When the East Baton Rouge city-parish government was drawing up a list of much-needed traffic improvement projects several years ago, one of the items was a particular intersection on Highland Road, the one at Pecue Lane. On the face of it, during a slow-... See more
The Baton Rouge area will be under an extreme cold watch late Friday night through Sunday morning, as a second blast of arctic air sweeps into the area, a National Weather Service spokesman said. The extreme cold watch issued for this weekend is expected ... See more
A man already in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison in connection with two fatal shootings, now faces an additional count of arson, accused of setting fire to a vehicle believed to be used in a case. Jemile Causey was charged with a count of simple arson, rel... See more
Baton Rouge weathered the weekend’s winter storm well overall, the National Weather Service said. “The event for the city was fairly low impact,” Rob Frye, meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said Monday morning. The winter weather advisory w... See more
The chances for freezing rain in Baton Rouge on Sunday have dropped, but are not gone, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service said Friday. “It looks like it’s trending a little further north of Baton Rouge,” said Jacob Zeringue, meteorologist w... See more
