Baton Rouge LA

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Hosanna Christian Academy, a private Christian school that has served families in the Baton Rouge area for decades, will close at the end of July and will not reopen for the 2026-27 school year, school leaders said. In a letter dated June 11, the school...

BATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge Police Department arrested a man for indecent behavior with a 16-year-old, arrest documents said. Police were investigating the disappearance of Ja'Derrius Minnieweather, 15, when they came in contact with a 16-year-old girl. After searching her phone, police found messages between her and

BATON ROUGE — Missing person flyers have gone up across the neighborhood where 15-year-old Ja'Derrius Minnieweather was last seen, as his family marks seven days without any contact from him. His grandmother, Jawanna Brooks, said he stands around five feet tall and weighs just less than 100 pounds. She...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A man accused of repeatedly violating court-ordered ankle-monitoring restrictions is in custody after authorities say tracking data shows he traveled out of state and outside East Baton Rouge Parish numerous times. The East Baton Rouge District Attorney’s Office filed a motion this week allegi

DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (WAFB) — South Park in Denham Springs received $200,000 in state funding over a year ago. Since then, that money has turned a once quiet park into a busy one. That’s because the park now features expanded trail paths and pickleball courts that have drawn significant...

PORT ALLEN, La. (WAFB) - Three Port Allen police cars have been patrolling without in-car radios since 2023, forcing officers to rely on portable radios. Police Chief Donovan Mitchell, who took over in 2024, said he has been working to fix the problem. “Unfortunately, man, we was put in a...

BATON ROUGE - Over $1 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will now go towards renovating office space at the Baton Rouge Police Department headquarters, to house the Homeland Security Investigations Task Force. But members of the community, like Marcela Hernandez, say they are conce

Samrat Mukherjee posed as a doctor using counterfeit documents for three years. By: Pexels and Unsplash Samrat Mukherjee, a Baton Rouge man who pretended to be a doctor for over three years from May 2019 to November 2022, pleaded guilty on March 10, 2025, to the federal offense of false statements relating to healthcar

Months after a man was found with fatal gunshot wounds inside a vehicle in Baton Rouge, a suspect has been arrested.

BATON ROUGE, La. (InvestigateTV) - Twin brothers Donald and Ronald Johnson were 14 years old in 1968 when they helped integrate Westdale Middle School in Baton Rouge. Today, they walk those same corridors as judges who say that pivotal moment shaped their lifelong commitment to justice. The Johnson brothers now...