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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Prominent attorney Lewis Unglesby wants the Louisiana Attorney General’s office to drop its corruption case against East Baton Rouge Parish School Superintendent Lamont Cole. Unglesby called the evidence against Cole weak. Over his five decades of practicing law, Unglesby has defended clients

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux is slimming down as it plans its next big expansion. The Baton Rouge-founded company announced it will begin building smaller, more efficient locations, and the very first one is coming to its hometown. The new restaurant is scheduled to open in...

ADAMS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – A man was airlifted to a Baton Rouge hospital after a “serious” tree clearing accident in Adams County. The incident occurred near 64 Upper Kingston Road just before 1:30 p.m. on August 28, 2026. Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten said deputies responded to the scene and learned that a 66-y

ST. GEORGE — The St. George Fire Department responded to a car fire at the intersection of Bluebonnet Boulevard and Perkins Road on Friday afternoon. The fire took place around 4 p.m. According to the department, there were no injuries. The cause of the fire remains unknown at this...

BATON ROUGE — The WBRZ Investigative Unit has uncovered documents that shed light on one of the key issues behind the indictments of a Metro Council member and a blight program superintendent. We sorted through stacks of monthly community outreach reports from Metro Council districts, each of which is...

LIVINGSTON — A Denham Springs teenager will serve jail time until her 21st birthday for allegedly killing her newborn, District Attorney Scott Perrilloux said Friday. Emely Amaya-Ponce, now 15, delivered a baby in her bedroom last year, Perrilloux said. Moments later, she used a sharp object to "deeply" cut its neck, k

A Baton Rouge man who was accused of shooting a woman and driving across state lines with her dead body was extradited to Louisiana.

DENHAM SPRINGS — Officers arrested a Baton Rouge man after finding large quantities of drugs and guns in his car during a traffic stop, the Denham Springs Police Department said Friday. According to DSPD, officers stopped Terrance Richardson, 33, for a minor traffic violation as he was driving near...

A man allegedly raped a 9-year-old girl at least four times from 2019 to 2021 while she was in his care, Baton Rouge police say. Santroy Jefferson, 37, was arrested Thursday on three counts of first-degree rape of a victim under 13 years of age and a count each of sexual battery and indecent behavior with juveniles.

BATON ROUGE - A man is at odds with his civic association after putting up a fence in the front yard for the dog. Ron Atwood tells 2 On Your Side he didn't know there were HOA rules against it; now he's navigating an expensive ordeal. "They say I've got...