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On a quiet street in north Baton Rouge, a community mentor is converting houses to help families in need and giving back to his childhood neighborhood. Tremaine Sterling co-founded 29:11 Academy 12 years ago to mentor children and reach out to families, offering counseling, summer programs and hands-on life training. T

The Rev. Joshua Johnson, pastor at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church and School in Baton Rouge, has a new job this summer. He's reading aloud and recording the Bible every day as the host for Ascension Press's "Bible in a Year: Family Edition" podcast, which is geared toward children between the ages of 7 and 12 and their p

Some Southern meals just feel a little different when they come from a steam table lined with pans of fried chicken, buttery corn, plus mac and cheese that tastes like someone’s grandmother made it. The kind of place where the server knows the regulars by name, sweet tea flows...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Better Business Bureau is warning consumers about a scam involving a fake RV dealership that used artificial intelligence and social media advertising to defraud buyers. The company, listed as Accelerated Motors LLC, advertised on Facebook and listed a Baton Rouge address as its headquarte

A new Cheba Hut location is joining the mix in Baton Rouge. The national franchise started in 1998 and is known for its cannabis-themed “toasted” subs. Baton Rouge’s first location at 411 Ben Hur Road opened in 2021, and now owners Meredith Beck-Wiggins and Tommy Wiggins are expanding to the St. George area in the Long

A 2-year-old boy was able to get a gun and fire a shot inside a home in Baton Rouge, officials said.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Baton Rouge Police Department arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with a shooting at an apartment complex that left one person dead on Tuesday afternoon, July 7. Police said Jordan Edwards was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on Tuesday, July 21,...

BATON ROUGE — Former councilwoman Chauna Banks testified in front of a grand jury on Wednesday, the latest of several Baton Rouge officials to do so as part of the Louisiana Attorney General's probe into possible corruption in Baton Rouge. Banks, who served on the East Baton Rouge Metropolitan...

Baton Rouge could soon join dozens of local governments across the country in suing the nation's largest fire truck manufacturers over alleged antitrust violations — and if it does, Louisiana’s former governor would try the case. On Wednesday, the Metro Council approved an agreement with the Fishman Haygood...

Two former employee at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola have been arrested for malfeasance in office, according to the state Department of Corrections. Sgt. Alena Goodin, 40, of Natchez, Mississippi, was charged Thursday with one count of malfeasance in office. Goodin had been with the department since June 1