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Build Baton Rouge invites residents to take a survey as the organization creates a new five-year strategic plan.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE) - Three days after what would have been his 21st birthday, the family of Kenner native Caleb Wilson traveled to Baton Rouge for an anti-hazing task force created in his name. The group is comprised of state lawmakers and university leaders from across the state. It...

Two young girls were rushed to the hospital after being thrown from a Ferris wheel on Saturday, authorities said. The accident happened around noon at the Harvest Festival on False River, near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, according to Pointe Coupée Parish Sheriff Rene Thibodeaux, who said both victims were under the age...

BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Police detectives are searching for information about a person accused of an armed robbery off Florida Boulevard in late October. According to BRPD, the shirtless person was responsible for a robbery during the early hours of Oct. 28 in the 200 block of Saint Vincent De Paul Drive.

BATON ROUGE - Police arrested three people on Oct. 28 after a traffic violation turned into a pursuit that led officers to a vacant house being used to sell several pounds of marijuana, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department. Officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop on Tuesday around...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Two people have been injured in a shooting in Baton Rouge. According to authorities, the shooting happened Monday evening, November 3, near the intersection of Navajo Street and Canonicus Street. The two people shot suffered injuries that are not life-threatening at this time, police said.

Congressman Cleo Fields (D-La.) plans to meet with constituents throughout Louisiana in a series of town hall meetings.

WALKER, La. (WAFB) - A Walker couple filed a lawsuit Monday against Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard, two of his deputies, and two Walker Police Department officers after law enforcement entered their home by mistake and handcuffed one of them. Douglas and Melissa Kenyon allege they were asleep when officers...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A woman is behind bars after she allegedly forged checks to steal over $2,000 from a resident at the assisted living home where she worked. Jail records show Kelsianna Smith, 31, was arrested by the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office on Monday, Nov. 3. She is facing charges for exploitation...

Capital Area Animal Welfare Society (CAAWS) is hosting a pet food giveaway this Saturday to help those who receive food assistance and may be impacted by the federal government shutdown.