Baton Rouge LA

BATON ROUGE — A road construction project along Highland Road is nearing completion, according to city officials. Highland Road is one of the main routes connecting downtown Baton Rouge to LSU and sees heavy traffic every day. City officials say the road was prioritized because of both its condition and traffic volume.

BATON ROUGE - A grandmother, who lost her 3-year-old grandson to gun violence, is canvassing the Baton Rouge area with yard signs as part of a campaign to address youth violence. Kathy Tolliver launched the "Save Our Kids" campaign following recent arrests in the case of her grandson, Devin Page...

To run downtown Baton Rouge’s Cecelia Creole Bistro, it takes at least three gallons of cornbread batter a day and a tight-knit team of friends and family. Owner Brad Watts has been in and out of the restaurant business since 1987. After opening the River Room 11 years ago, he wanted to know where to get authentic Louisiana food downtown. So, he took...

BATON ROUGE - At a juvenile court detention hearing for 16-year-old Brandon Lewis, a judge found probable cause for the first-degree murder and armed robbery charges he faced in the April 2 murder of Darby Marmillion, ruling that he can be charged as an adult. The matters at juvenile court...

Three weeks after the East Baton Rouge Metro Council approved the largest single pay increase for Baton Rouge police in department history, the group will vote on another plan to increase government employee salaries. If approved on May 13, the proposal would institute a 3.5% raise for employees of all...

CARVILLE — Police are looking for five teenagers who left the Louisiana National Guard Youth Challenge Program in Carville. According to St. Gabriel Police Chief Kevin Ambeau, because the program is voluntary, the teenagers are considered runaways. The Louisiana National Guard Youth Challenge Program is a military-style alternative educational...

DENHAM SPRINGS — The Tanton family has been looking for answers and navigating life’s curveballs since January. That’s when then-10-year-old Katie was diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, or DIPG, a rare and aggressive terminal brain cancer that primarily affects children. “DIPG is a terminal brain cancer that affects children usually under 11,” Breann Tanton, […] The post “She’s so excited” | 11-year...

A witness spoke following a shooting on Cooper Drive in East Baton Rouge Parish Tuesday afternoon.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore testified before the House Appropriations Committee Tuesday, asking the state for more money. The state currently pays for Moore’s office to have 55 assistant district attorneys at a $50,000 base salary. The city-parish is supposed to help supplement all other costs.

After an alleged drug dealer was put in the back of a Baton Rouge police cruiser after running a red light last month, he received a phone call from a woman who unknowingly gave a drug order directly to police. The incident was caught on the cameras of "On Patrol:...