Louisiana teens' deaths put spotlight on police chases The deaths of two teenage girls in a Louisiana town have brought renewed attention to fatalities that happen during high-speed police chases The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2023
Police officer arrested after two high school cheerleaders killed in high-speed crash ‘We don’t know why God took our daughter, but I bet she is running shop up there’ The Independent UK · Jan 3, 2023
Review: 'Emancipation,' with Will Smith, struggles to do its real-life survival story justice In March 1863, two months after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, a Black man known as Peter (other accounts name him as Gordon) escaped a Louisiana plantation, endured 10 days in alligator-infested marshes and found his way to Baton Rouge, where he received medical attention and soon enlisted… Los Angeles Times · Dec 1, 2022
Virginia RB Mike Hollins in Critical Condition After Charlottesville Shooting The junior running back from Baton Rouge, La., will undergo a second surgical procedure on Tuesday. Sports Illustrated · Nov 15, 2022
The Straw Hat Left Behind: How One Nick Saban Legend Was Born The scene of this tale takes us to Baton Rouge, where the Alabama coach and his Crimson Tide face LSU on Saturday in an SEC showdown. Sports Illustrated · Nov 4, 2022
Mississippi River's low water level reveals shipwreck A shipwreck has emerged along the banks of the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as water levels plummet — threatening to reach record lows in some areas The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022
‘Holy moly!’ drought-hit Mississippi River reveals 19th-century trading ship Baton Rouge resident Patrick Ford discovers sunken Brookhill trading ship as lack of rainfall creates record-low water levels The Guardian - US · Oct 17, 2022
Son of Ex-NFL QB Bubby Brister Arrested After Fatal Hit-and-Run Walter Andrew Brister IV turned himself into police on Wednesday following Saturday’s incident in Baton Rouge Sports Illustrated · Oct 12, 2022
Mystikal denied bond as details emerge in latest sexual-assault case Mystikal has been denied bond following allegations that he beat, raped and robbed a woman during a financial dispute in his suburban home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Los Angeles Times · Aug 4, 2022
Rapper Mystikal, accused of rape, denied bond by judge A Louisiana judge has refused to set any bond for rapper Mystikal, who is accused of raping and choking a woman at his home outside Baton Rouge The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022
Canadian owner OKs $84M in work, $1.5M fine; Louisiana plant Federal and Louisiana agencies say the owner of a closed fertilizer plant near Baton Rouge has agreed to clean up more than a billion pounds of hazardous waste and to pay a $1.5 million fine The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2022
Abortions outlawed in Louisiana after judge ends restraining order The state’s ‘trigger’ laws will likely force clinics to close until the legal challenge resumes in Baton Rouge The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2022
WATCH: Chiefs RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire training in Baton Rouge #Chiefs RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire stopped to train with @coach_brodie at @EliteTrainingBR while visiting his hometown and college stomping grounds. USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 7, 2022
Industrial water use threatens Louisiana capital’s drinking water Unchecked water use by companies like Exxon risks saltwater intrusion and undrinkable tap water The Guardian - US · Jun 8, 2022
Sports Illustrated · May 31, 2022 The Farmer’s Daughter Who Helped Keep SEC Football in Motion Over the last two years, Dr. Katie O’Neal has dealt with everything from Zooms with Nick Saban to online personal attacks.
The Independent UK · May 5, 2022 Sheriff's corporal shot in 2016 Baton Rouge ambush dies A Baton Rouge sheriff's deputy has died nearly six years after he was injured in an ambush that killed three other law enforcement officers
The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2022 Mother and grandmother charged with murder after allegedly forcing 4-year-old to drink a bottle of whiskey Baton Rouge woman Roxanne Record, 53, fatally forced her granddaughter, 4, to drink whiskey as punishment
Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2022 Girl, 4, dies after being forced to drink whiskey by her grandmother, Louisiana police say A Louisiana woman who wanted to teach her 4-year-old granddaughter a lesson about drinking forced her to drink half a bottle of whiskey, police in Baton Rouge said.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 14, 2022 Brian Kelly, LSU and a $100 Million Gamble The college football world has been fascinated by the coach’s move to the bayou, but time will tell if the partnership will yield what Kelly and LSU both covet: a national title.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 6, 2022 Bengals on hand in Baton Rouge for LSU pro day Do the Bengals have eyes on more LSU Tigers?
USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 1, 2022 LSU fired coach Will Wade and all chaos broke loose on the transfer portal What a disaster in Baton Rouge.
Benzinga · Mar 31, 2022 B&W Partners With Fidelis To Provide Advanced Technologies To Assist In Development Of Green Fuels Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc (B&W) (NYSE:BW) has partnered with Kiewit Industrial to deliver Fidelis New Energy’s planned net-negative carbon impact biomass power plant at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Deal terms not disclosed. The planned facility, called Project Cyclus, will provide power for Fidelis’ state-of-the-art, 73,000-barrel-per-day Grön Fuels facility. B&W…
Reason · Mar 29, 2022 Louisiana Supreme Court Allows Police Officer's Lawsuit Against Black Lives Matter Organizer DeRay Mckesson didn’t cause or encourage violence against police in Baton Rouge in 2016. The court says he can still be held responsible.
The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2022 Louisiana court: Protest leader can be sued for cop's injury Louisiana's Supreme Court says a police officer injured when violence broke out over the police killing of a Black man in Baton Rouge in 2016 has grounds to pursue a lawsuit against a protest organizer