Joseph Eslinger pleaded no contest to manslaughter in the death of his son Leo. Prosecutors say the boy was singled out from his siblings.

The free Halloween-weekend festival brings costume contests and a 50th-anniversary toast to Anne Rice's vampire classic.

Ronald White, 21, is held without bond after allegedly forcing a woman at gunpoint in a Spruce Hall study room.

Hyundai-POSCO Louisiana Steel is hiring near Donaldsonville, and a longtime local business owner calls it a generational shift.

A brother and sister died Saturday in a Livingston Parish house fire. Investigators say the home had no working smoke alarm.

Police set up a perimeter near a Dollar General after a shooting on Prescott Road left one person hurt.

A witness says the gunman walked past a food truck outside Da Hole before opening fire on Airline Highway.

Sunny skies and warm temperatures hold across Baton Rouge through Thursday before rain chances rise for Halloween weekend.

Nearly 422,000 Louisiana properties already use the existing tax freeze, and voters decide Nov. 3 whether to widen it further.

Jalaycia Barnes, 26, allegedly admitted to shooting a man as he walked to his car on Sharon Hills Boulevard.

Hope Jackson denies planning the killing of Anthony Wesley Jr. as texts allegedly show her boyfriend waiting in the dark to ambush him.

Inspector General Angele Davis wants tighter rules after one nonprofit director's arrest and gaps across 272 funded groups.

One person was hospitalized after a deputy-involved shooting near Wakefield Road. No deputies were hurt.