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The national leadership of the Army Corps of Engineers, Gov. Jeff Landry and a wide range of Louisiana officials gathered in Baton Rouge on Friday for what was called a first-of-its-kind "summit" aimed at speeding up projects and permitting, a longtime source of complaints by the state. Louisiana offered a...

BATON ROUGE — The Knock Knock Children's Museum transported visitors to a fantastical world during its KnockFest event, a Children's Summer Fun Faire. The event, inspired by The Legend of King Arthur and the Sword in the Stone, encouraged guests to wear costumes featuring magical creatures like knights, princesses, fai

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Temperatures trend hotter this weekend before higher rain chances return next week in association with a new area being monitored for potential tropical development. TODAY’S FORECAST. Heat will be the primary concern this weekend, with afternoon high temperatures climbing into the mid 90s. Whe

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A Baton Rouge woman says she wouldn’t be here without the quick action of her pilates instructor, who used an automated external defibrillator after she went into cardiac arrest during a workout. April Kirwan had been attending Balanced Body of Baton Rouge three days...

BATON ROUGE — Charges were downgraded on Thursday for four men who were arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of an 8-year-old along San Juan Drive in March. According to the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office, 8-year-old Davian Nicholas was shot when a group of people exchanged gunfire during an argumen

A popular chicken chain is closing one of its historic locations, officials confirmed.

BATON ROUGE - The original Blue Store Chicken location off of Southern's campus is closing and relocating due to concerns about the building's structure, the owner announced Saturday. In a notice posted on social media, Blue Store Chicken said the location on Mills Avenue was closing "due to the poor...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Barbara Kerr Beckmann, ExxonMobil’s first female engineer and the longest-tenured employee in the company’s history, is retiring after a career that spanned 65 years and helped pave the way for generations of women in engineering. Beckmann began her groundbreaking journey in 1961 when...

More than two decades after being diagnosed with HIV, Joyce Turner is using her story to encourage others to get tested and not let fear or stigma stand in the way of their health.

Mon: 11 AM–9 PM | Tue–Fri: 11 AM–10 PM | Sat–Sun: 10 AM–10 PM. Some restaurants are built on business plans. Elsie’s Plate & Pie was built on love — the kind passed down through generations in a Lafourche Parish kitchen, spun into flaky pie dough by a grandmother named Elsie, and carried forward by the chef-and-wife te