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Residents asked to donate food for those in need during ‘Clean Out Your Freezer Day’. Residents in the Baton Rouge area are being asked to donate food for those in need during “Clean Out Your Freezer Day” on Sunday, August 24. Blackburn Express Track and Field Club...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Residents in the Baton Rouge area are being asked to donate food for those in need during “Clean Out Your Freezer Day” on Sunday, August 24. The day of giving is being organized by Hunters for the Hungry. The group wants you to clear out your freezer and bring some of the items to a donation...

Four people were arrested in connection with a series of vehicle burglaries in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, which left residents missing firearms, cash, and personal belongings.

As the Gonzales City Council prepares for Monday’s vote on the city's budget, at least two council members say they will not approve it because it includes more than $280,000 for several job positions not created by the council. The budget conflict concerns how much power Mayor Tim Riley...

BATON ROUGE — The Golden Band cranked out a few practice runs before Matt's Dinner this evening. Alice and Gerald Bahlinger started this fundraiser to advocate for mental health awareness among college students. They organized the event in memory of their son Matthew who struggled with his own mental...

I hear that train a-comin', a comin' round the bend... Only, at the Baton Rouge Zoo, the train delivers a different kind of spectacle. What comes around the bend is a gang of white geese, marching single file and looking for trouble. Wait, that's not a verse in Cash's "Folsom...

The $5.8 billion Hyundai Steel plant that's set to rise in Ascension Parish is a key project for Gov. Jeff Landry's administration. And to make it work, Hyundai and state officials have long known they would need a new port facility to bring raw materials in and send finished goods out to the Korean automaker's...

A Baton Rouge woman allegedly stole a cup of coffee from a gas station, then shot at the cashier with the clerk's own gun during a tussle outside the store. The cashier, Jetti Lee, now says that not only was her life put in danger that morning, but she lost her job because of the incident.

Four individuals, including a Lafayette teen, were arrested for a series of vehicle burglaries in West Baton Rouge, resulting in the recovery of 15 firearms and other stolen items.

An individual in a dark colored SUV shot at someone else's vehicle on Cedar Point Boulevard, resulting in an arm injury for one person who is expected to survive.