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Chevron shareholders voted against three stockholder proposals during the U.S. oil producer's annual meeting on Wednesday, including one calling for a report on the company's human rights ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Baton Rouge Fire Department is investigating the cause of a Wednesday night, June 11, vacant house fire.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Investigators are working to determine what caused a fire at a vacant house early Wednesday morning, May 28. According to the Baton Rouge Fire Department, the fire ...

A grocery store in Baton Rouge is a total loss after a fire ripped through the building on Monday, May 26. The Baton Rouge Fire Department was called to Caruso’s Grocery Store, 2608 Highland Road at 8 ...

A woman who allegedly set a fire that left her boyfriend's boat engulfed in flames has been arrested on a count of aggravated arson by the Baton Rouge Fire Department Investigations Division.

Outside City Hall, a 20-foot-by-30-foot American flag was hoisted between the ladders of two Baton Rouge Fire Department trucks. Dozens walked beneath it and filled the first floor of City Hall ...

A fire at a fourplex on Tuesday afternoon, June 3, left a large hole in the roof of the building. The fire happened on ...

In No. 1 LSU's opener against No. 4 Little Rock at the Baton Rouge Regional, he allowed no earned runs and struck out seven batters in 7⅔ innings to lead the Tigers to a 7-0 win on Friday at ...

Courtesy of LSU Tigers Baseball. BATON ROUGE, La. – Junior right-hander Anthony Eyanson fired 7.2 scoreless innings Friday night, and second baseman Daniel Dickinson blasted two home runs as top ...

Authorities initially announced that Lenton Vanburen was arrested in Baton Rouge and was back in custody. "Vanburen was originally incarcerated on charges of parole violation, possession of ...