News from 3/7/2026
- St. Francisville hosts Walk in the Park event
- Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport conducts tri-annual disaster simulation
- BRPD arrest man on various drug and gun charges following the execution of a search warrant
- One in critical condition following shooting on Old Hermitage Parkway off Gardere Lane
- Wood chips burning in fire at Port of Greater Baton Rouge, according to West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office
- LSU AgCenter hosts 24th annual Baton Rouge Spring Garden Show and Plant Sale
- One hospitalized following house fire on Glen Ellen Drive off Bluebonnet Boulevard
- Prairieville family stranded in Dubai after Israel-U.S. strikes on Iran secures flight back to the U.S.
- 18-wheeler crash closes I-10 bridge in Calcasieu Parish
- Saturday AM forecast: Afternoon storms likely, heavy rain possible overnight.
- 1 injured in shooting on Azalea Park, third separate shooting tonight
- 1 injured in shooting on Sherwood Meadows Avenue on Friday night
- 3 hospitalized after Friday night shooting on Geronimo Street
- Non-profit uses recycled beads to fund programs for adults with disabilities
- Baton Rouge Firefighters put out house fire on Dare Street on Friday evening
- Livingston deputies: Three juveniles arrested after shots fired on Walker North Road
- West Baton Rouge Parish schools announce Teacher Job Fair
- State says changes made following child starvation case that would've made workers visit child's home
- Proposed bill would require the office of motor vehicles to educate drivers on roundabouts
- Spacecraft's impact changed asteroid's orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test, study finds