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CENTRAL - Two people, including Central Mayor Wade Evans, were injured in a crash on Hooper Road and Blackwater Road in Central, emergency officials confirmed to WBRZ. The Central Police Department, at around 8:24 p.m., said to avoid the road due to a "serious crash being investigated." Central Police Chief...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The wet and unsettled weather pattern will continue the next several days, right on through the Memorial Day weekend. We’ll have two main rounds of rain, one early in the morning, and the other in the afternoon. Highs won’t be as warm, in the mid 80s. Rain may be heavy at times later today.

Chefs across the state will be competing to win in the Louisiana Seafood Cook-Off this summer.

While a few showers have flared up across Acadiana this afternoon, rain chances will increase tonight and stay elevated for the next several days.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - OCTOBER 03: In this image released on October 10, 2023, Fredo Bang attends the BET Hip-Hop Awards 2023 on October 03, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for BET) Hotboy Due, a Baton Rouge rapper known for his ties to Fredo Bang and the TBG circle, has reportedly been sente

I recently read in the newspaper that Southern University is planning on putting another law school in Shreveport. We already have four law schools in our tiny state. They are Loyola, Tulane, Southern BR and LSU. A fifth law school would give us more law schools per capita than any other state in the union.

WALKER, La. (WAFB) - A standoff involving a man who allegedly threatened officers in Walker ended peacefully, police say. According to the Walker Police Department, the man, Marcus Paul Groves, 42, is facing aggravated assault on a peace officer and multiple counts of resisting arrest. The situation started around 5:10

A 23-year-old Baton Rouge resident has been sentenced to spend 30 years in state prison after he was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting a man during an altercation. Last December, Rashawn Alexander was found guilty of manslaughter, illegal use of weapons and possession of an illegal firearm by a...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Louisiana’s highest court has declined to hear arguments about evidence in a Baton Rouge Police Department corruption case. Three former officers were hoping the state’s Supreme Court would block recordings from being used as evidence in any future court hearings. Lower courts had already rule

A man found guilty in connection with a home invasion in 2022 was sentenced to 35 and a half years in prison on Monday.