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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A man was killed in a crash involving a truck and a motorcycle near Airline Highway late Thursday night. The crash happened around midnight near Airline Highway and Hanks Drive. The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office and the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office...

BATON ROUGE — A man was arrested following a Thursday afternoon shooting on Florida Boulevard that left one person in critical condition. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, officers responded to the shooting around 3:07 p.m., where they located a 28-year-old man suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wo

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Lisa and Jordan Tabor lost their eldest son, Owen, to suicide when he was just 15 years old. Three years later, they have turned their grief into a statewide mental health initiative. On the outside, Owen appeared to be a regular, happy teenager. “Just a...

The Florida Gators outfielder found his power stroke on Saturday, elevating the Gators to sweep-clinching win over LSU on Saturday

South Louisiana businesses and nonprofit groups recently announced the following promotions, new hires and resignations. Brandon Corsentino has been hired by the resilience and restoration technology company Natrx as its director of growth. Corsentino was previously regional sales director for the Florida-based autonom

DENHAM SPRINGS --- A team of four students and one alumnus from Denham Springs High School (DSHS) won the top prize at the 2026 “Take Your Shot” Student Film Festival, hosted by the Southeastern Channel at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. The team’s short film titled “Loyalty and...

Katherine Smith Bligard is a Louisiana girl who has only lived in two places: Baton Rouge and St. Louis, Missouri. As a medical student, physician and assistant professor, Bligard has made St. Louis home since 2010. Bligard graduated from LSU in 2010 with a degree in math. She then pursued...

Coca-Cola is churning out commemorative packaging representing all 50 states ahead of the country's 250th anniversary, and the limited-edition Louisiana America250 commemorative 7.5-ounce mini-can was unveiled this week. Coca-Cola Bottling Company United Inc. held an event revealing the “Ameri-Can” at its Baton Rouge p

A proposed constitutional amendment to create a St. George school district looked headed to defeat Saturday as it trailed statewide by a wide margin with more than half the precincts in the state voting. About 62% of the statewide electorate had voted no while 38% voted yes to forming the...

Caleb Wilson, 20, died "as a direct result of a hazing incident where he was punched in the chest multiple times" while pledging the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, according to police