Baton Rouge LA

Baton Rouge has been named the 11th most sinful city in America, according to a WalletHub study that compared over 180 U.S. cities based on seven sinful behaviors.

BATON ROUGE — A law firm is asking for the public's help after a generator was stolen from its Bluebonnet Boulevard office. Two people can be seen on security footage backing a four-door truck into an alleyway on the side of the Losavio & DeJean, LLC., office. The pair loaded up the law firm's generator into the bed...

BATON ROUGE - Sweeping changes are happening behind the scenes at the Department of Children and Family Services, prompting some workers to submit their resignations. Melanie Mann is one of those employees and fears that changes at DCFS are putting children's lives at risk. Mann, who has worked at DCFS for six years,...

ST. GABRIEL - A plant worker died following an exposure to hydrofluoric acid at a chemical plant in St. Gabriel, sources confirmed to the WBRZ Investigative Unit. Sources said two workers with burns were taken from the Koura plant to a hospital. One of them died during surgery. Their name has not been released.

A man accused of the shooting death of one person during a Baton Rouge robbery involving a dirt bike pleaded not guilty to charges Monday.

Convicted killer Ryan Joseph Sharpe’s second murder trial in two years began this week inside a Baton Rouge courtroom. Sharpe, 44, stands accused of shooting and killing Carroll Breeden Sr., a 66-year-old BREC commissioner, as Breeden was doing yard work outside his Port Hudson-Pride Road home in September 2017.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Rouses Markets announced a significant expansion across Louisiana and Mississippi, with the acquisition of 10 Winn-Dixie store locations from Southeastern Grocers, LLC (SEG), parent company of Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket. The acquisition includes stores in both Central and Gramercy,...

BATON ROUGE – A convicted felon arrested in 2022 on gun charges has been sentenced to more than eight years behind bars, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Edward Shaffett, 33, was sentenced to 100 months in federal prison after he was convicted on charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was also...

Returning home for a performance definitely has benefits for Lisette Oropesa. Of course, family takes priority, along with the food that can be found only in Louisiana. And then there's the humidity. Don't knock it; Oropesa certainly doesn't. "Humidity is so good for the voice and the skin," she said....

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A New Orleans murder suspect was out of custody for weeks after a Baton Rouge jail erroneously released him, according to court records. Taurus Hale, one of two men accused of killing Larry Boudreaux Jr., walked free in southeast Louisiana communities for nearly a month without making bond on the...