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• LSU urges baseball fans traveling to Alex Box Stadium to use caution due to flooding in the area

  March 8, 2026 4:23 PM

  BATON ROUGE — Fans traveling to Alex Box Stadium for the LSU baseball game on Sunday are encouraged to use caution due to flooding in the area. LSU officials expect several roads around the stadium to be closed, and suggest that travelers avoid Burbank Drive and use Nicholson Drive... more »

• LSU baseball unveils new 'Intimidator' billboard at Alex Box Stadium commemorating 8th championship Play Video

  January 28, 2026 1:48 PM

  BATON ROUGE — LSU unveiled its new "Intimidator" billboard at Alex Box Stadium on Wednesday, commemorating the program's eighth national championship win in 2025. The sign, sitting behind the right-field bleachers, was updated to include all of the Tigers' College World Series championship wins from 1991 to 2025 and... more »

• Truck fire on I-10 closes right two lanes near Louise Street exit

  November 17, 2025 3:13 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A box truck fire caused two lanes on I-10 Westbound near the Louise Street exit to close, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department. The right two lanes on the interstate are blocked off due to the fire, causing traffic to be backed up all the... more »

• Volunteer firefighters in Ascension Parish rescue dog from drainage box

  August 15, 2025 1:42 PM

  ST. AMANT — Volunteer firefighters rescued a German Shepherd from a drainage box in a St. Amant neighborhood, the department said on Facebook on Friday. The dog was found earlier in the week when the St. Amant and 5th Ward volunteer fire departments were called out to reports of... more »

• Louisiana-shot 'Sinners' brings in largest opening weekend at box office for original film post-COVID Play Video

  April 21, 2025 10:45 AM

  NEW YORK (AP) — Brand names, not filmmakers or stars, are said to rule the box office these days. But Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners,” led by twin Michael B. Jordans, proved a bloody exception to modern movie rules, launching with $45.6 million in ticket sales in U.S. and Canadian theaters, according... more »

• After taking car to mechanic, woman left with box of parts Play Video

  April 3, 2025 5:48 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Imagine taking your car to a mechanic for a repair you'd saved up for only to get it back in pieces. It happened to one woman in Baton Rouge who wants a refund. The parts to Olivia Hayes' 2010 Volkswagen EOS are scattered in a garage... more »

• Large police presence reported at Siegen bank due to 'suspicious package' found outside building

  September 5, 2024 12:31 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A large police presence was reported outside the Capital One on Siegen Lane after employees found a suspicious package just outside. Law enforcement said employees found a package hanging out of one of the air vents outside the building at the corner of Industriplex and Siegen.... more »

• Friday's Health Report: Learn more about the larynx, which plays an important part in speaking Play Video

  August 16, 2024 6:11 PM

  BATON ROUGE — Many parts of the body work together to make sound. The larynx, also called the voice box, plays an important part in the process. "It is the primary organ that's responsible for your ability to speak, for your ability to swallow, to eat and drink, and... more »

• LSU releases new images of upcoming Alex Box Stadium renovations adding 160 more seats, new bullpens

  August 2, 2024 12:15 PM

  BATON ROUGE — LSU on Friday released renderings of a new renovation on Alex Box Stadium that will expand floor-level seating and relocate the bullpens. View this post on Instagram A post shared by LSU... more »

• Friday's Health Report: A 21-hour larynx transplant gave a 59-year-old the talk, swallow, breathe again Play Video

  July 19, 2024 5:16 PM

  BATON ROUGE — A 21-hour operation transplanted a donor larynx in a 59-year-old patient with cancer and hampered the ability to talk, swallow and breathe. Fifteen years of research prepared the Mayo Clinic to transplant its first larynx, commonly known as a voice box. Here, the transplant team is... more »

• Woman found dead in plastic container had fentanyl in her system, sheriff says Play Video

  February 1, 2022 9:13 AM

  GONZALES - A woman's body was found stuffed inside a plastic container sitting in an abandoned pick-up truck over the weekend, according to Ascension Parish sheriff's deputies. The sheriff's office said the grisly discovery was made Friday evening on Rue de la Bois Road, a dead-end street near Bayou... more »

• Woman fighting bank after valuables vanish from safe deposit box Play Video

  November 1, 2017 7:10 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A woman says her bank failed to properly secure her property in a safe deposit box. Dot Burkhalter says she's missing thousands of dollars worth of items and she should be compensated for her loss. She called 2 On Your Side after the bank offered to... more »