BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Louisiana State Police are investigating three separate crashes that left four people dead in Livingston and West Baton Rouge Parish. Denham Springs Troopers were called to a two-vehicle crash shortly before midnight on June 28 on Louisiana 16 at Bailey Lane in Livingston Parish. Police identified the victims as […]
PORT ALLEN, La. (KLFY) – An Evangeline Parish woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash near Port Allen early Saturday morning, authorities said. The crash claimed the life of Jada Bergeron, 20, of Mamou. State Police said troopers responded shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday to a two-vehicle crash on La. 415 near Commercial Drive in […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Baton Rouge Police Department are investigating after a woman was shot and killed in Baton Rouge. According to the police department, officers were called to the 1300 block of North Cristy Drive around 8:46 a.m. on Saturday, June 29, and found a female victim down inside of a home. […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A Baton Rouge animal rescue group is getting a $22,500 grant from the Orphan Kitten Club to help neonatal cats get the care they need. The OKC Mightycat program will help Companion Animal Alliance get more supplies and medical staff to care for newborn cats. According to a news release from […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome created a new group of community leaders to help improve how services get to local families on Monday, June 24. The East Baton Rouge Parish Human Services Consortium will work to advise the EBR Department of Human Development and Services. Members will include nonprofits, faith groups, business, […]
Jun. 23—Conservative politicians in Louisiana are determined to be just as stubborn and foolish as those in one small town in New Mexico. Louisiana recently enacted a law requiring public schools and colleges to display the Ten Commandments in all classrooms. The state that tried to make us forget white supremacist David Duke and whacko […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPOUD) — Friday marked the start of a community involved weekend promoting unity and raising awareness to end gun violence. The 7th Annual Pedaling for Peace rally took place at Shopper’s Value on Government Street and made its way to Howell Park. Mothers and family members who lost someone to gun violence […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — It’s the start of summer for the city of Baton Rouge but the start of crime has taken over. This past Memorial Day weekend has left many wounded and some dead. On Friday, May 24, a shooting occurred in the 5000 block of Chalet Drive in Baton Rouge. According to […]
ERWINVILLE, La. (BRPROUD) — A pedestrian was hit and killed on Monday morning in West Baton Rouge. Louisiana State Police say that around 3 a.m., troopers were responding to a single-vehicle crash on LA Highway 3091, north of LA 620 in West Baton Rouge Parish. During the investigation, troopers learned that a 2006 GMC Sierra […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — An arrest was made in connection to a Friday morning shooting that left a 22-year-old dead. The Baton Rouge Police Department said Robert Mooney, 20, was arrested and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. Mooney is charged with second-degree murder and illegal use of a weapon in the […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — One person was killed, and two others were injured in a shooting that occurred in Baton Rouge on Friday, May 24, according to emergency medical officials. The shooting took place at Starboard Drive and Stern Avenue in Baton Rouge. According to EMS, one of the victims from the shooting is […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Baton Rouge and surrounding areas are currently under an air quality alert. “It’s not just for East Baton Rouge but West Baton Rouge, Pointe Coupee, Iberville, Ascension, Livingston parishes, all of these parishes are impacted by the air pollution that’s generated by Baton Rouge,” said BRProud Chief Meteorologist Sam Parish. […]