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BATON ROUGE - A couple's night out with their granddaughter and friends took an unexpected turn last Friday night when their car was booted, despite having proof they'd paid for parking. Denise and Shane Laiche said they used a downtown parking lot on River Road at Convention Street while attending...

The LSU Tigers return home this weekend, and after some ugly incidents near Tiger Stadium on previous game days, the university has some new rules.

BATON ROUGE — Businessman Collis Temple Jr., the subject of several 2 On Your Side reports from Brittany Weiss, has been ordered to pay a $25,000 penalty by the Louisiana Board of Ethics. According to an Oct. 2 opinion from the ethics board, Temple allegedly used his role as...

Collis Temple Jr., a prominent Baton Rouge business owner, has been fined $25,000 by the Louisiana Board of Ethics related to the leasing of his property to a city-parish organization whose board he served on. The Ethics Board accused Temple of suggesting an office building he owned on Florida Boulevard...

BATON ROUGE — A man previously arrested for contractor fraud was arrested on similar fraud charges on Thursday by the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office. On Oct. 27, deputies spoke with a man who claimed he hired John Stacey of Compton Builders to perform various repairs and improvements to his residence.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Eleven months after a Baton Rouge man was killed in a hit-and-run, no one has been arrested, and Crime Stoppers is offering up to $5,000 for information that could help identify those involved. Aaron Augustus Jr. was killed in December while riding his bike on...

BATON ROUGE — Two people have been arrested on drug charges after multiple addresses in Livingston and East Baton Rouge Parish were raided. According to the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office, deputies began investigating Baton Rouge area drug trafficker Dimitry Johnson in October. Narcotics Agents said they eventually identified two locations in East Baton Rouge and one location in Livingston that he used in his drug trafficking operation.

BATON ROUGE — A Baton Rouge judge has set the trial dates for District Attorney Hillar Moore’s lawsuit against East Baton Rouge Parish, Mayor-President Sid Edwards and the Metro Council. Moore initially filed suit against the city-parish government in April for millions of dollars in an effort to...

Support workers in Baton Rouge public schools are in line to receive $1,000 one-time checks just in time for Christmas. The move is meant to ensure compliance with an executive order from Gov. Jeff Landry mandating stipends this year for school employees across the state. Teachers, however, are not expected...

East Ascension’s Jeremyah Merriweather burst downfield on the game’s third play against Dutchtown. Zaylen Smith scanned the field, then found his receiver over the top of the defense for a 71-yard touchdown. The early touchdown was just the beginning of a dominant first half. East Ascension (8-2) scored...