News from 5/23/2026
- Capital Area Special Olympics team competes for teammate recovering from Mall of Louisiana shooting
- No. 16 LSU softball eliminated from NCAA tournament by No. 1 Alabama
- Louisiana bill to end inspection stickers could affect required emissions checks near Baton Rouge
- Impairment plays a role in two separate fatal crashes in Tangipahoa Parish over the weekend
- Nearly 200 early childhood educators honored at celebration in Baton Rouge
- Saturday PM Forecast: FLOOD WATCH in effect through rest of weekend, heavy rain possible
- Suspect dead after approaching White House checkpoint with weapon, Secret Service says
- The 9th annual Baton Rouge Soul Food Festival kicks off on Saturday
- Baton Rouge Police searching for suspect in 2025 assault on North Boulevard
- Southern baseball loses to FAMU, Jags eliminated from SWAC tournament
- LDWF investigating after three Canada geese shot at East Lakeshore Drive
- Trump says a deal with Iran and opening of Strait of Hormuz are 'largely negotiated'
- Silver Alert issued for missing 59-year-old New Orleans woman
- Veterans carry thousands of flags through downtown Baton Rouge in honor of fallen service members
- St. George Fire Department responds to structure fire on Grand Way Avenue
- Barge strikes U.S. 90 bridge in Morgan City during overnight storms
- Kyle Busch died after severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis, family says
- Port Allen officials reveal the identity of body found near a park along Oaks Avenue
- Severe Thunderstorm WATCH in effect for parts of the Capital Region
- Ponchatoula woman killed in Friday morning crash following two separate crashes along I-10