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The parent company of Baton Rouge-based Investar Bank announced Tuesday it will acquire Texas-based First National Bank, a ...
BATON ROUGE, La. ( Louisiana First) — LSU pitcher Kade Anderson made a special stop at a hospital in Baton Rouge on Tuesday, ...
Members of Boy Scout Troop 136, which is chartered through St. George Catholic Church, recently held a ceremony to retire ...
The Louisiana Department of Education released the results from the 2025 LEAP testing that they say shows improvement across ...
The Sazerac cocktail, a drink with deep cultural and historical roots, has been named the best drink in Louisiana by Reader’s ...
Wrap up a weekend of Fourth of July celebrations with a bucket of fried chicken for a Sunday meal. Baton Rouge has no ...
A Baton Rouge man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly trafficking a 15-year-old child for sex. Louisiana State Police ...
The Rev. Jimmy Swaggart, who built one of the nation's biggest broadcast ministries in the 1980s from his Baton Rouge ...
“The Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest stands as an enduring beacon of freedom for our nation and the ...
The investigation was initiated when LSP SVU received a case referral from the FBI involving sexual exploitation of a 15-year ...
Baton Rouge-based Investar Holding Corp. has agreed to pay $84 million for Wichita Falls Bancshares, which operates five ...
The Baton Rouge metro unemployment rate rose to 4.4% in May, up from 3.7% in April and 3.6% a year ago, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission’s latest report.  The increase mirrors a ...