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Judge sentences Maringouin siblings, hired killer to life in prison for murdering former employee
3+ hour, 24+ min ago (664+ words) A Maringouin brother, sister and the gunman they hired to kill a former employee to stop a lawsuit were sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Rilonda and David Brooks were sentenced to life in prison…...
East Feliciana Police Jury paying to house juvenile suspect in Clinton Mardi Gras shooting
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (374+ words) Five people were injured by gunfire at the Jan. 31 shooting spree at the Clinton Mardi Gras parade. Four others were injured in the ensuing scramble to get away from the shooters. East Feliciana Parish has spent tens of thousands of…...
Will Sutton: Here’s an idea to get state and New Orleans leaders talking again
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (498+ words) Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry with Attorney General Liz Murrill outside the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. This needs to stop, and I have a tiptoe way forward. Until July, not many knew…...
Internal records show red flags raised over Baton Rouge blight contracts in LaMont Cole case
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (958+ words) Weeds build up around an abandoned home on Pintail Street on Monday, January 5, 2026 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A Baton Rouge businessman paid nearly $100,000 to identify blight in former Metro Council member LaMont Cole’s district did not log any reports about…...
Clinton Mardi Gras shooting costs East Feliciana Police jury to house juvenile suspect
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (440+ words) Three people were injured during a Mardi Gras parade in Clinton, La. on Saturday, January 31, 2026. A shootout during the annual Clinton Mardi Gras parade, in addition to leaving a woman paralyzed and a young child mentally and physically scarred by…...
Former high school wrestling coach won't be required to register as a sex-offender after plea
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (452+ words) A bill in the Louisiana legislature would require livestreaming of the East Baton Rouge Family Court, housed insde the 19th Judicial District Courthouse building in downtown Baton Rouge, La. A former high school wrestling coach, accused of molesting a 16-year-old student…...
Assumption man gets 40 years in stabbing death of man who accompanied the mother of his child
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (211+ words) An Assumption Parish man was sentenced to 40 years in prison Tuesday for fatally stabbing a man who was with the mother of his child when she dropped off the minor at his home. Charles Fair, 41, of Paincourtville, was convicted of…...
‘Love on your people while you can’, family of woman killed by boyfriend grieves their sister
1+ week, 3+ day ago (601+ words) Faun Reese as a teenager. A family is grieving the loss of their beloved sibling after she was stabbed to death by her boyfriend in their shared apartment a little over a week ago. Baton Rouge area social worker Faun…...
St. George man wanted by police after allegedly falling on woman using a slot machine during brawl
1+ week, 4+ day ago (383+ words) An East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office is seen, Tuesday, February 11, 2025, in Baton Rouge, La. A St. George man allegedly fought with another man and knocked over an elderly woman sitting at a slot machine on the L’Auberge Casino floor, deputies…...
East Feliciana building official reinstated; Police Jury asks state auditors to investigate allegations
1+ week, 5+ day ago (308+ words) The East Feliciana Parish Police Jury voted Sept. 1 to reinstate its suspended building official but said it will ask state auditors to investigate allegations against him. Jeff Williams had been suspended for two weeks after he was confronted with evidence…...