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A large ridge of high pressure will slide over the Capital Area this weekend, locking in hot, dry air and setting the stage for dangerously high heat index values early next week. Expect daytime temperatures to quickly climb near 100 degrees with virtually no rain in sight to cool us off.

PORT ALLEN — Drivers traveling westbound on U.S. 190 after crossing the Mississippi River Bridge should prepare for delays as the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development continues work on the La. 1 off-ramp. The intermittent daytime closures, scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. through July 31, are...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Two Baton Rouge residents say Amazon delivery drones recently dropped packages in unintended locations, including one that nearly fell into a storm drain and another that burst open and spilled maple syrup. Package nearly lost to storm drain. Kayleigh Pace said she recorded video when...

BATON ROUGE - Several BREC commissioners and employees were served with civil summonses at a public commission meeting on Thursday, July 23. The summons came from the daughter of former BREC employee Tonya Gordon Smith, who filed a lawsuit alleging employment discrimination and retaliation. Smith said she was fired in.

The Bayou Affect, a Baton Rouge restaurant, is hosting a Back to School drive and giveaway for local families. It's happening Sunday, July 26 at 670 O'Neal Lane. Organizers say they will give away supplies and other resources, and provide free haircuts and styling for kids. The event kicks off at 3 pm, and will run whi

A wife stood before the WBR Parish Council on Thursday and described how a three-minute response by parish firefighters and paramedics saved her husband's life after a cycling accident on the Mississippi River levee left him with cracked vertebrae.

BAKER — The City of Baker is experiencing a water outage, city officials announced Friday afternoon. The city said its Public Works Department is actively working to fix the issue and that the repairs will affect service in the area of Groom Road, near Woodward Drive. Officials did not...

BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) — One Cajun Navy group is suing another. In a news release Friday, Cajun Navy 2016 said it has filed a defamation suit seeking to “protect its reputation and the volunteers who have served under its name.”. The lawsuit, filed in the 19th Judicial...

BATON ROUGE — It’s now the end of the second week officials have spent searching a portion of the North Landfill for Ja’Derrius Minnieweather. Minnieweather, 15, was declared a missing person after he was last seen on June 5. Police believe 15-year-old Minnieweather was murdered on June 5 and his body hidden in a trash

The United Cajun Navy is warning against the spread of online rumors and misinformation following the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells, whose body was found near Horn Island, Mississippi.