Baton Rouge LA

PORT ALLEN — After three suspected drug overdose deaths at the West Baton Rouge Parish jail this year, officials are facing renewed questions about how drugs are entering the facility, sparking a criminal investigation into the most recent case. Officials confirmed to UWK that the third criminal investigation this...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Baton Rouge’s longest-running free concert series is returning. Organizers announced the fall 2025 lineup for Live After Five Inc. Friday, Sept. 12: Chubby Carrier and The Bayou Swamp Band (GRAMMY Award-Winning Zydeco) Friday, Sept. 19: The Walrus (A New Orleans Beatles Experience) Friday,...

What started as a back-to-school block party at LSU has now gone national after a woman was filmed twerking from the balcony of the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

Billy Bob Thorton and the Boxmasters is coming to Baton Rouge at the L'Auberge Casino and Hotel on Saturday, October 4th, 2025. Founded in Southern California by Grammy award-winning recording engineer J.D. Andrew and Academy award-winning actor, singer and songwriter Billy Bob Thornton in 2006, the Boxmasters have...

BATON ROUGE - Governor Jeff Landry criticized LSU for their living conditions and for a "degenerate twerk performance" at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The governor responded to reports of roaches at the Ion Apartments, which served as temporary housing while on-campus housing was overbooked. However, Landry...

A district judge sentenced three people from Baton Rouge who pleaded guilty to charges in health care fraud schemes involving getting drugs from pharmacies using fake prescriptions with stolen identities and fraudulent applications for federal benefits.

BATON ROUGE — The driver of a cement truck was brought to the hospital after a crash along Central Thruway on Thursday morning. The truck struck a utility pole near the East Baton Rouge EBR Department of Public Works Landscape and Drainage building. The driver received minor injuries when...

A man was charged after allegedly shooting at someone who was working on the roof of his home in Baton Rouge.

The guaranteed maximum price of the new Cohn Intermediate School in West Baton Rouge Parish has jumped from $18 million to over $25 million, an increase the superintendent said could not be avoided amid high tariffs and the rising cost of steel. “Tariffs could go up in six months, and...

BATON ROUGE - The manager of a Baton Rouge facility for people with intellectual disabilities was fired and arrested for failing to report a 2023 incident where a patient had her nose broken. WBRZ previously reported that Megan Ambeau, a healthcare worker at the Harmony Center along Main Street, was...