4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (311+ words) CENTRAL — A former “non-faculty coach” at Central High School pleaded guilty Tuesday in a 2025 sexual encounter with a student, according to court records. Aujyri Harris, 23, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of obscenity and will not have to register as…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1389+ words) BATON ROUGE — Two employees have filed federal lawsuits involving East Baton Rouge Parish Emergency Medical Services in recent months, alleging discrimination in separate cases involving a difficult pregnancy and union activity. Both cases are pending in federal court. Meghan McCutcheon’s…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1381+ words) MARINGOUIN — Regina Harris handmade the pillow that was used as a makeshift silencer by the man who murdered her husband in his sleep in 2024. That burgundy and gold diamond-patterned pillow with a bullet hole sat in a clear acrylic case…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (422+ words) BATON ROUGE — Metro Councilman Cleve Dunn asked the court to throw out his indictment on a host of corruption charges Tuesday, citing the same alleged flaws in the grand jury process as those raised in a similar request by his…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (153+ words) PORT ALLEN —- Just days before a former Port Allen Mayor was expected to begin trial and a day after an additional charge, officials say Derek Lewis died by suicide. Lewis ended his life Thursday evening, Aug. 20, officials say. Sources tell…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (313+ words) BATON ROUGE — The lawsuit filed by District Attorney Hillar Moore against East Baton Rouge Parish government over funding for his office is heading to the state Supreme Court, according to court filings Thursday. The First Circuit Court of Appeals handed…...