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BATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge Police Department is continuing its work to curb human trafficking in the capital area. In 2024, Louisiana provided services to over 2,200 suspected or confirmed victims of human trafficking, according to the Governor's Office for Human Trafficking Prevention. Law enforcement officials...

Louisiana native rapper Boosie was sentenced in a California federal court on Friday.

BATON ROUGE — A man arrested in connection with the trafficking of a 15-year-old girl in Baton Rouge was arrested in New Orleans on Thursday, according to authorities. The New Orleans Police Department, along with multiple local and federal law enforcement agencies, arrested four suspects as part of an ongoing human...

East Baton Rouge Parish Schools Superintendent LaMont Cole released a statement expressing condolences to the family, friends, and classmates of Northdale Academy student E'myrie Walker, who was killed in a shooting, and ensuring that the school district will provide grief counseling and emotional support to students...

A series of rain showers gave way to yet another a sudden drop in temperatures across much of southeast Louisiana Saturday, but local forecasters say the cold weather is here to stay for a while. After several warm, muggy days with highs often reaching the 80s, southeast Louisiana residents woke...

A TikTok argument between two women led to one shooting the other to death at a north Baton Rouge home, Baton Rouge police said. Officers were dispatched around 2 p.m. Thursday to 1735 Columbus Dunn Drive. There they found Kassidy Jackson, 18, suffering from a gunshot wound. Jackson was transported to Our Lady of the...

The new year brought something to celebrate across Louisiana: Key indicators of violent crime continue to decline in cities across the state. There were 121 murders in New Orleans in 2025, a 3% drop from the 125 in 2024. More significantly, the total represents an impressive 55% decline compared to just three years...

ASCENSION PARISH, La. (WAFB) - An Ascension Parish councilman is facing multiple lawsuits after a social media post led to defamation claims this week, with his former girlfriend now disputing his account of events. Joel Robert made allegations in a social media post against Gerald and Ruth Phillips, claiming he...

Authorities in Louisiana are investigating whether a 14-year-old student faced bullying before his death by suicide last month. Gavyn Cunningham died after shooting himself with a pistol on Dec. 16, according to John Rouchon, a death investigator with the coroner’s office in East Feliciana Parish. Gavyn died two days...

Jalen Ferguson was arrested after allegedly shooting a woman in the leg outside of the Emerald Palace Casino in Port Allen, Louisiana, after being pepper-sprayed by one of the women.