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• Baton Rouge General's Birth Center releases top baby names of 2025 Play Video

  December 29, 2025 11:59 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Baton Rouge General's Birth Center released the ten most popular baby names for newborns this year, along with other baby name trends. BRG's top girl names for 2025 are: 1. Olivia 2. Nora 3. Evelyn 4. Ivy 5. Kennedi/Kennedy The top boy names for the... more »

• Officials identify woman who died in Thursday house fire; family says she was one day shy of 65 Play Video

  November 22, 2024 1:44 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Officials identified a 64-year-old woman who died after a house caught fire off Napoleon Street behind Greater Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church on Thursday morning. Phyllis Wilson, 64, died in the blaze. According to her family, Wilson would have turned 65 on Friday and th e... more »

• Mercedes-Benz deal with Saints ends, letters taken off Superdome

  July 15, 2021 7:08 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - Crews took down the letters spelling out 'Mercedes-Benz' on the Superdome Thursday as the stadium seeks a new sponsor. The famed stadium's 10-year deal with the German carmaker came to an end this year after striking up the $5-6 million a year agreement in 2011. Now,... more »

• Removing the "Robert E." from "Robert E. Lee High School" Play Video

  May 31, 2016 10:50 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Before the new Lee High School opens, there's some controversy over the origin of its name. At a meeting Tuesday evening, a committee came up with recommendations for new names in an attempt to distance the school from its confederate namesake, Robert E. Lee. ... more »