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• Bond set for driver who crashed into crowd at Louisiana Lao New Year celebration Play Video

  April 6, 2026 4:37 PM

  COTEAU — The bond was set for the driver who injured 19 people after he drove into a crowd at the Laotian New Year's Festival in Coteau on Saturday. Louisiana State Police arrested 57-year-old Todd Landry after his car crashed into a crowd attending a festival at Wat Thammarattanaram... more »

• Injury toll climbs to 19 from crash at Louisiana Lao New Year celebration Play Video

  April 5, 2026 6:08 PM

  COTEAU — An intoxicated driver drove through a crowd at the Laotian New Year's Festival in Coteau on Saturday, leaving 19 people injured. According to the Louisiana State Police, 57-year-old Todd Landry of Jeanerette was arrested after his vehicle crashed into a crowd of parade-goers attending a festival at... more »

• Louisiana Supreme Court says surveillance video can be used in murder trial Play Video

  January 29, 2026 7:26 PM

  BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the prosecution in an ongoing murder trial, allowing surveillance footage to be shown to jurors. A day after an appeals court said prosecutors couldn't show certain videos to jurors at the trial of Michael Robinson, the state... more »

• Louisiana justices won't put Foxworth-Roberts back on bench; prompting possible appeal to US Supreme Court Play Video

  January 29, 2026 12:43 PM

  NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana Supreme Court on Thursday turned down an appeal from an East Baton Rouge Parish judge who said she shouldn't have been kicked off the bench for lying to voters about her military service during her 2020 campaign and to police officers as they investigated a... more »

• Gonzales bar owner arrested after shooting left two injured Play Video

  November 21, 2025 12:57 PM

  GONZALES - The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office arrested the owner of a Gonzales bar after a previous shooting left two people injured, deputies said Friday. Joshua Johnson, 48, owner of the Pelican Pub on La. 44, was arrested and booked on unlawful sales to a person under 21 and... more »

• BRPD arrests man accused of kidnapping boy after robbing Plank Road apartment Play Video

  November 5, 2025 8:09 AM

  BATON ROUGE — A man accused of robbing a woman's home and kidnapping her son was arrested by Baton Rouge Police. Keyanis Guy, 19, allegedly went to a woman's apartment at The Reserve at Howell South along Plank Road in April. The woman began calling for her son to... more »

• Feds announce another bump for states' COVID vaccine allotments

  February 2, 2021 12:45 PM

  The White House announced Tuesday that the Biden administration is increasing coronavirus vaccine allotments for states by another five percent. On top of the additional doses, White House COVID Response Coordinator Jeff Zients said the federal government would start distributing doses directly to retail pharmacies. Louisiana can expect... more »

• Judge sides with governor in legal fight over Central pastor's coronavirus violations

  January 25, 2021 7:07 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A judge has denied a local pastor's attempt to have criminal complaints filed against him tossed after he flagrantly refused to obey Louisiana's stay-at-home order during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, Judge Eboni Johnson-Rose in East Baton Rouge ruled that Governor Edwards... more »

• FedEx says rush to ship vaccine this week shouldn't affect holiday deliveries

  December 4, 2020 3:51 PM

  Delivery service FedEx says it's working closely with federal health officials to begin delivering the first shipments of the coronavirus vaccine and doesn't expect those shipments to cause any delays during the busy Christmas season. According to a statement from the company, FedEx will use separate parcel services to... more »

• American Idol winner and Livingston Parish native Laine Hardy tests positive for COVID-19

  June 21, 2020 10:43 PM

  The 2019 American Idol winner, Laine Hardy, has tested positive for the coronavirus. On Sunday night in an Instagram post Hardy announced that his doctor confirmed he contracted the virus saying: "This wasn't what I expected on the first day of summer. My doctor confirmed I have coronavirus,... more »

• Free COVID-19 testing sites in Livingston Parish

  May 24, 2020 10:31 PM

  LIVINGSTON PARISH - Most of the towns in Livingston Parish will offer free COVID-19 testing beginning on Tuesday, May 26. The parish has partnered up with the Louisiana Department of Health(LDH), the Office of Public Health and the Louisiana National Guard to offer Livingston Parish residents free testing. ... more »

• Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works set to close multiple stores

  May 21, 2020 12:45 PM

  L Brands, the parent company to Victoria's Secret announced Wednesday that 250 Victoria's Secret stores in the U.S. and Canada will close permanently in 2020. According to a post online from L Brands, they also plan to close 50 Bath & Body Works stores in the U.S. and Canada.... more »

• Livingston Parish government offices set to reopen on Monday Play Video

  May 4, 2020 12:42 AM

  LIVINGSTON - Livingston Parish was one of the first parishes in the region to shut-down due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, but now it's one the first parishes in the state to reopen. "Now it's time to get back to taking care of our residents, taking care of the... more »

• PPE donated to healthcare workers in East Feliciana Play Video

  April 19, 2020 10:13 PM

  CLINTON - Louisianans respond to a call for help from East Feliciana Parish, where healthcare workers and first responders are running extremely low on personal protective equipment (PPE). "This is something we've never been through in our lifetime and we're doing the best we can," says East Feliciana Coroner,... more »