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Baton Rouge gasoline prices reached an average of $3.99 per gallon following an 11-cent weekly increase driven by refinery issues and global supply disruptions.

The Central Police Department is searching for a man accused of stealing several hundred dollars' worth of items from Aldi.

BAKER — A new audit report released on Monday by the Louisiana Legislative Auditors Office says that auditors could not verify Impact Charter School’s finances because the former CEO blocked access to financial records. The audit comes after former head of Impact Charter School Chakesha Scott pleaded not...

CENTRAL — Police are trying to identify a suspect accused of stealing hundreds of dollars' worth of merchandise from ALDI in Central. According to Central Police, the theft happened on Sept. 10 around 5:30 p.m. The suspect then left in a white Toyota RAV4; no license plate information was...

Raising Cane’s River Center Arena, 275 S. River Road, Baton Rouge. He’s the accordion-wielding maestro of musical parody. “Weird Al" Yankovic transformed Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” into “Eat It.” He hospitalized Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” for “Like a Surgeon.” He gargled Nirvana’s anthem of youth alienation, “Smells Li

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating a shooting that left one person injured on Monday morning, Sept. 21. The shooting happened around 8:40 a.m. on Clayton Drive near Beechwood Drive. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, the victim’s injuries are not life-threatening.

BATON ROUGE — A man was found lying in the road on Bardwell Drive and later determined to have been shot, according to Baton Rouge police. Police said the victim, who has not been identified, was found around midnight Bardwell Drive near Holloway Avenue. Police initially believed he had been hit by a vehicle, but docto

ROSEDALE — A fire at an Iberville Parish funeral home is mostly contained as of Monday evening. The fire broke out around 5:30 p.m. at the Schaffer Family Funeral Home, located on LA-77 in Rosedale. The flames were contained to the attic and roof of the building, officials told UWK. It’s unclear at this time […] The p

BATON ROUGE — A cat and a dog survived a house fire Monday evening at the corner of Lobdell Boulevard and Goodwood Boulevard. The Baton Rouge Fire Department said that the firefighters were on their way to a store when they noticed smoke coming from the eaves of the house.

A Baton Rouge mother was charged after a twin boy was found limp and barely breathing. A twin girl had "minimal observable body fat" and her spine was prominently visible under her skin.