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BATON ROUGE — A woman arrested by Louisiana State Police for her involvement in a crash with a missing Texas woman was booked again for escaping from handcuffs while in LSP custody, arrest documents say. Sandrea Davis, 21, was booked Tuesday for simple escape. She had previously been arrested...

BATON ROUGE — Attorneys for Superintendent LaMont Cole are asking that the remaining charges against Cole be dropped after a special jury issued a superseding indictment earlier this month. Former East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor Pro Tempore LaMont Cole turned himself in to the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison...

Eleven people were taken to a hospital after one school bus ran into the back of another in West Baton Rouge Parish Tuesday morning.

BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Police have arrested one person accused of attempted murder after a shooting that happened along Mohican Prescott Crossover. According to police, officers were dispatched to Prescott Road around 3:50 p.m. Monday following reports of a shooting. Once at the scene, officers learned that the shooting happened at Mohican Prescott Crossover, with the victim moving to Prescott Road where the police arrived.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Much needed rainfall is creeping into the forecast for Halloween weekend, but the timing could potentially impact trick-or-treating plans. Saturday is expected to start out mainly dry, but scattered showers look to develop into the afternoon as a disturbance moves through and moisture returns to the area.

After sailing to victory four years ago, Carla Powell-Lewis has a tough path to reelection to the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, with three challengers seeking to replace her. Much of Powell-Lewis’ current trouble stems from her July 2024 dramatic public disavowal of the well-heeled education reform groups that...

After about a decade, a neighborhood development off River Road is starting its third phase of construction. Pointe-Marie, a mixed-use community on the southern edge of the parish, is expanding its residential Village Estates District with 59 lots, prepped for homebuilding. The development spans 120 acres with a commercial district along River Road and three residential neighborhoods that span to Nicholson Drive.

BATON ROUGE — A shooting that occurred early Sunday morning left one man shot in the abdomen after a fight broke out, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department. Kendale Cryer, 28, was arrested early Sunday morning after a shooting that occurred at 4323 Airline Hwy in the parking lot of a bar and lounge called "Da Hole."

BATON ROUGE — An area of St. Louis Street located downtown between Louisiana Avenue and the City Court parking lot will be closed until mid-November as City-Parish crews work to replace a section of 50-year-old metal water supply pipe that ruptured on Sunday for the second time since Oct. 15.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Halloween is just days away. Several parishes have already released official times for when children can trick-or-treat. ASCENSION PARISH: 5-8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31. ASSUMPTION PARISH: 5:30-8:30 on Saturday, Oct. 31. EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH: 6-8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31. EAST FELICIANA PARISH:...