Baton Rouge LA

If you think gas station food is basic, David’s Tiger Express will change your mind fast. This third-generation, family-run spot in Central is known for fresh, made-daily meals that feel more like home cooking than convenience food. The kitchen runs on consistency, speed, and a team that cares about what goes out the...

BATON ROUGE —- East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a shooting that unfolded Friday night. It was around 7:30 p.m. on March 20 when multiple shots rang out during a domestic incident in the 2000 block of S. Flannery. Then a woman got in a vehicle and drove to the Circle K on Millerville […] The post...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB/Gray News) - Authorities in Louisiana say two former Amazon employees stole items worth thousands of dollars from the company’s warehouse in Baton Rouge. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, the employees have been identified as Javontay Seals, 21, and Byron Johnson, 33. Arrest...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Women in the Baton Rouge area received resume help, mental health resources, and free professional clothing at a local workforce readiness event. The third annual Women Empowering Women Workforce Readiness Event was held by Capital Area United Way’s Women United group. For Monique Minor,...

Sheriff Craig Webre announced two members of the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office were recently recognized at a statewide award ceremony. Sergeant Todd Prevost and Deputy Wendy Plaisance were honored with Heart of Law Enforcement Awards, presented by the Beyond the Badge organization, in a ceremony in Baton Rouge. A...

WATSON, La. (WAFB) - A 26-year-old was found shot to death Wednesday evening, Mar. 18, at the McDonald’s near the intersection of Highway 16 and Springfield Road in Watson, according to Acadian Ambulance. Acadian Ambulance confirmed that an ambulance crew was dispatched to the restaurant but later canceled. The...

Baton Rouge businesses Les Amis Bake Shoppe and City Roots Coffee Bar have teamed up to open a downtown food, dessert and coffee spot. The bakery and coffee business is located in II City Plaza at 400 Convention St., on the first floor of a 12-story building spanning more than 250,000 square feet. This is City Roots'...

BATON ROUGE - A vacant church on Thomas H. Delpit Drive is a total loss following a Thursday afternoon fire, the Baton Rouge Fire Department said. Officials said they responded to the Faith A.M.E. Zion Church by the intersection of Taft Street and Thomas H. Delpit Drive around 5:21 p.m., with flames in the stairwell...

Dawn Staley has made Southern University feel at home ahead of its matchup with South Carolina. The post Dawn Staley gifts HBCU squad ahead of matchup with South Carolina appeared first on HBCU Gameday .

A cacophony of brass and woodwinds followed Grammy Award-winning music educator William Allen as he weaved between practice rooms and performance halls on Southern University’s campus Tuesday. He ducked into the classroom of a former professor, taking a moment to reminisce and tell the handful of students present...