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BATON ROUGE - Two capital area families are spending the New Year's holiday remembering their loved ones, one year after the terrorist attack in New Orleans. In the early hours of Jan. 1, 2025, 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a pickup truck through Bourbon Street, killing 14 people and injuring dozens more.

Baton Rouge, LA – The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections announced Dixon Correctional Institute (DCI) staff uncovered 27 grams of marijuana and synthetic cannabinoids in a visitor’s vehicle during a search on Tuesday, Dec. 23 that resulted in Terrionna Brown and Tidasha Garner being taken into...

BATON ROUGE — The Grand Gallery furniture store, an Ethan Allen retailer, is closing its doors after 91 years in Baton Rouge. The store, located on Perkins Road across from Perkins Rowe, was founded in 1934. It has been an Ethan Allen store for more than 50 years. The...

The Louisiana Old Governor's Mansion will unveil a new historical exhibition, "Three Decades of Change", on January 4th, highlighting the transformation of the state under the leadership of nine governors over the past 30 years.

Multiple musicians and comedians are making a stop in Baton Rouge to perform at the Raising Cane's River Center in 2026.

State Rep. Paula Davis, R-Baton Rouge, announced she has submitted her notarized resignation to step down from her public office role.

EAST FELICIANA PARISH, La. (WAFB) - A single-vehicle crash has claimed the life of a 15-year-old in East Feliciana Parish, troopers said. According to Louisiana State Police, the crash happened Tuesday afternoon, December 30, on LA 19 at Thompson Creek Road. The name of the 15-year-old victim was not released.

Woman's Hospital welcomed its first baby of 2026, Baby Blossom, at 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 1, and both mother and baby are doing well.

The westbound lanes of I-10 near the Dalrymple Drive exit were closed early New Year’s Day after a crash and reopened less than two hours later, the Louisiana Department of Transportation (LADOT) reports. Photos from the eastbound side of the highway near the Louisiana State University campus, taken close...

BATON ROUGE — Three people were taken to the hospital Thursday morning after a vehicle fire along I-10 westbound at the Washington Street exit. St. George Fire officials said that crews responded to the crash around 2:45 a.m. and found two people sitting on the side of the interstate and another person inside a car...