‘It’s a miracle I wasn’t there’: LSU student loses everything in apartment fire
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana State University student Cayden Anderson never imagined that preparing for his senior year would mean picking up the pieces of his life that were destroyed by fire, soot, and water. Anderson went to get dinner on July 20, and when he returned to his apartment...
D’s Garden Center closing, holding ‘Everything Must Go’ sale
BATON ROUGE — D's Garden Center on Pecue Lane in Baton Rouge is going out of business. According to a Facebook post by the retailer, they are having an "Everything Must Go" sale as they enter their final days serving the Baton Rouge community. All plants, rocks and soil...
Louisiana’s traffic fines for driving slowly in the left lane increase Friday
Motorists will face higher fines for driving below the speed limit in the left lane of a Louisiana highway starting Friday.
2 taken to hospital after shooting in Baton Rouge, officials say
The Baton Rouge Police Department and EMS responded to the scene of a shooting around 2:10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 29.
Baton Rouge waterpark Liberty Lagoon to only sell tickets at gate
Liberty Lagoon visitors can now only buy tickets at the gate.
Argument between sisters leads to barrage of bullets at Gardere apartment complex
A Baton Rouge woman faces an attempted first degree murder charge after an argument with her sister escalated into her reportedly shooting up a Gardere apartment complex, leaving multiple occupied units riddled with bullet holes. Keyonna Walker, 26, was arrested Monday and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish...
I-TEAM: Law enforcement officer arrested for domestic violence hired by BRPD
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A former Baton Rouge city constable arrested for domestic abuse battery with child endangerment has been hired as a Baton Rouge Police officer. Baton Rouge Police confirmed to the WAFB I-TEAM that Colby Burns started Monday, July 28, and will patrol the streets of Baton Rouge. When the WAFB...
Baton Rouge farmers market shoppers using SNAP can double benefits on Aug. 2
The Red Stick Farmers Market in Baton Rouge on Aug. 2 will highlight hardworking farmers in our area and give some shoppers a chance to double their SNAP benefits.
Louisiana woman awarded $4,500 in civil suit after a mechanic dismantled her Volkswagen’s convertible...
While we adhere to strict editorial guidelines, partners on this page may provide us earnings. When you take your car in for repairs, you expect it to come back in better shape — not worse. But for Olivia Hayes of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a simple fix turned into a months-long nightmare. In 2024, Hayes brought her...
BRPD searching for men who held elderly woman at gunpoint, stole her car along...
BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Police are searching for two men accused of holding an elderly woman at gunpoint and stealing her car along Scenic Highway. A police spokesperson said the two men walked up to the woman at a convenience store around 10:15 p.m. Monday night and demanded she give them her red 2006 Toyota Camry.