3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (311+ words) CENTRAL — A former “non-faculty coach” at Central High School pleaded guilty Tuesday in a 2025 sexual encounter with a student, according to court records. Aujyri Harris, 23, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of obscenity and will not have to register as…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (314+ words) PORT ALLEN — The West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a “Cat in the Hat” threat that surfaced at Port Allen High School on Thursday morning. Sgt. Landon Groger, with WBRSO, said deputies went to the school Thursday morning…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (93+ words) BATON ROUGE — The latest deadly shooting happened overnight leaving a man shot multiple times in the middle of the roadway. It was around 1:40 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 8 when Baton Rouge Police officers responded to the 4900 block of Washington Ave. for…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (254+ words) BATON ROUGE — Internal Affairs is investigating two separate officer-involved shootings with BRPD that happened Sunday night and Tuesday morning, one of which was deadly. BRPD Chief T.J. Morse says no officers or K9 units were injured in either incident. The most…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (130+ words) BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Police officers arrested five people after a search at a home on Sherwood Street resulted in the seizure of drugs and cash. On Sept. 2, officers and detectives executed a search warrant at a home in the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (241+ words) BATON ROUGE — A man arrested in August in two sexual assaults, in which he met the victims at Perkins overpass bars, has been accused of a third attack. The victim contacted police after she learned that Elijah Clyde had been…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (329+ words) Local sheriff’s offices are asking for children and parents to exercise caution surrounding online hoaxes that involve social media and disturbing images and videos. Threatening “Cat in the Hat” videos have circulated in other parishes, officials say. According to the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (243+ words) Unfiltered with Kiran Man dies in Ardenwood Drive shooting—third fatal shooting in Baton Rouge over the weekend BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Police officers are investigating a fatal shooting that happened late Sunday night in the 1200 block of N. Ardenwood…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (153+ words) PLAQUEMINE — Investigators arrested a Rosedale man and seized more than 600 grams of fentanyl Monday in a joint operation involving the Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office and Baton Rouge Police Department. Deontrae Jawaun Beckwood, 27, was booked with possession of more than 250 grams…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (245+ words) BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting on North Foster Drive that left multiple people injured. One of the victims later died of his injuries. The shooting happened around 2:52 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, in the 2200 block of…...