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• US Border Patrol chief Michael Banks is resigning, in latest DHS leadership change Play Video

  May 14, 2026 3:54 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of U.S. Border Patrol, the agency tasked with securing the nation's frontiers and increasingly tapped by the Trump administration for immigration operations in American cities, announced his resignation Thursday. Michael Banks' decision, announced in a Fox News interview and later confirmed by the Department... more »

• Charges reduced for Baton Rouge woman accused of killing ex-girlfriend Play Video

  May 7, 2026 2:09 PM

  BATON ROUGE — A woman accused of murdering her ex-girlfriend was indicted on lesser charges than she was initially arrested on. Paulasia Banks, 20, was arrested in January on first-degree murder charges after she allegedly shot and killed Kassidy Jackson, her 18-year-old ex-girlfriend. On April 29, an East... more »

• 32-year-old arrested for allegedly selling drugs near Southeastern Louisiana University Play Video

  April 20, 2026 4:06 PM

  HAMMOND — Police arrested a man accused of selling marijuana and THC vapes near Southeastern Louisiana University campus. The Hammond Police Department said it was alerted by the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office that Gage Banks, 32, was recently arrested in Livingston Parish for allegedly having marijuana and THC vapes.... more »

• BRPD: Alleged robber forced man at gunpoint to withdraw money from banks, buy cigarettes Play Video

  December 8, 2025 5:20 PM

  BATON ROUGE — Two men were hanging out at an apartment when one of them allegedly decided to rob the other at gunpoint, having him drive to multiple banks and withdraw money, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department. According to Baton Rouge Police documents, 18-year-old Daniel McCoy and... more »

• St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Deputies looking for suspect in Covington armed robbery

  July 1, 2024 4:43 PM

  COVINGTON — The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office is searching for a suspect who robbed a man at gunpoint while he was using an ATM in Covington Friday night. Deputies say the suspect, described as a black male in dark clothes wearing a mask, approached the victim just before... more »

• Civility falls apart again among Baton Rouge council members Play Video

  September 27, 2018 11:35 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Two East Baton Rouge metro council members got personal with each other recently in the latest example of dysfunction among that government body. In an email exchange, Councilwoman Chauna Banks chastised a city-parish employee for releasing public records indicating when she would be out of town. ... more »

• Change of tone at Baton Rouge metro council Play Video

  July 25, 2018 11:54 PM

  BATON ROUGE - It was a far less contentious council meeting Wednesday night by any measure. Newly appointed Councilmember Denise Amoroso was slow to speak and quick to listen. "It's very unfamiliar territory for me," she said. Amoroso filled her late husband's seat after a heated debate last... more »

• Governor Edwards announces ER in north BR, Council member slams plans

  September 21, 2016 3:23 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Governor John Bel Edwards detailed Wednesday on Our Lady of the Lake’s plans to bring a new emergency room to north Baton Rouge. The new emergency room is set to be built at the LSU Health Baton Rouge North Clinic on Airline Highway. OLOL plans to... more »