BATON ROUGE - The Department of Education released guidance Thursday explaining how public schools should handle outgoing seniors missing much... More >>