News from 4/17/2026
- 2 Make a Difference: Honor Flight
- U-High students prepare Les Miserables musical with performances starting April 23
- 9-seed LSU women's tennis beats 1-seed Oklahoma to advance to SEC semifinals
- LSU baseball gives up three home runs in 10-4 loss to Texas A&M
- LSU expert discusses future of gas prices in wake of Strait of Hormuz dispute
- LSP: 31-year-old Maurepas man arrested for child pornography of teens with disabilities
- Inside the park grand slam from Tori Edwards gets LSU past Ole Miss
- 'Put the guns down:' Shooting victims honored in 8th annual Pedaling for Peace bike ride
- Bluff Road in Ascension Parish reopened following construction
- LSU sophomore taking on a leadership role to lead the Tigers to another National Championship
- Vehicle hit by train on Choctaw Drive, one person taken to hospital
- Two teenagers hospitalized after being hit by vehicle near Baringer Road
- Country star LeAnn Rimes performs at Manship Theater's annual fundraiser in Baton Rouge
- Man indicted for battery of the infirm, domestic abuse battery of his grandmother
- Iberville Parish schools implement clear backpack policy for next school year
- BRPD: Man wanted for stealing seven different buses from three schools in a month
- WBRSO: Man wanted for fleeing deputies in Georgia arrested in West Baton Rouge traffic stop
- Friday PM Forecast: weekend cold front brings showers, big temperature changes
- Baker community offers support to mother of six facing child desertion, cruelty charges
- Man arrested for arson following fire along Marcellious Lane