Baton Rouge LA

The ownership group behind Tsunami Sushi restaurants — Chad Hughes, Connie Hargrave and Sarwat Gad — filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this week while facing a series of legal disputes involving the business and its partners. The filing covers four operating companies under the Tsunami brand,...

Empire Wingz is opening on 1521 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy, in a space formerly occupied by a Subway Sandwiches

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Attorneys for a man struck by a Baton Rouge Police officer traveling 83 mph have filed a lawsuit demanding accountability, saying the officer should have faced criminal charges for the crash. The WAFB I-Team first reported that Officer Stefan Jones was driving 83 mph and...

Baton Rouge's grown-folks R&B crowd is in for a change of scenery. The R&B Lounge, a cocktail spot that opened in 2022 and built a following on College Drive, is preparing to move into a freestanding building on Bennington Avenue. Owner Bianca Perkins has filed paperwork to relocate the lounge...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - East Baton Rouge Parish deputies arrested a mother Thursday after a gun was found in her child’s backpack at a local school. According to the sheriff’s office, administrators were notified that a student showed another student a gun that was inside her backpack at Baton Rouge Foreign...

Four teenagers pleaded not guilty Thursday after being formally charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Northdale Academy student E'Myrei Walker. Jemile Causey, 19, Kayden Grayer, 18, and two 17-year-old boys each face a charge of first-degree murder and two charges of attempted...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - East Baton Rouge Parish school leaders are considering expanding changes to school start times after early data from a pilot program showed promising results. Last year, the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board approved schedule changes at six schools as part of a pilot program...

The owner of a dog salon in Baton Rouge, Tawanna Scott, is facing charges of animal cruelty after a video surfaced showing her spraying a 4-year-old poodle named Jada with water while in the grooming station, causing the dog to experience PTSD and severe anxiety.

Many students are expressing frustration over LSU’s decision to comply with a law requiring it to display the Ten Commandments in its classrooms. In June 2024, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill requiring all public educational institutions, including state-funded college campuses like LSU, to post the Ten...

Hasaun T. Clark, 23, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is facing multiple felony charges after authorities allege he attacked a passenger with a razor blade while riding a Greyhound bus that had just arrived at the Gary Metro Center. According to court documents, the incident occurred March 2, 2026, at approximately...