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LIVINGSTON PARISH, La. (WAFB) - Ten years after the historic August 2016 flood trapped thousands of motorists on I-12, construction crews are preparing to cut drainage gaps into the concrete barriers along the interstate that contributed to the flooding. The work is partially funded by a $21 million settlement reached.

BATON ROUGE — A Baton Rouge Police Department sergeant has been placed on restricted duty after questions from the WBRZ Investigative Unit revealed he had been driving on a suspended license. Sgt. Joshua Kirst's license was apparently suspended due to tax problems, and it's unclear how long he had...

Five people were arrested after deputies investigated allegations of meth being sold from Denham Springs homes.

For several decades, the W.R. Irving Children’s Center, home of the Ingleside Methodist Church daycare and fellowship hall, was flanked by two large live oak trees in the Capital Heights neighborhood in Baton Rouge. On Aug. 7, Capital Heights homeowners woke up to see the trees roped off. Amelia...

PRAIRIEVILLE - I-10 eastbound at Bluff Road is currently blocked from a crash as fire officials work to free people trapped in the wreckage. The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office said that the shutdown resulted from "a multi-vehicle accident with one vehicle on fire." Emergency officials say that four vehicles are invo

BATON ROUGE - Three men were indicted Wednesday on murder charges in the shooting death of 3-year-old Devin Page Jr. Jayden Davis, 22, was indicted for second-degree murder after being taken into custody by U.S. Marshals in California. Jordan Anderson, 20, was also arrested for murder and indicted for first-degree murd

DENHAM SPRINGS — Agents with the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office say they seized a semiautomatic rifle along with about 78.6 grams of methamphetamine and 0.6 grams of fentanyl while arresting five people at two homes on Ivy Street. Sheriff Jason Ard said members of the Narcotics Division and the...

PORT ALLEN — The Port Allen City Council is set to vote on whether to give the city's Marshal's Office permission to continue conducting traffic stops, making arrests and exercising general law enforcement authority. A new state law limits marshal's offices in cities with fewer than 40,000 residents from...

BATON ROUGE — One of the men accused of raping Madison Brooks is in court Wednesday afternoon for a hearing to determine whether or not specific video evidence will be allowed to be presented during the trial. Desmond Carter, 21, is accused of raping 19-year-old LSU student Madison Brooks...

Two men were arrested in Baton Rouge after allegedly posing as law enforcement officers to carjack a dump truck at gunpoint.