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Curtis Cafe will be dedicated to giving high schoolers their first job experiences

It has just been announced Zach Bryan will be playing Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as part of LSU's Death Valley Live Stadium Series March 28, 2026.

BATON ROUGE - Hundreds of people in Baton Rouge got a free meal Sunday at the Charles R. Kelly Community Center's third annual Thanksgiving dinner. Dist. 5 Councilman Darryl Hurst says that more than 300 people showed up for the festive gathering, something he believes shows the need in his community.

Future generations of archaeologists are likely to scratch their heads at Monte Sano Park in Scotlandville. In the grass, a toilet bowl lies next to a smoke detector. Nearby, weeds grow through the trunk of a Ford Roadster, parked next to an abandoned motorboat. Underneath a section of Interstate 110,...

One person was taken to the hospital after a reported shooting on Lark Street early Sunday morning, and the Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Beautiful weather will prevail on Sunday, but we’re expecting a big weather pattern change next week. A weak cold front will exit the area tonight, taking any chance of showers with it and giving us more of a northwest wind. This should keep us fog-free on Sunday morning.

Elsie’s Plate & Pie was recently recognized by the Michelin Guide, the first Baton Rouge restaurant to receive such a distinction. Despite Elsie’s being a long-time Baton Rouge staple and directly across from my old school, I’d never been. However, I just had to see if the hype was deserved.

Four months before a worker at Mexichem Fluor Inc. died from a chemical exposure, state regulators threatened to fine the St. Gabriel plant for taking too long to fix safety problems found in 2019 by its own inspectors, a state notice says. The problems at Mexichem Fluor, which were later...

NEW ROADS - A three-month-old child is safe after an AMBER Alert was issued in Pointe Coupee Parish Saturday evening. The woman accused of taking the child is now facing an aggravated kidnapping warrant, but she says she did nothing wrong. "Y’all just trying to put charges on me for...

The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating after a six-year-old was injured in a shooting on Saturday morning.