Baton Rouge LA

For a lot of Louisiana business owners, the events of 2020 and 2021 — the COVID-19 pandemic and successive hurricanes Laura, Delta and Ida — were disastrous. For Corey Rosales, they were opportunities. Over the course of just a few years, Rosales grew his one-man industrial safety training...

Here is a list of commercial and residential building permits issued by East Baton Rouge Parish Government from July 20-24. 7521 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY: 258-square-foot oyster bar addition to Cafe American, $45,000; applicant, Britany Dealminana; owner, Brian Blackledge. 1750 BRIGHTSIDE DRIVE: remodeling 1,000-square-foot c

Six of the nine members of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board say they are seeking reelection this fall to oversee the state’s second-largest traditional school district for four more years. All six face an uncertain number of challengers when voters head to the polls on Nov. 3.

ZACHARY - The search for the remains of a 15-year-old boy at a North Baton Rouge landfill is now entering its third week. Ja'Derrius Minnieweather was reported missing on June 6, and his remains have yet to be found. Investigators believe 51-year-old Maurice Parms put Minnieweather's body in a dumpster,...

BATON ROUGE — The Baton Rouge Police Department is searching for two suspects accused of attempted murder along Plank Road. According to police, the two suspects fired multiple shots at a person outside a convenience store in the 5500 block of Plank Road near Hollywood Street. This happened the night of July 4.

On July 23, 2026, an Ascension Parish Jury found 43-year-old Joshua Bleakley of Prairieville, LA, guilty of First-Degree Rape – Victim Under 13 Years of Age and Aggravated Crimes Against Nature (14 counts). Bleakley was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Lana Chaney and Adam Koenig. Presiding over this matter w

The inaugural St. George Food Truck Festival is scheduled for Nov. 21 at the BREC State Fairgrounds, featuring more than 25 food trucks and 100 vendors to benefit the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank.

BATON ROUGE — On Aug. 13, 2016, more than half the state was left underwater after unprecedented rainfall caused waterways like the Amite and Comite rivers to surge and flood much of the Capital Area. Now, 10 years later, WBRZ's John Pastorek looks back on the flood that killed...

BATON ROUGE — Three years after Kerisha Johnson was shot and killed while pregnant, her family gathered to mark what would have been her 40th birthday. Family and friends spent the day writing messages in her memory, honoring her as a mother, daughter, sister and friend. Her father, Kevin...

BATON ROUGE - Students and their families gathered at the Jewel J. Newman Community Center on Sunday afternoon to get prepped for the upcoming school year. The 11th annual Back to School Expo, hosted for residents of Baton Rouge, was put together by Project 70805. The event started at 2...