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BATON ROUGE — A business near LSU's campus that went viral during Welcome Week pulled its rezoning request before a zoning meeting Monday and says it plans to leave its West Chimes Street location when its lease is up. The Lotus Lounge had previously been denied zoning to allow...

LIVINGSTON — A 41-year-old Baton Rouge man will spend 15 years in prison after pleading guilty on multiple drug charges. 21st Judicial District Attorney Scott Perrilloux reports that Roderick Poindexter, 41, of Baton Rouge appeared before Judge Brenda Bedsole Ricks and pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a con

BATON ROUGE — A new Baton Rouge restaurant is offering soul food crossed with elevated dining, with a former LSU quarterback acting as the restaurant's chef. Joelle's Soul and Savor opened earlier this month on Westfork Drive in the old Hawk's Nest restaurant, with Rohan Davey, who was a Tiger from 1998 to 2001, cookin

Baton Rouge gasoline prices reached an average of $3.99 per gallon following an 11-cent weekly increase driven by refinery issues and global supply disruptions.

The Central Police Department is searching for a man accused of stealing several hundred dollars' worth of items from Aldi.

BAKER — A new audit report released on Monday by the Louisiana Legislative Auditors Office says that auditors could not verify Impact Charter School’s finances because the former CEO blocked access to financial records. The audit comes after former head of Impact Charter School Chakesha Scott pleaded not...

CENTRAL — Police are trying to identify a suspect accused of stealing hundreds of dollars' worth of merchandise from ALDI in Central. According to Central Police, the theft happened on Sept. 10 around 5:30 p.m. The suspect then left in a white Toyota RAV4; no license plate information was...

Raising Cane’s River Center Arena, 275 S. River Road, Baton Rouge. He’s the accordion-wielding maestro of musical parody. “Weird Al" Yankovic transformed Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” into “Eat It.” He hospitalized Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” for “Like a Surgeon.” He gargled Nirvana’s anthem of youth alienation, “Smells Li

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating a shooting that left one person injured on Monday morning, Sept. 21. The shooting happened around 8:40 a.m. on Clayton Drive near Beechwood Drive. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, the victim’s injuries are not life-threatening.

BATON ROUGE — A man was found lying in the road on Bardwell Drive and later determined to have been shot, according to Baton Rouge police. Police said the victim, who has not been identified, was found around midnight Bardwell Drive near Holloway Avenue. Police initially believed he had been hit by a vehicle, but docto