The Baton Rouge National Cemetery is downtown, only about a mile away from the Louisiana State Capitol. The National Register of Historic Places Registration Form said this Civil War-era cemetery ...

Baton Rouge is mourning the loss a World War 2 veteran and civil rights activist who played a key role in the 1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott. By WAFB staff Published : Apr. 23, 2022 at 9:13 PM CDT ...

Author John Scales will be presenting and signing copies of his book, "The Battles and Campaigns of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, 1861-1865," at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, at ...

The LSU Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will host Eddie Vaugh, member of the Baton Rouge Civil War Round Table, at the Baton Rouge Bluebonnet Library, 9200 Bluebonnet Blvd., Baton Rouge, for a ...

East Baton Rouge Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board Chairman Brandon Williams formally resigned Monday as members of the city’s Metro Council attempted to force him out of the role.

BATON ROUGE, La. — Today, the Louisiana Legislature passed a map that creates a second majority-Black congressional district after being granted a final opportunity to pass a map before a federal ...

The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places, from Valverde, New Mexico, and Tullahoma, Tennessee, to St. Albans, Vermont, and Fernandina on the Florida coast. More than 3 million Americans fought in ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Time is ... Why Louisiana is redrawing its map. The political tug-of-war started in March 2022 ... U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick agreed with arguments of civil rights groups ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Louisiana, Legal Defense Fund (LDF), law firm Cozen O’ Connor, and Louisiana attorneys Ron Wilson and John Adcock filed a motion today to ...

Inside a packed courtroom at the Russell B. Long Federal Building in Baton Rouge, attorneys for civil rights groups began building their case that the current map, created in 2022, violates the ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Voters against the new majority district are taking legal action against the state. A group of twelve voters who are named in the lawsuit say the new map is violating their ...