Baton Rouge LA

The Lend a Helping Hand Drive seeks donations for a local shelter.

Below is Ascension Sheriff’s arrest report for the week of February 12-19: Kedric Corio, 28, 12169 Elson Ln, St. Amant was charged w/ Battery of Dating Partner (Child Endangerment), Resisting an Officer, Principal to: Aggravated Burglary with Weapon, Aggravated Criminal Damage to Property, Aggravated Battery,...

Baton Rouge Police arrested a man Thursday who is accused of robbing a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier at gunpoint last month. Harold Retana, 31, was charged with armed robbery with a firearm and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. He was arrested by police armed robbery detectives, with assistance from...

BATON ROUGE — A man accused of armed robbery was arrested on Thursday following an investigation into a shooting on Hooper Road on Nov. 19. According to arrest records, deputies with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office were investigating a shooting where an apartment was struck by gunfire on Hooper Road when they...

Daruma Ramen Bar & Grill is opening its second location on Government Street on Monday — complete with a towering red statue, a private karaoke room and a name inspired by a traditional Japanese good-luck doll. Located at 3669 Government St., the 4,300-square-foot restaurant features a expansive menu with...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Women across the country are walking into pharmacies to fill estrogen patch prescriptions and finding empty shelves. Marci Longnecker, office coordinator at Dr. Gunjan Raina’s clinic, is also a patient there. When she started working at the clinic two years ago, she was experiencing fatigue...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Twin brothers Donald and Ronald Johnson were 14 years old in 1968 when they helped integrate Westdale Middle School in Baton Rouge. Today, they walk those same corridors as judges who say that pivotal moment shaped their lifelong commitment to justice. The Johnson brothers now...

Tips help lead to the arrest of one person in connection with an attempted armed robbery of a United States Postal Service mail carrier earlier this year.

BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is hosting two public meetings in March as progress continues on the Mississippi River Bridge South La. 1 to La. 30 Connector Project. The meetings will be held in Iberville Parish on the west and east banks of the...

Dawn Staley’s South Carolina recently got a massive win over Kim Mulkey’s LSU. It was a close, tight game between two quality sides. The Gamecocks were trailing in the first quarter, but very quickly got hold of the game. The next three quarters were all South Carolina. LSU did look like they were going to...