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BAKER, La. (WAFB) - Less than a week after another teenager was killed in Baker, community members, city leaders, and elected officials gathered Thursday, Aug. 20, to discuss ways to address violence and keep young people safe. The meeting, at the Baker Municipal Auditorium, brought residents together to brainstorm pot

A Baton Rouge judge ruled Thursday against granting a bond for 24-year-old David Catherine, also known as the rapper RealBleeda, in his first-degree murder case in the 2024 drive-by shooting death of youth advocate Teressa Calligan. Makenzy Roach testified on Catherine’s behalf Thursday, stating that the two of them we

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Carlton’s, a family-owned seafood restaurant on Hooper Road in Central, is charged roughly 2% to 4% every time a customer uses a debit card. The business used to pass those costs onto customers, but a new state law says it can no longer do that.

BATON ROUGE - Old furniture, tires, and trash litter a front yard along Ponderosa Drive in Baton Rouge. A resident reached out to 2 On Your Side, concerned about how long it's been sitting there and what it might mean for the neighborhood. John Kovalcik first noticed it on July...

Two individuals were arrested and several pounds of various drugs were seized during a multi-agency investigation in the Baton Rouge area.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Former Port Allen Mayor Derek Lewis has died, according to the West Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office. Lewis, 65, was pronounced dead at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, according to information confirmed by the coroner’s office.

Multiple parishes across Louisiana are under burn bans as extreme summer heat continues.

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Louisiana float design for the next New Year’s Day Rose Parade unveiled Thursday features a pelican decked out in Mardi Gras colors. The float, “Bienvenue en Louisiana” – “Welcome to Louisiana,” was designed with all the traditions that make the state...

The Southern University School of Nursing (SUSON) celebrated its first-ever white coat ceremony for nurse practitioner students on Wednesday, Aug. 19.

BATON ROUGE — A Baton Rouge Magnet High School student won a national oratorical competition in New York City. Niles Haymer II, 16, took first place at the 100 Black Men of America's inaugural Oratorical Competition with his speech, "What Leadership Means To Me." "I really felt the words...