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Man identified in fatal shooting at Avalon Apartments in Baton Rouge
Kevin Jackson, 26, was killed in a shooting that took place around 5:30 a.m. Thursday in the 13000 block of Florida Boulevard ...
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Two bodies found in abandoned Baton Rouge buildings are fueling debate over how to fight blight
The buildings where the victims were found sit a few hundred feet from each other. Boarded up, both have been sites of ...
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12-year-old from Baton Rouge competes in national spelling bee
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A middle school student from Baton Rouge competed this week to see who is the best speller in the country. According to EBR Schools, Naqeeb Mohammad Hossain, 12 ...
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How LSU matches up with the other teams in the Baton Rouge Regional bracket
BATON ROUGE, La. – The LSU Tigers’ road to Omaha runs through Alex Box Stadium and it starts this weekend with the Baton Rouge Regional. LSU is the number six national seed in the 2025 NCAA ...
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Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank to provide free summer meals for kids, teens
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank is making sure kids and teens in rural areas have access to nutritious summer meals by serving free meals throughout its 11-parish ...
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Three Orleans jail escapees captured Monday in Baton Rouge and Texas, leaving two at large
Lenton VanBuren Jr., 26, was caught in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced. And fellow fugitives Leo Tate, 31, and Jermaine Donald, 42, were apprehended in Walker County ...
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Breaking down LSU baseball's opponents in the Baton Rouge Regional, including Dallas Baptist
The Tigers, selected as the No. 6 overall seed in the field, will host No. 2 Dallas Baptist, No. 3 Rhode Island and No. 4 Little Rock in the Baton Rouge Regional beginning on Friday. LSU's first ...
Baton Rouge Business Report2d
This 299-unit apartment complex in Gonzales just sold
A nearly 300-unit apartment complex in Gonzales has new ownership. California real estate firm Griffin Capital bought the ...
Baton Rouge Business Report15h
Tract within Conway Development in Ascension sells for $5M
A 20-acre tract within the Conway Development has sold. Bauerle Road Land LLC, represented by Toby Easterly, bought the land ...
CNN4d
3 more New Orleans inmates captured today, leaving 2 at large
Inmate Lenton Vanburen was detained in Baton Rouge, 72 miles northwest of New Orleans, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said in a post on X. Leo Tate and Jermaine Donald were taken into ...
Des Moines Register4d
The Rhode Island baseball team is going dancing; where the Rams will be playing in the NCAA Tournament
Several Rhode Island natives are key contributors to the URI team. It will be the Baton Rouge Regional for the University of Rhode Island baseball team while making its third NCAA Tournament ...
USA Today3d
Three more inmates who escaped New Orleans prison are captured; 2 escapees remain at large
Three more of the 10 inmates who busted out of a New Orleans facility in a high-profile jailbreak were recaptured in two different states, authorities said on May 26. Lenton Vanburen, Leo Tate ...