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Polo Anderson’s ACL injury hurts Clemson’s safety depth and special teams, but LSU plans remain intact.

Crews remain busy with construction of a bridge along La. 404 between Bayou Pigeon and White Castle. With a temporary bridge now intact, the focus of work is now geared toward completion on an artery that will connect the traffic to the new temporary crossing, according to an Iberville Parish Government news release.

Welcome to your Team 2 Traffic morning commute guide. This story will be updated as traffic occurs in and around the capital area to help you know what to expect on the roads each day. The main Plaquemine ferry is in service 4:30am- 7:45pm. A second ferry runs from 5:15-...

BATON ROUGE - Freshmen at LSU finished moving into their dorms Sunday and jumped into Welcome Week activities with a ceremony at Memorial Tower. Freshman Taylor Banks spent the day with her parents and new roommate, getting their dorm room ready for their first day. "You've been preparing them for...

Down a gravel road — through pine trees and past rusting hulks of equipment — fish occasionally jump in a tranquil pond amid the creaking of insects. Just south of the small community of Coleman Town, this pond in St. Helena Parish along the Amite River was once an old sand-and-gravel pit.

A woman has died from her injuries after a Friday shooting in Baker.

At first, Madisonville native Rylie Kuyper just thought she was out of shape. It’s a funny thought when one considers how successful the 20-year-old has been on the soccer field. Kuyper, a 2024 Northlake Christian graduate, was a three-sport athlete (soccer, volleyball and softball) for the Wolverines before the...

Nearly 47 years after graduating from Scotlandville Senior High School, members of the Class of 1979 came together for a weekend that was less about looking back and more about enjoying the people who shared an important chapter of their lives. The two-day gathering brought classmates together for food, laughter,...

LaMont Cole continues to lead the day-to-day operations of the East Baton Rouge Parish school system despite facing multiple public corruption charges arising from his previous position as an elected member of the Metro Council. More than a week after Cole’s indictment by a state grand jury, there is little...

CENTRAL, La. (WAFB) - Firefighters rescued two people who were trapped after a truck crashed into a canal on Sunday night, Aug. 16. According to the Central Fire Department, firefighters found the pickup truck overturned in a canal on Frenchtown Road between Country Road and Planchet Road. All five Central...