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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A Baton Rouge man has been arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting reported in late November. According to arrest documents, a woman told the Baton Rouge Police Department she was the victim of a shooting on Nov. 29, 2025, while walking to her home near Ford Street.

ZACHARY — Zachary Fire crews put out a mobile home fire over the weekend. According to fire officials, crews responded to the double-wide mobile home around 7:20 p.m. on Sunday to find flames coming through the roof of the building. Zachary Fire crews, as well as firefighters from Central,...

Military veterans were honored for their service and sacrifice by having wreaths placed at their graves at two cemeteries in Zachary.

The LSU Veterinarian School houses the Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab, the state’s only laboratory that diagnoses animal diseases, where three horses from Texas are being treated for a potentially fatal respiratory and neurological illness. The horses are being treated for equine herpesvirus at LSU...

Christmas is one of the best times of the year but also one of the busiest. Crossing cooking the main meal — or elements of it — off the to-do list might help. Pre-ordering a holiday feast for the family. Luckily, Baton Rouge has many places offering full family dinners to-go fit for feeding all of Whoville:

GONZALES — The Gonzales Police Department is attempting to identify a woman accused of stealing a pair of boots valued at $59.99 from Shoe Lovers in Tanger Mall. Authorities say the alleged theft happened on Dec. 11 around 6:10 p.m. If you have any information regarding her identity, you...

Standing inside a Baton Rouge courtroom on Friday morning, the oldest daughter of former BREC commissioner Carroll Glynn Breeden Sr. turned to her father’s killer and looked through him. Angie Davis Breeden referred to Ryan Joseph Sharpe by his prisoner ID number at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola...

BATON ROUGE — Two students involved in a fight at Belaire High School on Monday morning were cited by East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's deputies. According to deputies, two female students, one 17 and the other 15, "mutually engaged in a fight" in the school's hallway. The fight resulted in minor injuries, deputies...

Spears was charged with attempted second-degree murder, and simple criminal damage to property.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Baton Rouge, Louisiana – A warm and relatively quiet weather pattern is expected to dominate Louisiana as the New Year approaches, with above-normal temperatures and below-average precipitation favored from...