Qualifying for mayor, council seats and a handful of other local seats ran from Wednesday, July 9 through Friday, July 11, ...

In deciding to run for mayor, state Sen. Royce Duplessis said he changed his mind after listening to New Orleanians.

Parish DPW workers will no longer voluntarily pickup large woody waste piles starting next year, officials said.

The Baton Rouge Police Department has released a medical update on the police sergeant who was intentionally run over on his police motorcycle last month.

A federal grant has been awarded to East Baton Rouge Parish and will allow for the Head Start Program to continue operating.

The departments that run Baton Rouge's fire trucks and ambulances are merging, Mayor-President Sid Edwards announced Monday.

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A man and a woman were arrested in connection with a Monday hit-and-run that injured a Baton Rouge police officer on a motorcycle.

An East Baton Rouge officer is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle in what police are calling an intentional hit-and-run.

BATON ROUGE, La. ( Louisiana First) — A woman is recovering after she was struck by lightning in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on ...

What follows is a sampling of potential races to watch from the Oct. 11 ballot. While the marquee elections in Orleans Parish ...

The Baton Rouge and LSU community will celebrate the national championship-winning Tigers baseball team Wednesday evening.