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BATON ROUGE - The manager of a Baton Rouge facility for people with intellectual disabilities was fired and arrested for failing to report a 2023 incident where a patient had her nose broken. WBRZ previously reported that Megan Ambeau, a healthcare worker at the Harmony Center along Main Street, was...

A man is facing one count of attempted second-degree murder after a fight led to a shooting which left one person injured in Baton Rouge.

BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Parish School System is considering several changes to transportation to fill a shortage of bus drivers. According to the agenda for Thursday's school board meeting, the board plans to consider implementing a $500 stipend to any EBRPSS employee who recruits a new school bus driver....

Three people were arrested by the Baton Rouge Police Department in connection with an armed robbery that occurred on Aug. 4 on Prescott Road, after a police chase ended at Pine Square Apartments.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Officials confirmed a Chinese national studying in Baton Rouge on a student visa has been indicted for a child sex crime. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the federal grand jury recently indicted Shengjie Cheng, 32, with attempted enticement of a minor. According to...

BATON ROUGE — Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School has had students in the classroom for the past two weeks of the new school year, and administrators said Wednesday that the presence of therapy dogs has helped the entire campus community during the new year. The nuns at Sacred...

BATON ROUGE — One person is dead and two others hospitalized after a vehicle crashed during a police pursuit late Tuesday night. Around 10:30 p.m. on August 20, a Baton Rouge Police officer attempted to stop a vehicle for traffic violations near Lobdell Boulevard and Harry Drive. Instead, the driver led officers on a...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - LSU is over capacity again this year, having to temporarily house 170 incoming freshmen and upperclassmen at the LSU Lod Cook Hotel and the Ion Apartments. Some students say they moved into the Ion to find they were not alone, claiming their places had roaches and mice.

BATON ROUGE — John* and Ann* don’t know each other, but they recently traveled a similar path: a loved one in jail, a call offering help, and a scammer on the other end. But that’s where the similarities end, because one of them lost hundreds of dollars, and the other called for advice.

PORT ALLEN — In just six months, three inmates at the West Baton Rouge Parish detention center have died while in custody. All three of those deaths have been drug-related. The West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office says it is working to enhance both the safety and security at the detention center.