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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Baton Rouge Police Department arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with a shooting at an apartment complex that left one person dead on Tuesday afternoon, July 7. Police said Jordan Edwards was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on Tuesday, July 21,...

BATON ROUGE — Former councilwoman Chauna Banks testified in front of a grand jury on Wednesday, the latest of several Baton Rouge officials to do so as part of the Louisiana Attorney General's probe into possible corruption in Baton Rouge. Banks, who served on the East Baton Rouge Metropolitan...

Baton Rouge could soon join dozens of local governments across the country in suing the nation's largest fire truck manufacturers over alleged antitrust violations — and if it does, Louisiana’s former governor would try the case. On Wednesday, the Metro Council approved an agreement with the Fishman Haygood...

Two former employee at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola have been arrested for malfeasance in office, according to the state Department of Corrections. Sgt. Alena Goodin, 40, of Natchez, Mississippi, was charged Thursday with one count of malfeasance in office. Goodin had been with the department since June 1

"Someone was going to die tonight," a Donaldsonville man is accused of saying before an argument at a Baton Rouge residence.

Two people face more than 100 counts of fraud each after they were arrested in Livingston Parish with more than $40,000 worth of stolen gift cards, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The Amazon and Apple gift cards were obtained as part of a deliberate scheme, according to the Sheriff’s...

In Mid City, Elsie's is an exceptional place to take people who are from out of town. One, the menu has a little bit of everything for everyone. Two, the menu also offers several Louisiana or Cajun-style dishes, so your visitors can really get a sense of the state. Personally,...

PORT ALLEN - The warden of the West Baton Rouge Parish Jail resigned weeks after four inmates overdosed at the facility. In his resignation letter, Warden Trevor McDonald said his decision to leave was not influenced by recent incidents at the detention center and that he has a new position as a warden at a different c

LSU’s Jordan Seaton is apparently learning that when the money gets serious, the romance budget can get serious too. The LSU star is reportedly spending around $50K on luxury gifts and a vacation for his new girlfriend, Mariyah Lynn. This comes after Seaton landed a massive $4 million deal. Apparently, the first rule o

The parasite has hospitalized five and there are currently 70 active cases.