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• Overnight house fire near Highland Rd. displaces mother and 5 children

  October 19, 2020 12:22 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Officials are investigating a house fire that displaced 6 occupants from their home. Early Saturday morning around 1:45 a.m. the Baton Rouge Fire Department responded to 241 Jeff Davis Street near Highland Road in regards to a home engulfed in flames. When fire crews arrived... more »

• Six people escape blazing house fire on Robertson St.

  March 1, 2020 10:52 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Firefighters responded to a house fire in the 5900 block of Robertson Avenue Sunday morning. According to the Baton Rouge Fire Department, the fire was caused by combustibles being placed too close to a lamp. When fire crews arrived on scene they found heavy smoke... more »

• Red Cross calls UK hospital crowding a "humanitarian crisis"

  January 7, 2017 9:00 AM

  LONDON - The British Red Cross says overcrowding in hospital emergency rooms has become a "humanitarian crisis." The charity says it has dispatched volunteers to help patients go home and free up hospital beds. It claims cuts to social-care funding by the Conservative government mean some patients can't be discharged... more »

• Mexican Red Cross travels to Baton Rouge to join American Red Cross in flood recovery

  September 24, 2016 1:42 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Members of the Mexican Red Cross, Cruz Roja Mexicana, are joining the American Red Cross in Baton Rouge this week to help Latino families that have suffered from the flood. The ten volunteers from Cruz Roja Mexicana are set to visit communities around Baton Rouge next week.... more »

• Ascension Parish Sheriff's lieutenant receives touching gift while on patrol

  December 23, 2015 12:50 PM

  GONZALES - An Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office lieutenant received a touching holiday gift while on patrol Monday morning. APSO’s Lt. Darryl Smith was performing his routine patrol when he was stopped by a motorist who told him he had a gift for the sheriff’s office that he wanted to... more »

• 144-year-old church gets major repairs Play Video

  December 3, 2015 6:29 PM

  BAYOU GOULA - St. Paul Church is coming back to life. Built in 1871, the historical landmark was damaged during Hurricane Gustav in 2008. That prompted the Friends of St. Paul Church Organization to get working on putting together a comeback for the church. Wednesday, workers reinstalled the... more »