BATON ROUGE - Lawmakers, law enforcement and health professionals met today in Baton Rouge to discuss links between mental health issues and gun violence, and how to solve them.
People in Baton Rouge tell News 2 it's an issue they've had to struggle with for some time.
"Nobody... more »
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Investigators say a South Carolina teen offered to pay his friends $5,000 to kill the grandparents who raised him because they were too strict. Chester County Sheriff's Maj. Bill Murphy said 17-year-old Clayton Watts waited with two friends for his grandparents to come home Tuesday evening, then... more »
Two toddlers and their grandfather died in an early morning fire in Pierre Part that also injured the children's grandmother.
State Fire Marshall Butch Browning says investigators don't yet know what started the blaze that killed 61-year-old Michael G. Saucier, of Pierre Part, 2-year-old Jacob Saucier and 3-year-old Ava... more »
A deadly fire in Assumption Parish killed three people this morning. It happened around 1 a.m. at 186 Bayou Tranquil Road.
State Fire Marshall Butch Browning says the three victims were a grandfather and his two grandchildren. Firefighters say the grandmother escaped the burning home, but is in critical... more »
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA- The Governor of California admits he doesn't know if the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will open over Labor Day weekend. Its the first... more »
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO- The tranquilizer worked perfectly and a black bear fell asleep in a tree and had to be hoisted down, which turned into... more »
NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana's state-regulated casinos all won less money in April than in March. The drop totals $35.8 million. State police figures show most... more »
GONZALES- An equipment failure left thousands of people without power in East Baton Rouge and Ascension Parish.
Electricity services were cut about 5:20 p.m.... more »