BATON ROUGE -- If some or all of the $1.4 million cut from the state parks budget is not restored, some facilities will face closure or reduced hours, but not during the peak summer season, the director of the Office...

BATON ROUGE, La., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Louisiana electricity customers are one step closer to saving a projected half a billion dollars or more following the Louisiana Public Service Commission's ...

East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Detectives responded to a shooting in which two people were found dead on Thomas Road around 4:30 p.m.

BATON ROUGE — The state House of Representatives granted final passage to five local bills Thursday, and now Gov. Bobby Jindal has the choice to veto the proposals or sign them into law.

BATON ROUGE -- Drivers who cannot show proof of insurance could have their cars, trucks, vans or motorcycles towed on the spot under a bill given final 28-3 approval Thursday by the Senate. House Bill 1053 by Rep. Ray Garofalo,...

BATON ROUGE, La., May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --  Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a global developer, manufacturer and marketer of highly engineered specialty chemicals, announced today that it will increase ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A trusty who escaped from an East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office substation earlier this week has been arrested. Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Casey Rayborn Hicks said Raymond Ballard was captured Friday in Baton rouge.

A number of state websites were down Friday afternoon.

BATON ROUGE -- The Senate has signed off on a new redistricting plan for the Gretna-based 24th Judicial District Court and sent it along to Gov. Bobby Jindal for his approval or rejection. Senators voted 39-0 late Tuesday for House...

Governor Bobby Jindal signed legislation Friday requires eyewitnesses of sexual abuse to report the abuse to authorities. This law will toughen penalties for those who don't report the abuse.