Baton Rouge LA

EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, La. (WAFB) - East Baton Rouge Parish officials and municipal leaders are clashing over whether cities are paying their fair share for parish-wide services as budget problems mount. The dispute comes as the Public Defender’s Office faces a proposed budget cut of nearly half a million...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development on Monday temporarily revoked its notice of federal funding for homelessness programs after two lawsuits challenged policy changes included in the notice that advocates warned would drastically cut permanent housing programs and send people back on the streets. HUD...

BATON ROUGE — Dozens of people gathered outside of Baton Rouge City Hall on Monday afternoon to protest proposed cuts to next year's budget. Their primary concern was the reduction in funding for the public defender's office. City and community leaders took to the microphone, arguing that the current...

PRAIRIEVILLE — Ascension Parish deputies have identified two people connected to a Prairieville generator theft investigation. According to deputies, Joshua Vigers from Slidell and Shawn Wessinger from Baton Rouge have been identified as the two men believed to be responsible for stealing a Generac generator from an...

Frank Wilson's future at LSU is reportedly still up in the air as the Lane Kiffin era begins.

A Baker High School teacher was arrested after allegedly bringing a handgun onto campus, according to East Baton Rouge officials.

A Baton Rouge man who says a criminal justice program saved his life is now speaking out as the agency behind it faces one of the largest proposed budget cuts in the city-parish.

NEW ROADS — A man has filed a lawsuit against the New Roads Police Department and an officer who purportedly shot him, alleging the officer used excessive force. John Sexton, son of Iberville Parish Assessor Randy Sexton, was shot in September by a New Roads Police officer outside the O'Reilly's Auto Parts on...

A woman was arrested after being accused of her alleged connection to a shooting in Baton Rouge.

A Baton Rouge man convicted of stabbing a woman to death in 2022 was sentenced Tuesday.