Fairfields Avenue News Today

BATON ROUGE - One person died after a house caught fire off North Foster Drive Thursday afternoon.

BATON ROUGE - One person died after a house caught fire off North Foster Drive Thursday afternoon.

BATON ROUGE - In a city where gun violence continues to terrorize certain neighborhoods, some feel their loved ones who have been murdered have been forgotten.

A teen implicated in a shooting that left a 3-year-old dead last April was wearing an ankle monitor from a previous murder arrest at the time of the killing —

Newly filed court documents have revealed that during a traffic stop last year detectives found a gun linked to the long-unsolved killing of a 3-year-old, though it appears the weapon has not led police to an arrest in the toddlers murder more than a year later.

A Baton Rouge initiative to install police cameras at businesses in high-crime areas received a $150,000 donation to surveil hotels in the capital city, officials announced at a Tuesday morning

BATON ROUGE - A teenager was shot multiple times and killed during an armed robbery at a convenience store Tuesday afternoon. 

A young girl was shot in the leg Monday on North Acadian Thruway near Fairfields Avenue, Baton Rouge police said.

BATON ROUGE - A man who was fleeing police when he T-boned a truck at a traffic light is now facing a manslaughter charge for killing the innocent driver who was behind the wheel of that other vehicle. 

One person is dead after a shooting off Fairfields Avenue on Monday, April 4 according to emergency officials.