Aidan McCahill

4 weeks ago | theadvocate.com | Aidan McCahill

One out of every three East Baton Rouge Parish public school students were chronically absent in 2024, meaning over 13,000 kids in the district missed class at least 10 percent of the year. When combined with K-12 public schools in the eight surrounding parishes, an estimated 26,000 children fall into the same category. Decades of research suggests those numbers don't bode well for crime. Louisiana lawmakers began focusing on the issue in the late 1990s.

1 month ago | officer.com | Aidan McCahill

Baton Rouge Police homicide detectives are investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred early Sunday morning. At 3:04 a.m., BRPD uniformed officers responded to a dispatched call reporting a disturbance involving an armed male suspect at the Super 6 Inns and Suites at 9901 Gwenadele Ave. There, officers encountered a 34-year old man in the parking lot. An exchange of gunfire ensued between the man and officers.

1 month ago | theadvocate.com | Aidan McCahill

Three people escaped a house fire in White Plains early Sunday morning, but two adult men were killed in the blaze. The Baton Rouge Fire Department responded at 7:25 a.m. to a call at 5151 Hollywood St., where firefighters arrived to find flames pouring from every window and door. Crews entered the burning home in an attempt to rescue the two men still inside, but both victims had already succumbed to their injuries. Three other residents managed to escape before firefighters arrived.

1 month ago | theadvocate.com | Aidan McCahill

Authorities recovered the body of Timothy R. Carey, 24, Saturday evening after he drowned while trying to swim across the Amite River near Central. East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s deputies responded to an address near the Amite River Beach around 5 p.m. There, witnesses told officers that Carey successfully swam from the East Baton Rouge Parish side to the Livingston Parish side of the river, but began struggling on his return across the river.

1 month ago | theadvocate.com | Aidan McCahill

Baton Rouge Police are investigating a fatal pedestrian crash that occurred Wednesday afternoon on Airline Highway, resulting in the death of 20-year-old Julius Torres. According to authorities, the incident happened around 1:42 p.m. when a Ram truck was traveling southbound on Airline Highway and proceeded through a green light at the Goodwood Boulevard intersection. The truck struck Torres, who was crossing the roadway.