Denham Springs gets new community pantry stocked with complete shelf-stable meals
BATON ROUGE — A new community pantry has been installed in Denham Springs through a collaboration between Whole Heart Health and several local partners. Whitney Andrus, founder and executive director of Whole Heart Health, led the project alongside community partners Vance and Debbie Sutton and the VFW auxiliary post 7
Dirt pit construction creates noise, frustration for residents
ST. GEORGE - A dirt pit sits between neighborhoods off Hoo Shoo Too Road in St. George. Some residents are speaking with 2 On Your Side about the construction work, saying it's dusty and loud. It's the price they're paying for progress elsewhere. Beverly Gremillion's home backs up to the...
Raceland Middle School teacher named 2026 Outstanding Middle School Math Teacher of the Year
A Raceland Middle School teacher was named the 2026 Outstanding Middle School Math Teacher of the Year by the Louisiana Association of Teachers of Mathematics (LATM). Tyler Dufrene, who currently serves as a sixth grade math teacher at Raceland Middle School, will be honored at an awards ceremony on Friday, Nov. 13 dur
“He was our big brother”: Family seeks answers a month after deadly Greenwell Springs...
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Nearly a month after a deadly late-night hit-and-run on Greenwell Springs Road, Baton Rouge police have no leads, leaving the family of John Le Nguyen searching for answers. Julie Nguyen said her brother, John, would do anything to protect their family. “He was a very...
Baton Rouge man charged with 4th DWI offense and speeding
A Baton Rouge man was arrested following a failed Standardized Field Sobriety Test, officials said.
After losing her son, Baton Rouge mother creates nonprofit to help grieving families
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Losing a child is a pain no parent ever expects to experience. For Kathryn Juneau, the loss of her 14-month-old son, Mitchell, in a 2024 drowning accident became the reason behind a new mission to help other families facing the same grief. “It’s indescribable. It’s...
Councilman Anthony Kenney leads workshop to tackle Baton Rouge blight
Councilman Anthony Kenney Jr. led the “Revitalizing the Block” workshop, which connected residents with information about adjudicated properties, redevelopment resources, permits, grants and other opportunities to bring vacant properties back into use.
Fire crews contain early morning fire that started when large tank of flammable liquid...
ADDIS — Early Tuesday morning, West Baton Rouge Parish fire crews worked to contain a fire that started when a large tank of flammable liquid caught fire in the Sugar Mill subdivision in Addis. According to fire officials, workers were operating a large Acetylene tank when the valve ruptured,...
Letters: In a once peaceful area, Amazon’s drones create a noisy nuisance overhead
When the Amazon Fulfillment Center at Cortana Mall in Baton Rouge opened to much excitement, I did not foresee that I would be living next to an airport. My property appears to be under an Amazon Prime Air “flyway,” with drones buzzing overhead all day, some as early as 7:30 a.m.
Another subpoena hits Baton Rouge city hall, seeking emails from Metro Council member, others
State investigators have subpoenaed emails involving a Metro Council member and two former employees who oversaw a city-parish health initiative, seeking communications with a contractor already charged with lying to get paid for a government-sponsored gun-safety event. The subpoena is part of a wide-ranging probe into
