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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - More than 12,000 veterans in the Baton Rouge area will soon have an easier path to health care. The Department of Veterans Affairs broke ground Tuesday on a new consolidated clinic, combining services currently split between two sites. Ronald Crowley, a Marine Corps veteran who...

BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs is working with state partners to protect the Baton Rouge grave of a soldier killed in Korea after the brick burial structure over his grave collapsed. PFC Samuel Pierre Jr. is buried in Sweet Olive Cemetery, and his casket is...

GROSSE TETE, La. (WAFB) - Volunteers are being asked to help search for Christina Munn-Holliday, a Houston woman who’s been missing for three weeks. The search will take place on October 20 at 4 p.m. at the Tiger Truck Stop near the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge, mile marker 128, in Grosse Tete.

A search for missing 22-year-old Christina Munn-Holliday is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. today in Grosse Tete, Louisiana, with a $20,000 reward offered for information leading to her safe recovery.

BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony and community open house to celebrate the reopening of the historic Lincoln Theater following extensive renovations on Thursday, Oct. 29. The event, which also commemorates the venue's 77th anniversary, will take place from 5:30...

BATON ROUGE — A beloved local landmark is getting a fresh coat of paint and a whole lot more. Frostop, the iconic Baton Rouge restaurant known for its 1950s nostalgia and signature icy-cold root beer, is currently undergoing major renovations to update its look while keeping its classic roots intact.

Perhaps there is light at the end of the tunnel for Evangel senior quarterback and LSU commit Peyton Houston. Forced to leave Friday's game against Cornerstone Christian with an injury to his right (throwing) shoulder, Houston received some good news following an MRI and X-rays on Monday in Shreveport. The...

BATON ROUGE - For the first time since 2008, East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillary Moore is facing a challenger at the polls: attorney Ryan Thompson. District Attorney Hillar Moore, an 18-year incumbent, hopes voters return him to another six-year term. Former assistant public defender and section lead, Thompson says...

BATON ROUGE — A man accused of shooting another person along Byron Avenue allegedly held his victim at gunpoint as retaliation for a shooting that happened the day before, Baton Rouge Police arrest records say. According to arrest documents, BRPD officers responded to a shooting near the corner of...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Two people are injured after a crash involving a school bus and another vehicle on Tuesday morning, Oct. 20, according to emergency officials. The crash reportedly happened just before 7 a.m. on Florida Boulevard near North Foster Drive. Officials said the two people taken to...