Aidan McCahill

3 days ago | theadvocate.com | Aidan McCahill

When Baton Rouge inspectors determine a blighted property is unsafe, the city-parish government can ask the Metro Council to convene a hearing to hold the owners accountable and decide if the blighted homes or buildings should be demolished. But such condemnation hearings rarely happen.

6 days 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 week 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 week 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 week 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.