When French explorer Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville traveled up the Mississippi River in 1699 and encountered a large red pole ...

Dominic Charles Franklin on three counts of second-degree murder Thursday and formally charged Tyrone Eackles with three ...

East Baton Rouge Parish Supt. LaMont Cole outraged after video surfaces of a pre-k student fight that leads two teacher being ...

At 43 years old, Daniel Poe felt invincible. ”Never had any health problems, never been on prescription medication,” said Poe ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A Baton Rouge man accused of rape on LSU’s campus was arrested and charged. An affidavit ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A man is facing charges after he was allegedly involved in a shooting that left one person dead.

The program started with 18 raised garden beds at Howell Park. Now, Baton Roots has expanded into public housing, classrooms, ...

Mayor-President Sid Edwards announced Tuesday Feb. 4th a new satellite location for the mayor's office. This is the first of ...

Baton Rouge is on the verge of transformation.  Proposals such as the nicknamed “string of pearls” project—which includes a vision for an LSU arena to attract major entertainment events, a new ...

Here are stories from Louisiana First News’ “Honoring Black History” special highlighting Black business, culture and history ...

Solis is a Honduran business owner in Baton Rouge and her daughters took action by not attending school. She said closing her ...

There are four early voting locations in East Baton Rouge Parish: City Hall, the Coursey Boulevard fire station, the ...