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BATON ROUGE — One person is dead and sources say another has been injured in a shooting Friday evening. It was the fourth shooting death in Baton Rouge in a single day. Police were called to a gas station at Airline Highway and Tom Drive shortly before 7 p.m. BRPD Sgt. L’Jean McKneely said the…

BATON ROUGE – On Friday morning, Governor John Bel Edwards, prompted by rising numbers of COVID cases across the state, took to social media to urge Louisiana’s citizens to implement all recommended COVID safety precautions while celebrating fall and winter holidays.  The Governor’s message was recorded in a video and written in an open letter. …

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are pulling a bit lower in Friday morning trading as worries about the worsening pandemic weigh on rising optimism about a coming coronavirus vaccine. The S&P 500 was 0.3% lower, as of 10:25 a.m. Eastern time. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 136 points, or 0.5%, at 29,346,…

NEW ORLEANS – With Drew Brees recovering from a severe injury, the New Orleans Saints will reportedly be depending on Taysom Hill to lead the team into their Sunday, Nov. 22 face-off against the Atlanta Falcons, according to NFL Insider Ian Rapoport. Here is our full story on https://t.co/iLSuC0HswN on today’s breaking news that the…

Saturday’s LSU at Arkansas college football game is in danger of being postponed due to COVID concerns among the Razorback program.  Arkansas head coach Sam Pittman told reporters via zoom on Thursday afternoon that the contest hangs on the results of COVID test results that should come on Friday.  “We’re going to play Saturday as…

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ST. MARTINVILLE, La. – Deputies arrested and charged a 27-year-old man with three counts of third-degree rape and two counts of molestation of a juvenile Thursday morning. On Oct. 22, 2020 deputies with the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office received a report of alleged sexual abuse of a minor.      During the investigation an…

Though the COVID-19 health crisis retains its grip on the nation, artists who endeavor to shore up the pandemic-wearied imaginations, hopes, and dreams of Americans remain hard at work. One such artist has been awarded the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence.  Every year, this award recognizes the outstanding work of a nationally-acclaimed African-American…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Elections Commission has agreed to issue an order to recount ballots in two heavily liberal counties at President Donald Trump’s request, but only after hours of contentious debate that may foreshadow the partisan battle ahead. Trump paid the $3 million required for the recount and issuing the order was expected…

BATON ROUGE – As telecommunication service work is scheduled to be completed along a popular East Baton Rouge Parish road beginning Thursday, motorists should be aware of possible area traffic delays due to a resulting lane closure. City officials say Staring Lane’s northbound outside right lane near Highland Road will be closed from 8 a.m.,…

Carnival Cruise Lines, continuing to reel under the pandemic’s savage blow to its financial state, has announced the extension of a suspension pausing the service of cruise ship sailings through February for its New Orleans embarkations as well as a suspension of all cruises, through January, for each of its U.S. sailings. The decisions, announced…

BATON ROUGE – While progress is being made in the effort to develop vaccines that successfully fight COVID-19, the potentially life-saving drugs are not available to the public just yet and during the fall/winter season, the flu is still a secondary threat. However, a flu vaccine is available and residents of Baton Rouge can be…

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting close to their record highs Wednesday, as hopes for a coronavirus vaccine coming in the future collide with worries about the worsening pandemic in the present. The S&P 500 was flipping between small gains and losses after Pfizer and BioNTech reported updated data suggesting its potential COVID-19 vaccine may be 95%…

MONROE, La. — Louisiana landlords have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn a moratorium on evictions ordered by the CDC to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus. The suit says that “the CDC’s eviction moratorium represents a sweeping assumption of power by an administrative agency that it simply does not possess.” Figures provided by the…

U.S. Catholic bishops are holding their annual fall assembly virtually this week with the Vatican’s recent report on the rise and fall of disgraced ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick one of their main topics for discussion. Released last week after a two-year investigation, the report found that three decades of bishops, cardinals and popes dismissed or downplayed…

NEW YORK — Now at Amazon.com: insulin and inhalers. The online colossus opened an online pharmacy Tuesday that allows customers to order medication or prescription refills, and have them delivered to the front door in a couple days. The potential impact of Amazon’s arrival in the pharmaceutical space rippled through that sector immediately. Before the…

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization has recorded 65 cases of the coronavirus among staff based at its headquarters, including at least one cluster of infections, an internal email obtained by The Associated Press shows, despite the agency’s public assertions that there has been no transmission at the Geneva site. The revelation comes amid…

Monday marks the deadline for survivors of abuse to file claims against the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in a federal bankruptcy case the national organization and tens of thousands of men have already done so, The Seattle Times reports. The surge of abuse claims that have already inundated attorneys in the case have revealed…

BATON ROUGE -The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) has announced that employers and business owners who have been notified by the Louisiana Immunization Program as having personnel that could potentially be offered early COVID-19 vaccine due to the nature of their work and the critical role they play in societal function, should complete a survey…

BATON ROUGE -Baton Rouge Police are investigating a fatal crash that occurred yesterday around 5:50pm in the 8900 block of South Choctaw Drive. The crash involved a 2001 Ford F-250 and a 2003 Dodge Durango. The at-scene investigation revealed that the Dodge was traveling south on Oak Villa Boulevard, attempting to make a left turn…

BATON ROUGE – Firefighters responded to a building fire on the 10900 block of Darryl Dr at the Brandywine apartments that left one person dead. Crews arrived on scene to the building completely engulfed in flames. They were able to keep the fire from spreading to the neighboring buildings. Firefighters located an unidentified person dead.…

BATON ROUGE – Former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards was rushed to the hospital Friday. Sources close to Edwards say the former governor was taken to the hospital around 4:30 p.m. Friday afternoon with respiratory issues.  Edwards was tested for COVID-19 and his results came back negative. As a precaution, he will stay at the hospital…