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BATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge Police Department issued a warrant for an attempted murder suspect who allegedly struck a man in the face with a gun before shooting him outside a Plank Road convenience store, arrest records say. Police said on July 14 at Uncle Moe's Food Mart and...

An annual study from the Violence Policy Center (VPC) ranks Louisiana as having the third-highest rate of Black homicide victimization in the country, with 86% of victims killed by gunfire in 2023.

BATON ROUGE - According to Baton Rouge Police, 15 percent of all of last year's felony arrests were teens 16 and younger. Baton Rouge Police Chief 'T.J.' Morse says his officers are arresting some of the same kids over and over. 17-year-old Eddie Monroe Jr. has been arrested for three...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Judges from the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal have voted to reverse a conviction and sentence handed down in a 2021 Baton Rouge murder case. The First Circuit determined that state prosecutors did not introduce a substantial enough amount of evidence to prove Curtis...

A pedestrian accident in East Baton Rouge Parish resulted in a fatality early yesterday morning, according to Louisiana State Police Troop A. The crash, involving 48-year-old Prairieville resident Travis Weams, occurred on US 61 just south of LA 42. Weams had initially crashed his 2012 Toyota Camry before the...

Southern Classic, a fried chicken chain based in Louisiana, has opened its location in Baton Rouge, offering meal combos and a variety of sides.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A man wanted in the death of his live-in girlfriend is in custody. Tonyetta Loveless was found dead just one day after turning 42. Her boyfriend, Andre Weatherspoon, is back in Baton Rouge tonight. He is booked for her 2023 murder after he was arrested in Alabama just days ago.

Jevon Winfrey, a 23-year-old corrections officer, was arrested and fired after an investigation revealed he was smuggling tobacco, narcotics, and phones into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

After a local business owner won her fight against breast cancer, she’s been working to make sure others going through similar battles feel comforted. Sugarland Music & Arts Festival returning to Assumption Parish. Updated: 3 hours ago. Joshua Herbert and Justin Boudreaux talk about the upcoming Sugarland Music &...

BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Police are looking for a man accused of stealing from an Evangeline Street convenience store. According to police, the thief stole from the store on Monday. Anyone who can identify the person seen on surveillance footage is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 225-344-7867.