Baton Rouge LA

LOUISIANA — Three people were killed early Monday morning in a crash along Interstate 10 eastbound in West Baton Rouge Parish, according to a spokesperson for Louisiana State Police. Troopers said the crash happened around 4 a.m. when a car left the roadway, traveled into a wooded area, and struck a tree between the...

Before Martin Luther King Jr. became a Civil Rights icon with his likeness fixed in stone or bronze, he developed a deep affinity for New Orleans — its food, and especially its people. When King came to the city in the late 1950s, he found a network of locals...

Kyle Grace has added another item to his growing resume. The deputy chief operating officer for the Iberville Parish Council accepted an appointment from Gov. Jeff Landry to serve on the Pontchartrain Levee District Board of Commissioners. The district covers Iberville, East Baton Rouge, Ascension, St. James, St....

Baton Rouge does po’ boys the way your cravings dream about, stacked so high the bread barely holds on. You will meet crispy shrimp avalanches, gravy-drenched roast beef, and hot sausage that bites back in the best way. Consider this your hungry-person’s roadmap to the city’s most overflowing sandwiches....

Winter is arriving in Louisiana! Temperatures are dropping this week, with cold rain and icy conditions possible, especially in northern areas.

An inmate died Sunday at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel.

GREENWELL SPRINGS — The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office arrested a fourth suspect allegedly connected to the killing of a man at an apartment complex off Greenwell Springs Road on Christmas. Deputies arrested 23-year-old Jacolby Gordon on Friday on second-degree murder charges following the Christmas Day...

BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Police arrested a man on Sunday for claiming to be an undercover officer while attempting to steal from a Neighborhood Walmart on Old Hammond Highway. According to arrest records, 40-year-old Byron Owens was confronted by a Walmart employee while allegedly attempting to steal. Once...

PORT ALLEN — Three people are dead after an early Monday morning crash along I-10 eastbound in West Baton Rouge Parish, a Louisiana State Police spokesperson said. According to LSP, the crash happened around 4 a.m. when a car drove into the woods and burst into flames after hitting a tree between the Grosse Tete and...

DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (WAFB) - Three people died in a house fire Saturday morning in Denham Springs, including a law student, an EMT trainee, and a 96-year-old man. Officials said the fire happened on Wanda Street. The victims were identified by family members as 22-year-old Kirsten Vidrine, her best friend,...