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BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge firefighters put out a fire caused by an unattended pot at an apartment along Stumberg Lane early Thursday morning. According to BRFD, crews responded to the fire around 5:40 a.m. and found heavy smoke coming from the first floor of a two-story apartment building. When firefighters arrived, th

If your ideal weekend includes brunch, cocktails, sunshine and live music, Leola’s Cafe and Coffee House might need to be your next Mid City stop. Tucked into the Circa 1857 community at 1857 Government Street, Leola’s has become one of those distinctly Baton Rouge spots where the setting is just as much a part of the

A tentative trial date was set Thursday for 21-year-old Desmond Carter, one of the suspects accused of raping LSU sophomore Madison Brooks in 2023 just before her death. Carter is now scheduled to face a jury on Dec. 7 on charges of first- and third-degree rape. One of his co-defendants, Casen Carver, 22, has a bench t

BATON ROUGE — A man accused of defrauding an East Baton Rouge Parish health program pleaded not guilty to filing false records and theft on Thursday. According to the attorney general's office, Roderick Shannon allegedly defrauded the Safe, Hopeful, Healthy BR, a sub-unit of Mayor's Healthy City Initiative. The...

WALKER, La. (WAFB) - A Walker woman faces dozens of animal cruelty charges after authorities say they discovered nearly 40 cats and kittens suffering in extreme heat without food or water inside a local business. Madison Rebecca Colello, 29, surrendered to authorities Thursday morning at the Livingston Parish Detention

BATON ROUGE — For several years, neighbors of a house in Southern Heights have been cutting the grass and defending their property from rodents. The house has been condemned and could finally be torn down. The house on 77th Avenue sits on three lots. Within the last month, the...

Ever wanted to get paid to eat bacon? Turns out you can, a Baton Rouge lab is handing out $25 gift cards for 10 minutes of taste testing!

PORT ALLEN — West Baton Rouge Parish is about to collect property taxes on more than a billion dollars in industrial equipment that has been tax-exempt for the past decade, and about half of that money is headed to the school system. Parish Assessor Christopher Guerin told the West...

MARINGOUIN — The Iberville Parish Government on Wednesday announced a scheduled power outage for the Maringouin area. The parish said the outage is scheduled for 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, and approximately 328 customers will be affected. According to the parish government, Entergy has notified those expected to..

Hundreds of camp owners in Louisiana’s bayou parishes who have been left without power since Hurricane Ida are closer to having their electricity restored after the state denied the South Louisiana Electric Cooperative Association’s request to abandon service. Following the decision at a meeting in Baton Rouge, camp...