News from 3/3/2026
- Police department controversies not discussed by New Roads City Council during Tuesday's meetings
- State lawmaker looks to abolish DCFS, calling the agency a 'structurally broken system'
- Person critically injured after being hit by vehicle on Plank Road
- US Military carries out 1st land operation against cartels in Ecuador
- Walker man sentenced to 75 years in prison for distributing meth, charged as 'habitual offender'
- Car flips into Kenner canal after hitting 100 mph in police chase
- House raided on Main Street as police search for suspect connected to shooting
- BRPD arrests man accused of shooting, killing man at Church's Chicken on Plank Road
- Louisiana Public Service Commission candidates speak to voters at summit
- 'Jody's Law' targeting hit-and-run bail, sentencing proposed as state law
- State Supreme Court says it will take up homicide case after 2 courts reach different decisions
- Istrouma High student awarded scholarship honoring officer killed in ambush
- Baton Rouge Fire Department investigating three grass fires in the same neighborhood
- As carbon capture industry grows, some remain hesitant toward new tech
- Police seek 2 accused of shooting Baton Rouge restaurant owner after receiving wrong food order
- Pentagon releases names of troops killed in drone strike in Kuwait
- Tuesday PM Forecast: muggy mornings followed by afternoon showers and thunderstorms
- New signage placed on the Mississippi Riverfront to highlight history of river
- Firefighters put out house fire along N. 35th Street on Tuesday afternoon
- One dead, two others taken to hospital in wreck along Nicholson Drive in St. Gabriel