Local and prospective businesses are becoming concerned about Baton Rouge’s ongoing crime problems. Business consultants looking at locating in Baton Rouge have begun questioning just how safe...

Two men were shot in their hands during an armed robbery on East Boyd Drive early Tuesday morning. Four men were walking on the 700 block of East Boyd Drive when they were approached by a black male...

Two men were shot in the hand during an armed robbery on East Boyd Drive early Tuesday morning. Four men were walking in the 700 block of East Boyd Drive when they were approached by a black male wielding...

Student arrested for pushing a woman and breaking her sunglasses Pre-business administration student Miles Oliver Bergeron was arrested Nov. 9 on a charge stemming from Nov. 3’s football game against...

Man throws beer at Alabama fans Following the Tigers’ defeat Saturday night, Bryan C. Saint, 28, was arrested after he yelled at a group of University of Alabama fans departing Tiger Stadium,...

Baton Rouge surpassed New Orleans in violent crime per capita for 2011. The FBI released its national crime statistics last week, revealing Baton Rouge’s violent crime rate as 1065.7 crimes per...

For some students, the issue of personal safety prompts questions concerning the state of campus security, including patrolling police officers, adequate lighting and constant surveillance. But the challenge...

Nonstudent arrested for driving drunk on Parade Ground LSU Police Department officers arrested Noel S. Singleton, 21, on Oct. 25 after officers noticed her driving a car around the sidewalks of the Parade...