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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Keep the rain gear handy Friday through the weekend, as high rain chances remain in the forecast, with a small chance of severe weather. Friday will be a wet day with off and on showers/storms. Rain may be heavy at times, and there is even a low/marginal risk of severe storms. Highs today will only be in the...

A Prairieville man received a 25-year sentence for possession with intent to distribute illegal drugs, the district attorney announced. Franklin Darville III, 35, pled guilty Jan. 7 to possession with intent to distribute a Schedule II controlled dangerous substance, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession with intent to distribute a Schedule I controlled dangerous substance, per a news release from District...

A Parkview Baptist School employee is wanted after being accused of having an inappropriate conversation with juveniles.

One person was extricated from a vehicle following a rollover crash in East Baton Rouge Parish on Thursday morning and taken to a hospital with an unknown condition.

LOUISIANA — Police in Zachary are asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect connected to a theft at a department store. According to the Zachary Police Department, the theft happened April 26 at Bealls. Investigators released images of a man they say stole merchandise from the store. Authorities have not released additional details about […] The post Police searching for wanted theft suspect in Louisiana...

ST. GEORGE — A man was arrested for allegedly setting fire to his apartment complex's trash compactor two days in a row. The St. George Fire Department said that around 3:30 a.m. on April 14, it responded to a fire at Tapestry at Long Farms apartments off Antioch Road. Firefighters found the fire in the trash compactor and extinguished it, but had to come...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Baton Rouge police said they are following good leads two weeks after a shooting at the Mall of Louisiana killed one person and injured five others. One of the shooting victims, Donnie Guillory, is back home recovering. The person of interest shown at a news conference wearing a hoodie has still not been questioned.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Detectives with the Baton Rouge Police Department are asking for the public’s help identifying a person accused of burglarizing a vehicle in downtown Baton Rouge. According to BRPD, the burglary happened on April 20, 2026, in the parking lot of 345 St. Louis Street.

BATON ROUGE – Four of the eleven million-dollar-plus Powerball wins from the unprecedented April 29 drawing have been claimed. On Friday, May 1 Larry Sheffield of Marrero claimed his $1 million prize from the Lottery’s headquarters in Baton Rouge, where he took home $730,000 after state and federal tax withholdings.

BATON ROUGE — A woman accused of murdering her ex-girlfriend was indicted on lesser charges than she was initially arrested on. Paulasia Banks, 20, was arrested in January on first-degree murder charges after she allegedly shot and killed Kassidy Jackson, her 18-year-old ex-girlfriend. On April 29, an East Baton...