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• Two indicted in allegedly cartel-involved drug bust in Livingston Parish Play Video

  February 11, 2026 2:09 PM

  BATON ROUGE — A Honduran man and a Salvadoran man were indicted Wednesday morning after deputies allegedly found them carrying nearly 400 pounds of methamphetamines for the cartel through Louisiana. A Livingston Parish deputy stopped Jostin Antonio Orellana-Romero, 22, and Edenilson Alexander Castaneda-Del Valle, 22, as they were driving... more »

• Trump appoints former East Baton Rouge Parish prosecutor Kurt Wall to serve as US Attorney Play Video

  May 8, 2025 12:24 PM

  BATON ROUGE — President Donald Trump has nominated former East Baton Rouge Parish prosecutor Kurt Wall to serve as the top federal prosecutor for the Middle District of Louisiana. Wall, who currently serves as the Second Vice President of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association, will succeed Ronald C. Gathe... more »

• King Wall Drive reopened after St. George Fire declares hazmat incident false alarm

  August 19, 2024 3:16 PM

  BATON ROUGE — King Wall Drive has reopened after the St. George Fire Department declared a hazmat scene it was working a false alarm after it was closed earlier Monday afternoon. St. George Fire said the scene just off Siegen Lane near the intersection of Siegen and Perkins Road... more »

• Sandbags placed on west side levee; officials monitoring but not concerned

  June 5, 2019 5:30 PM

  WHITE CASTLE - The Army Corps of Engineers said Wednesday there was no cause for alarm after images were posted on social media of sandbags being added to the levee on the west side, outside White Castle. The bags are part of a fortification of the levee in an... more »

• Baton Rouge contractor could help build border wall Play Video

  March 30, 2017 10:54 PM

  BATON ROUGE- A civil contractor said Thursday he's on the short list to help build President Donald Trump's wall on the Mexican border. James Larry Prudhomme, a Trump supporter, has run his company JL Investments in Baton Rouge for over a decade with a focus on commercial construction. ... more »

• Car plows through bedroom wall, couple just feet away Play Video

  February 5, 2017 3:49 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A family is counting their blessings after an SUV crashed through their bedroom wall just moments after they woke up Sunday morning. According to Baton Rouge Police, a Nissan Pathfinder plowed through the bedroom wall of a Garden District home and landed right on top of... more »