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WEST BATON ROUGE — Earlier this week, multiple neighborhoods in West Baton Rouge Parish woke up to find their vehicles and outdoor items had been burglarized overnight. The Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating these burglaries, but has released limited information. One West Baton Rouge resident in the...

Baton Rouge public school leaders on Thursday plugged a nearly $5 million hole in their student meal service budget after those in charge of the program promised they will pay it all back within four years. It is an unusual spot for East Baton Rouge Parish’s Children Nutrition Program, which...

A man with an extensive theft conviction history was arrested after being accused of stealing packs of frozen meat from grocery stores in Denham Springs, with an estimated value of $800.

LIVINGSTON — A man was arrested in Livingston Parish after allegedly striking and killing a teenager on a bicycle while driving two times over the legal Blood Alcohol Concentration limit. Juan Alfredo Chavarria Lezama, 31, is accused of crashing into a boy on his bike Thursday night around 7...

BATON ROUGE — A former volunteer coach at Broadmoor High School was arrested for groping a teacher at the school, which he had been fired and banned from around two years before, the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office said. On July 22, Darius Moses, 29, allegedly entered the school...

BATON ROUGE — A 3-month-old died of a fractured skull in May after his father said he fell out of his crib during a nap, but the coroner said the injury wasn't accidental, deputies said Saturday. East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office deputies arrested Jamarcus Harper, 33, on a first-degree...

Inside the MEAC/SWAC Challenged Kickoff with Southern University and NCCU.

BATON ROUGE — This week in WBRZ history, a 20-hour traffic nightmare that still lives in the minds of residents more than a decade later struck Baton Rouge. On Aug. 21, 2012, a car and several 18-wheelers were involved in a crash on I-10 eastbound at Essen Lane. One of the big rigs was hauling the hazardous chemical...

The police staffing problem in Acadiana got slightly better as 22 cadets graduated from the Acadiana Law Enforcement Training Academy and are ready to serve their communities. This comes amid ongoing challenges with hiring and retention faced by local law enforcement agencies. The graduates are set to join police...

The Gonzales Police Department reported the arrest of a Baton Rouge suspect following an investigation into the theft of an 86-year-old patient's wallet at a rehabilitation hospital. According to a GPD news release, surveillance footage showed Tanisha N. Jackson using the patient's card at a restaurant. A search...