The firm hired to review federal grants for compliance repeatedly warned Safe, Hopeful, Healthy BR about improper spending.

An additional special grand jury in East Baton Rouge Parish has indicted Courtney Monique Scott and Veronica D. Mathis on ...

Taxpayer dollars paid for a Baton Rouge man awaiting trial for murder to talk to area children about gun safety and violence.

Baton Rouge Constable Terrica Williams and Metro Councilman Darryl Hurst say they had nothing to do with any taxpayer money ...

When East Baton Rouge Parish consolidated, Baton Rouge was the parish’s unquestioned center of gravity. Is that still the ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — An individual was briefly detained at Baton Rouge City Hall on Thursday, Dec. 18, after being seen with a knife outside the Mayor-President’s office. According to ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Mayor-President Sid Edwards celebrated progress in crime, blight and homelessness in his annual State of the City address Wednesday afternoon. “What a difference a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards is asking the Louisiana Legislative Auditor to ...

It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time to catch up on politics with The Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate’s Stephanie Grace. Today, we look ahead at some 2026 congressional races and hear about the ...

The shooting death of Alton Sterling during a struggle with Baton Rouge police officers has prompted protests in Baton Rouge and elsewhere, and some of those protesters have demanded that East Baton ...