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The potential for localized flooding and soaking rains should have you reconsidering your plans for the weekend.

BATON ROUGE — It was earlier this month when a crash at Perkins Road and Bles Avenue left one man dead and another fighting for his life with a traumatic brain injury. It was around 7:22 a.m. on Sept. 15 when the crash happened. Jack Luxemburg, 26 was just leaving for work in his 1998 […] The post Crash victim recover

DENHAM SPRINGS — A Denham Springs area school said Tuesday that students were never in danger during a lockdown on Monday that resulted in one man's arrest on a terrorizing charge. Stephen Norder, 43, was booked into the Livingston Parish Jail roster on Monday for terrorizing. Norder was allegedly...

Warm and dry weather will hang around the Baton Rouge Area for one more quiet day on Wednesday before the atmosphere undergoes a major shift to end the week and month. A surge of tropical moisture will interact with a slow-moving front to trigger daily rounds of showers and thunderstorms and a threat of nuisance floodi

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Angela Gabriel describes herself as blessed. Her family describes her as feline. “My sister feels like I have 9 lives and she says, ' Angie, you ought to be careful you’re using up all your lives,” Gabriel said. You first met Gabriel from...

Households in Brusly, Addis and unincorporated West Baton Rouge Parish would pay $2.19 more a month for garbage pickup under a proposal the parish council votes on Oct. 8. The parish says the new rate would first show up on bills mailed in December.

BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge police are searching for a 20-year-old man wanted for attempted murder and rape after a woman says he beat and stabbed her multiple times inside a home on Geronimo Street. According to police, Tyson Wright hit the victim in the head with a gun,...

BATON ROUGE — An alleged thief and forger stole $10,000 from a 67-year-old woman after opening multiple bank accounts using her stolen identity, East Baton Rouge Parish deputies said. Deputies said that, on June 10, the 67-year-old Baton Rouge resident filed an identity theft complaint after $10,000 was in...

LSU's Oct. 10 SEC road trip to Kentucky has a kickoff time and TV network. Here's what fans need to know about the matchup.

LIVINGSTON — A Baton Rouge man has been sentenced for several counts of felony animal cruelty and banned from owning or possessing animals for a decade following a guilty plea in Livingston Parish. Quavis Deshawn Grant, 37, pleaded guilty to seven counts of felony aggravated cruelty to animals during...