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1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (446+ words) Sandra Landry and her husband Robert were sitting inside enjoying the AC, listening to worship music on Saturday night when four people across the street were stabbed to death and a child was left critically wounded in their quiet subdivision…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (290+ words) A man was arrested Sunday morning in connection with a string of stabbings in a Houma neighborhood that left four people dead and a child critically wounded, according to the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office. Authorities found Houma man Kaegan Jude…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (233+ words) As part of the observance of the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a nonprofit organization gave a home to the family of a Baton Rouge Police officer who was killed in the line of duty. The family of Matthew Gerald,…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (745+ words) A 1920s crime story that originated in Tangipahoa Parish caused an international uproar and had a link to Livingston Parish. John V. Baiamonte Jr., author of “Spirit of Vengeance,” spoke about the century-old case during the Edward Livingston Historical Association’s September meeting....

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (161+ words) A Louisiana man was arrested Wednesday on two counts of murder and other charges stemming from a double homicide and mass shooting July 4 in Wilkinson County, Mississippi, Louisiana State Police said. The agency had assisted the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation…...

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…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (158+ words) A man is dead after he hit another vehicle while driving, which caused them both to crash into the Upper Grand River in Iberville Parish, troopers said. Shortly before 9 p.m. on Monday, Louisiana State Police began investigating a two-vehicle crash on…...

1+ week, 27+ min ago   (117+ words) The following people were booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison or issued a summons by the Zachary Police Department Aug. 27-Sept. 2, 2026. Jacob Akins: 35; 20521 Gillie Drive, Baton Rouge; theft under $1,000 Jennifer Blunston: 47; 5920 Main St., Apt. 5, Zachary; theft under $1,000 Joshua Greene:…...

1+ week, 27+ min ago   (177+ words) The following people were booked into the West Feliciana Parish Detention Center between Aug. 24-30. Breaux, Chad: 40; 2400 block of Thompson Creek Road, Norwood; failure to appear, issuance of arrest warrant Polanco Corado, Nelvin: 38; 3100 block of Wyoming St., Baton Rouge; first offense-operating…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (693+ words) A painter cleans the main sign for Saintsville C.O.G.I.C. on Plank Road on Sunday, July 28, 2024 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A district court judge has ordered the city-parish to pay more than $17 million after 4 acres of a Pentecostal group’s campus were taken…...