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ROSEDALE — A fire at an Iberville Parish funeral home is mostly contained as of Monday evening. The fire broke out around 5:30 p.m. at the Schaffer Family Funeral Home, located on LA-77 in Rosedale. The flames were contained to the attic and roof of the building, officials told UWK. It’s unclear at this time […] The p

BATON ROUGE — A cat and a dog survived a house fire Monday evening at the corner of Lobdell Boulevard and Goodwood Boulevard. The Baton Rouge Fire Department said that the firefighters were on their way to a store when they noticed smoke coming from the eaves of the house.

A Baton Rouge mother was charged after a twin boy was found limp and barely breathing. A twin girl had "minimal observable body fat" and her spine was prominently visible under her skin.

BATON ROUGE — A man who previously served as a councilmember for the City of Amite and who previously ran for mayor is wanted for second-degree battery following an alleged physical altercation outside the Raising Cane's River Center on Sept. 4. Baton Rouge Police Department officers arrived at the...

Parish Biscuit Co. will host a grand opening for its second location on Tuesday in Baton Rouge, according to the business’s social media accounts. After bringing its first location to Lafayette in 2023, the breakfast and lunch spot has made its way to the capital region. Parish Biscuit Co. is opening at 220 W. Lee Driv

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Denisa Thomas still remembers how her husband, Terry M. Thomas, became her heart and soul. “We met a couple times, and it took, I guess, three times until I knew this is the same guy that is trying to ask me out,” Thomas said. “And it was very charming, very nice, very respectful, and thoughtf

BATON ROUGE - Baton Rouge is getting a national spotlight as On Patrol: Live co-host and analyst Sgt. Sean “Sticks” Larkin hit the streets alongside Baton Rouge Police officers. Larkin, a retired Tulsa police lieutenant, has spent years giving viewers an inside look at police work across the...

LSU students and community organizations came together Saturday for the Unity in the Community Family Block Party, providing attendees with food, school supplies, hygiene products and health resources. LSU’s Food Recovery Network, Collegiate 100 and Injustice Reform were just a few of the many LSU organizations involve

In what’s become an annual ritual, thousands of Baton Rouge public schoolchildren struggling in reading or math will soon attend three-times-a-week tutoring sessions provided in person or virtually by companies that specialize in this work. In a shift, these companies won’t earn their full payouts until enough of their

Baton Rouge school leaders have hired a branch of a major accounting firm to help them peer into the future. Eisner Advisory Group has the task of developing a “comprehensive five-year financial forecast” for the East Baton Rouge Parish school system. The group is a sister company to Eisner Amper LLC, which has handled