GONZALES - Joshua Stephens, a 19-year-old Prairieville man accused of attempted murder, turned himself in to authorities Tuesday night according to the sheriff's office.
APSO Chief Tony Bacala said Stephens was involved in an altercation with another male subject when he pulled a gun and it fired, shooting a... more »
ST. GABRIEL - A man is back behind bars after attempting to escape from the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center early Friday morning.
Joshua Kelly, 38, worked as an infirmary orderly at EHCC and was working on a night cleaning crew when he escaped.
Officials say Kelly overpowered a... more »
BAKER - Police have identified the man found shot to death this morning in Baker.
Chief Mike Knapps said Joshua Troy Weathersby, 19, of Baker was found this morning lying in the wood line just west of the railroad tracks off Ray Weiland Drive.
Knapps said Weathersby appears... more »
Two East Baton Rouge men were arrested when authorities say they shot a gun near a subdivision after smoking marijuana. 19-year-old Joshua Magee and 22-year-old Jason Bazille were arrested today in suspicion of illegal use of a weapon and possessing marijuana. According to the EBR Sheriff’s Office, a resident on... more »
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Two FBI agents have been killed in a training accident in Virginia. A spokeswoman for the FBI's Norfolk office, Vanessa Torres,... more »
NEW ORLEANS - A government report says construction of a new Veterans Affairs hospital in New Orleans is $370 million over budget and 14 months... more »
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea has deployed dozens of Israeli-made precision guided missiles on islands near a western sea boundary disputed by North Korea.... more »
ZACHARY, La. - The Zachary Community School Board will hire a private academy to provide programs for middle- and high-school students who are expelled from... more »