The Biological and Agricultural Engineering shops near Tureaud Hall was evacuated today after a student accidentally started a small chemical fire.Dorin Boldor, assistant professor of biological engineering,...

With a quick scan, Baton Rouge Police Department officers can tell if a car has been reported stolen — thanks to their new license plate reader. Since its deployment in August, the license plate...

Lovebirds are being forced to celebrate Valentine's Day on a tight budget this year thanks to the loveless economy.The romantic holiday is being hit by tough times this year, and spending is expected to...

The University has a backlog of deferred maintenance projects totaling $220 million — an amount likely to balloon even higher with the impending budget cuts for next year.The $220 million total only...

The Louisiana Hospital Association reported an increasingly high number of nurses are needed in the state, and the projected state budget cuts could affect the numbers. "We are barely meeting our annual...

Last week, the Baton Rouge Police Department and the Louisiana Department of Insurance announced the success of the license plate reader given to the Police Department in August. The reader, which can...

NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of same-sex couples seeking to wed were turned away from marriage license counters around the nation Thursday, part of an annual protest that took on renewed urgency in light...

NEW YORK (AP) — A handwritten manuscript of an 1864 Abraham Lincoln speech sold for $3.44 million on the bicentennial of his birthday Thursday, setting a new auction record for any American historical...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in the South Carolina county where Michael Phelps was photographed smoking from a marijuana pipe have been arresting people as they seek to make a case against the...

MOSCOW (AP) — The collision between U.S. and Russian communication satellites this week — the first such crash in space — has created speeding clouds of debris that threaten other unmanned...

A small team of students in the School of Architecture will began planning to beautify businesses between the University and downtown Baton Rouge in the next week.The Center for Planning Excellence announced...

When the U.S. House of Representatives voted to delay the shutdown of analog television signals, local Baton Rouge networks decided Monday to delay making the switch to digital broadcasts.Television stations...