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ST. GEORGE — A 2-year-old died after falling into a pond near a St. George apartment complex, prompting officials to stress the importance of water safety. Deputies said Amar Guidry slipped out of a door and fell into a pond Tuesday night at the Waters at Bluebonnet. Emergency crews rushed the child to the hospital in

BATON ROUGE — Four people were displaced from their home after a house fire along Juban Avenue in Baton Rouge on Wednesday morning. Baton Rouge Fire officials said that, after receiving a call around 10:47 a.m. about the fire, fire crews arrived to find smoke coming from the eaves of the home. Firefighters quickly exti

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — From community theater in Baton Rouge to starring in hit television shows and films, Louisiana native Danielle LaRoach is coming home for the 2026 ESSENCE Festival of Culture with plenty to celebrate. Born in New Orleans and raised in Louisiana, LaRoach discovered her love for actin

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A New Orleans tax preparer has been jailed in East Baton Rouge Parish on felony allegations of fabricating documents and filing false returns to bilk the state out of thousands of dollars of fraudulent income tax refunds. Jasmine Dumas, 32, was booked June 29 with filing...

This year’s Fourth of July holiday marks a milestone in the United States’ history. All across the country, citizens in some form will be celebrating the 250th anniversary of American independence. Of course, residents around East Baton Rouge Parish will be lighting fireworks left and right, but many...

EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, La. (WAFB) - Deputies said they’re asking for the public’s help to identify a person accused of stealing from Edible Arrangements. According to the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office, the theft happened around 4:30 a.m. on Friday, June 19, at the business on Siegen Lane near Honore Lane.

One of the hardest questions to answer after the loss of a beloved pet is: When do you adopt again?. That was the question Baton Rouge District Judge Beau Higginbotham and his family had been facing since the recent loss of their 16-year-old black lab, T'Beau. But Higginbotham's answer came...

BATON ROUGE — Family and friends of 23-year-old Tyler Sensely held a balloon release at Howell Park to honor his life, six months after he was killed. Sensely was shot at an apartment complex off Greenwell Springs Road last Christmas. He was taken to a hospital where he died five days later.

BATON ROUGE —Baton Rouge Fire Department responded to a vacant house around midnight. Fire officials said the fire happened in the 1200 block of South 12th Street. Firefighters arrived to find the structure fully engulfed in flames. They searched the residence and extinguished the fire. The home had no...

Several Baton Rouge area eateries received critical violations from the Louisiana Health Department during routine restaurant inspections from June 15-30, with many businesses dealing with gnat infestations in the warming summer months. The health department’s retail food health inspections dashboard includes a history