Former East Baton Rouge Mayor-President, lawmaker and reporter Kip Holden died today at age 72 after a lengthy illness. Holden started as a reporter before serving on the Metro Council, in the State House, and Senate. Former Lt. Governor and State Lawmaker Jay Dardenne remembers serving in the legislature with Holden. ...

A Senate committee approves two tort reform bills that supporters say will help in the effort to lower auto insurance rates. One of the bills would reduce the payout an uninsured driver would receive if injured in the crash. The other bill heading to the Senate floor would prohibit legal damages going to an injured dri...

Senator Bill Cassidy could be fighting for his political life next year, with the possibility of having to face several challengers in the Republican primary and a potentially formidable opponent in the general election. News broke this week that Governor Landry may be working to recruit Congresswoman Julia Letlow to m...

The small West Baton Rouge Parish town of Addis is ready to roll out the welcome mat for its newest hometown hero, John Foster. "John Foster has definitely put Addis on the map, all over the United States and probably all over the world," says Addis Mayor David Toups, "and we are extremely happy with him...

A Rapides Parish man is under arrest for stealing hundreds of pounds of crawfish from a farmer's traps. Chief of Staff Tommy Carnline with the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office says a crawfish farmer told investigators late last month that someone had emptied his traps, and it happened again a few days later. He says dep...