Long-abandoned Baton Rouge home near demolition after years of neglect, neighborhood frustration
BATON ROUGE — For several years, neighbors of a house in Southern Heights have been cutting the grass and defending their property from rodents. The house has been condemned and could finally be torn down. The house on 77th Avenue sits on three lots. Within the last month, the...
Want to Get Paid $25 to Eat Bacon? A Baton Rouge Lab Is Hiring...
Ever wanted to get paid to eat bacon? Turns out you can, a Baton Rouge lab is handing out $25 gift cards for 10 minutes of taste testing!
$1.4 billion in expiring tax breaks means millions more for WBR schools
PORT ALLEN — West Baton Rouge Parish is about to collect property taxes on more than a billion dollars in industrial equipment that has been tax-exempt for the past decade, and about half of that money is headed to the school system. Parish Assessor Christopher Guerin told the West...
Thursday power outage scheduled for Maringouin area
MARINGOUIN — The Iberville Parish Government on Wednesday announced a scheduled power outage for the Maringouin area. The parish said the outage is scheduled for 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, and approximately 328 customers will be affected. According to the parish government, Entergy has notified those expected to..
Years after WDSU investigation, PSC denies SLECA’s request to abandon power for camp owners
Hundreds of camp owners in Louisiana’s bayou parishes who have been left without power since Hurricane Ida are closer to having their electricity restored after the state denied the South Louisiana Electric Cooperative Association’s request to abandon service. Following the decision at a meeting in Baton Rouge, camp...
Martial arts instructor accuses Army of stealing instructional material
The lawsuit alleges Army personnel hastily copied the material “verbatim and near-verbatim” as indicated by the typos and wonky formatting.
Rising diesel prices hit area businesses
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Rising diesel prices are forcing a local trucking company to consider cutting certain services in the future, according to its owner. Razorback Rentals hauls sand and gravel with a fleet of ten trucks that are fueled every day, said owner Karl Mears. “Right now it’s...
Pursuit ends with driver found shot at Baton Rouge corner store, LSP says
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - More than a dozen Louisiana State Police (LSP) units responded to a corner store between North Ardenwood and Renoir on Wednesday, Sept. 16, after a vehicle pursuit ended there. Troopers started pursuing the driver around 6 p.m. and got out of their vehicles to approach...
TEAM 2 TRAFFIC: Multi-car crash causes car to catch fire on I-10 eastbound near...
BATON ROUGE — A multi-car crash caused a car to catch fire on I-10 eastbound near College Drive. The crash happened around 8:05 a.m. The two right lanes are blocked due to the fire. Firefighters and police responded to the scene to put out the fire.
Hooper Road reopens at Greenwell Springs Road in Central after crash; 1 person injured
CENTRAL — Hooper Road at Greenwell Springs Road was closed Thursday morning due to a crash that left one person injured. The crash was first reported around 8 a.m. on Thursday, with Baton Rouge EMS responding shortly afterwards. By 9:05 a.m., the roadway reopened. Officials said that one person...

















