Each year, pink flamingos begin to appear in Baton Rouge, signaling that Mardi Gras is near. Learn more about Spanish Town Mardi Gras here.

Other factors at play could be national chains that are currently popular with customers. Chili's, despite closing one of its ...

For decades, 18 metal chimes rang out of Louisiana State University’s Memorial Tower, filling campus with the ”Westminster Quarters” every quarter hour. Renovations in the 1980s changed this, ...

The name stuck, and today, Baton Rouge serves double duty as a college town and Louisiana’s capital, enjoying a blend of sophistication and joie di vivre wrapped up in a rich cultural history.

When French explorer Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville traveled up the Mississippi River in 1699 and encountered a large red pole erected by Native Americans, he dubbed the location “le bâton rouge,” or ...

In addition to the four acres at Howell Park, the organization has gardens and fruit orchards, compliments of Baton Rouge Green's City Citrus initiative, at the 11 East Baton Rouge Parish Housing ...

The Super Bowl not only attracts large viewership on streaming services and cable television, but it also boosts the stadium revenue the game is held at. Now that the Kansas City Chiefs are ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Bayou Barbie is coming back to Baton Rouge. LSU announced on Friday, Jan. 31 that Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky will play a WNBA preseason game inside of the PMAC ...

ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – When Spanish label Pretty Olivia Records released The Laughing Chimes’ debut, In This Town, in 2021, international audiences found it remarkable that two teenage brothers ...

Until Mardi Gras, we're sampling far and wide around the king cake realm. Here's today's cake: Baton Rouge cottage baker Corrito Mata presents her king cakes wrapped like a gift with a brown ...

TikTok creators posted tearful farewells and encouraged followers to find them on other less lucrative platforms on Jan. 18, 2025, the day the popular social media app went dark. For a solid fourteen ...