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LOUISIANA — Three people from Baton Rouge have been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting that took place Wednesday evening at a McDonald’s in Watson, officials said. What Happened. The shooting happened around 7 p.m. at the McDonald’s near the intersection of Louisiana Highway 16 and Springfield...

Kate Norsworthy, a student from Sherwood Middle Academic Magnet School, recently starred in Burger King's "There's a New King, and It's You" commercial, which first aired during the Oscars.

A man was arrested in connection with the accidental shooting of a teen, who remains in critical condition, Baton Rouge Police said. Corey Williams, 24, was booked into East Baton Rouge Prison on counts of negligent injuring and contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile, police said in a news release.

DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (WAFB) - The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office confirmed deputies responded to Oak Ridge Drive in Denham Springs, south of South Point, for a barricaded subject situation involving a person wanted on active felony warrants. LPSO confirmed the subject is in custody. This is a developing story....

Master Sergeant Tyler Grezaffi, 27, died after being involved in an accident at the Louisiana State Penitentiary on March 18

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is asking that three judges be removed from nearly 100 cases in the 19th Judicial District Court. The request comes after the three judges filed a federal lawsuit against Murrill, Governor Jeff Landry and the Louisiana Secretary of State at...

Fire crews responded to a fire at a vacant church in Baton Rouge Thursday afternoon.

Authorities are investigating a reported shooting in Baton Rouge on Friday evening.

A crash on I-10 West on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge past Whiskey Bay has shut down the interstate, according to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. DOTD officials reported traffic on I-10 West is being forced off at the Lobdell exit in Port Allen. It appeared as though the wreck involved an...

BATON ROUGE - Police arrested a woman who allegedly dragged another person down a road while holding onto them from her car. An arrest warrant for 24-year-old Daishanay Williams says she met the two victims at the Woodlawn Acres BREC Park around 1:45 p.m. Documents say Williams was waving a...