The Baton Rouge Police Department says the 5-year-old child who was taken to the hospital this week after allegedly being beaten by his father, died last night. Corporal Don Coppola says the little boy was brought in Monday suffering multiple brain bleeds, bruises in various stages of healing, contusions to the forehead, and malnourishment…

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He says the father of the child, 36-year-old Varnell Day, is charged with first degree murder due to the suspected abuse which resulted in the death.

So far, eight candidates have qualified for November’s 6th District Congressional election, former governor Edwin Edwards among them. He says he was first in Congress in 1965 and is anxious to go back…

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Republicans Dan Claitor, Paul Dietzel and Garret Graves are among those who also qualified for the race.

The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s office has released a picture of the vehicle that was involved in last weekend’s fatal shooting of a seven-year-old boy in Baton Rouge. Sheriff Sid Gautreaux hopes the reward money and the seriousness of the crime will lead someone to provide an important tip in the case…

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He says through private donations, a 10-thousand dollar reward is being offered, along with the 25-hundred dollar reward from Crime Stoppers, for information leading to the arrest and indictment of the gunman.

Data published by the New York Times shows Lousiana has the most native-born residents in the country. The newspaper found nearly four out of five Louisiana citizens were born in Louisiana. Demographer Elliott Stonecipher says one reason for that is there are many people here who simply don’t ever want to live outside of Louisiana…

cut 6 (08) “people are still here”

He says many people born here are instilled with no desire to leave.