Baton Rouge LA

Widespread rain moving through Baton Rouge and surrounding areas due to Invest 93L has caused some roads and highways to shut down on Thursday, July 17.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Neighbors in the 2400 block of Highland Road lost a friend on Tuesday. “You could go to him for just about anything,” emphasized Aareon Clark, a friend of 67-year-old Michael Anderson. “I just can’t believe this would happen to him.”. “There are...

Two days after the second burial of a police officer this year, St. Gabriel Police Chief Kevin Ambeau was still somewhat at a loss for words. Along with the police force and many residents from the city and surrounding area, he was still grieving of the stabbing death of his police captain Kevin “Curly” Boutte, a...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - This viral video out of Florida also caught the eye of the local police department, who say her reaction is what saved her life. It looks like something out of a movie. 18-year-old Emma Marine was being drug toward a truck in a Florida parking lot, screaming and resisting the whole time....

There’s a new fried chicken place in town: Cluckin’ Delicious at 4762 Plank Road, Baton Rouge, is open for business. The fried chicken store has been open for about three weeks, but the restaurant hosted a ribbon cutting and grand opening July 15. The menu features many options inspired by owner Tuan Le’s Chinese...

Would an offer of free food be a reason for you to try or retry a popular restaurant? One chain with 125 Louisiana locations certainly hopes so.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Baton Rouge’s leading immigration attorney said it is mind-blowing that a number of small-town law enforcement officers in Louisiana are accused in a sophisticated scheme to apply for immigration visas intended for victims of crime. Most people probably have never heard of a U-Visa....

Two Baton Rouge men are dead following separate shootings late Tuesday and early Wednesday morning. Michael Anderson, 67, was found by Baton Rouge Police when they responded to a shooting in the 2400 block of Highland Road just after 7 p.m. Tuesday. He had been shot while on the porch...

What do you think of when you think of Piccadilly? Baby Boomers might think of trays bursting full of shrimp cocktail, crawfish étouffée or chocolate cake. Maybe even remember the age of live organ music or rushing to Piccadilly on Third Street after church? Louisiana GenXers may remember going with parents and...

BATON ROUGE - After lots of back and forth with the Zachary Police Department, the WBRZ Investigative Unit has obtained the un-redacted body camera video of a suspected drunken-driving officer-involved crash. The original video sent by the Zachary Police Evidence Department was completely blurred out and had minutes...