Baton Rouge LA

Community meetings throughout Iberville Parish will gauge the wants and needs of residents as they work to shape the future of their respective towns and cities. “It’s about interaction,” Iberville Parish Chris Daigle said. The events will have activities that will enable attendees to interact with board members...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank will receive $25,000 from Brookshire Grocery Company as part of a $500,000 donation to food banks across Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. The company is working with the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank to coordinate the donation timing. The...

The Louisiana Housing Corporation is collecting hygiene items and canned goods throughout November to support families and individuals facing hunger and homelessness across the state, with donations benefiting the Iberia Homeless Shelter and the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank.

Police say a Baton Rouge man held a woman at gunpoint, stole her PlayStation 5, and kidnapped her child before being arrested.

BATON ROUGE — Set Free Indeed Ministry and other community members collected food at the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport on Wednesday to support TSA agents and air traffic controllers who are continuing work without pay as the government shutdown continues. The group collected food, as well as essentials, to...

Travis Kenny, 21, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in connection with a deadly shooting at a Baton Rouge barbershop last month, which resulted in the death of Marvin Tolliver, 29.

Verizon customers in Baton Rouge are experiencing temporary network connectivity issues due to a motor vehicle accident involving a utility pole, and crews are working to restore full service by late Wednesday evening.

A state judge upheld contempt rulings against two Baton Rouge public defenders Wednesday and fined both attorneys for their conduct during a contentious murder trial earlier this year. Stephen Sterling and La’Deisha Woods were part of Brian Alexander Lavergne’s team of trial attorneys in August when he was tried the...

BATON ROUGE — A woman spent $100 on a dresser at a local thrift store, but what she found inside turned out to be priceless. When Michelle Morgan thrifted the dresser from Joseph’s Storehouse in Baton Rouge, she had no idea it held a piece of someone’s history until she got home.

Investigators with the state Attorney General's Office and the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation have made another arrest in the case of a missing 13-year-old girl from Baker, who was found in a Pittsburgh basement. Alvin Hanson, 64, was arrested in New Orleans on Oct. 28 on a count of contributing...