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BATON ROUGE — A 31-year-old woman accused of crashing into four pedestrians near a Plank Road night club in 2025 – killing one of them – has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and hit-and-run driving. Family members of the woman who was killed say they do not support the plea deal prosecutors made in the crime. […] The post “It was all a slap in the face”: Family livid after woman pleads guilty in hit-and-run that killed one, injured three appeared first on Unfiltered with Kiran .

BATON ROUGE — The family of a woman killed in a hit-and-run on Plank Road says prosecutors did not listen to them before agreeing to a plea deal in the case. Family members of 22-year-old LaDerica Stewart said they wanted the case to go to trial instead of ending with a plea deal for Ty'Quencia Harris.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Federal authorities are investigating suspicious letters mailed to congressional and election offices across the country, just two days after a package containing an unknown white powder prompted an evacuation at the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office in Baton Rouge. The FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection...

The Bananas are coming back. This time, on a much bigger stage. The Savannah Bananas entertainment baseball team will return to Baton Rouge next year after visits in 2024 and 2025. They will play the Firefighters at Alex Box Stadium on March 4 before taking on the same team at Tiger Stadium on March 6.

BAKER — Under a new ordinance adopted by Baker's city council, 18-wheelers are now barred from parking on private and public property within city limits, except in two locations. The ordinance, passed at the council's Tuesday meeting, makes it illegal to park or leave an 18-wheeler unattended within Baker...

DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (WAFB) - Livingston Parish is honoring longtime crossing guard Katy Wells ahead of what would have been her first birthday since her death, which falls on Sunday (Oct. 18). Wells served as a crossing guard in the parish and started the first computer lab at her school....

A 36-year-old Baton Rouge woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to striking a group of pedestrians with her SUV last year, killing a 22-year-old woman before fleeing the scene. Taquencya Harris received 10 years in prison on a charge of manslaughter and a suspended sentence of another 10 years on a charge of hit-and-run driving, to be served consecutively with the other sentence.

BATON ROUGE — A 30-year-old accused of attacking a waiter following a dispute over a check at a restaurant in August was arrested after an hours-long standoff along 73rd Avenue. Clarence Green allegedly attacked an employee at Legend Pot, a restaurant at the corner of Staring and Essen lanes,...

One of Baton Rouge’s longest-running restaurants is beginning a new chapter, with a familiar face taking the lead.

A Gretna man is accused of misleading a Baker property owner into investing more than $100,000 in a fictional medical marijuana business he wasn’t licensed to open. The property owner didn’t learn the business endeavor was fraudulent until after work was already underway to remodel the building. Kyle...