Baton Rouge LA

PORT ALLEN - All four parish-wide tax renewals on the November ballot for West Baton Rouge passed, with a fifth passing for residents of Port Allen. Two of the parish-wide renewals revolved around the parish school system, being 10-year renewals of 12 mills that fund teachers' and staff's salaries and benefits.

Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon announced the arrest of Troy Lee Garrett, 35, of Baton Rouge, on Thursday evening. Deputies stopped Garrett for a traffic violation on LA 70 east of Paincourtville.

A resident of Louisiana has recently voiced their frustration on social media, expressing their distress over what they perceive as the state's predatory practices. The individual had been making payments towards reinstatement fees, but after falling on hard times, a single declined payment resulted in the suspension...

A Baton Rouge firefighter was injured while battling a commercial building fire on S. Choctaw Drive, but the blaze was contained to one-third of the building and is under investigation.

BATON ROUGE - Three horses with confirmed cases of Equine Herpesvirus-1 are being treated at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine. The school says the horses are from Texas and are being treated in Louisiana due to facilities across state lines being at capacity. LSU Vet Med says the animals...

BATON ROUGE - A Baton Rouge man was arrested in connection with a murder on Friday, according to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office. According to arrest records, detectives discovered a person suffering from multiple gunshot wounds on Thursday in the La Playa Place Apartments complex before succumbing to the...

Thanksgiving Day is quickly approaching, and soon it’ll be a day of the past. From multicourse brunches to dinner buffets, turkey day in Baton Rouge will have no shortage of dining options. This list covers restaurants that will be open Thursday, Nov. 27. Sullivan's Steakhouse (5252 Corporate Blvd.): Open...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A child was injured in a shooting while sleeping on a couch inside a home on St. Gerard Avenue in Baton Rouge, police said. A call about the shooting was received by officials around 3:45 a.m. on Saturday, November 22. According to the Baton Rouge...

Social media is full of posts calling out the criminal justice system following a Baton Rouge woman's murder Nov. 14. The East Baton Rouge district attorney said some of their claims were justified, but he said his office acted appropriately in the short time before the woman's death.

A Baton Rouge man was sentenced to 30 years in prison this week for killing a man and wounding two teens near his apartment complex last year. Kevonta Kemond Williams, 21, pleaded guilty to manslaughter during a hearing Wednesday inside the 19th Judicial District Court, records show. He’d been indicted on charges of...