Baton Rouge LA

The chief of the White Castle Police Department assured residents that the investigation to an October shooting at the town’s community center remains an active investigation. Tips brought forth by residents have led to what WCPD considers “strong allegations” related to the shooting at the center, just a short...

BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Police have arrested a man accused of shooting at three women along Swan Avenue in November. Kunta Kinte Taylor, 29, allegedly shot at the group of women after they drove to meet him at a Swan Avenue apartment to collect money owed to her and to buy marijuana.

Some say our governor, Jeff Landry, has no love for Louisiana’s flagship university, favoring instead UL Lafayette, his hometown university and alma mater. Perhaps that explains his incessant negative actions and comments that attract national attention and upset students, faculty and alumni, not to mention...

PRAIRIEVILLE, La. (WAFB) - The Ascension Parish School District approved a tuition reimbursement program to encourage paraprofessionals to become full-time teachers. The program would provide $1,500 per semester to paraprofessionals taking classes toward teacher certifications and degrees. Superintendent Edith Walker...

BATON ROUGE - The Jetson Center for Youth is set to house juveniles once again as early as April 2026. At a legislative budget hearing, Jason Starnes, an undersecretary for the department, discussed plans with legislators as they move to reopen doors while building a new facility. The OJJ plans...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A third person has been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting from 2022. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, Charles Aites, 26, is charged with first-degree murder. The shooting happened in December of 2022 and claimed the life of Timothy Chapman, investigators said....

wbrz.com - 11/28/2025 02:00:00 PM. A few days ago, a man named Kennice Crawford from Baton Rouge was arrested under the charges of kidnapping and assaulting a woman. The victim was discovered at the residence of Crawford's mother, bearing facial injuries. Crawford is now facing multiple charges, including simple...

BATON ROUGE — A second suspect has now been arrested in the brutal beating and disappearance of 73-year-old Woodrow Vaughn, according to new details outlined in an arrest warrant. As UWK first reported, Breanna Terrance, 30, was previously arrested and charged in Vaughn’s death. New documents reveal that Edward...

PORT ALLEN, La. (WAFB) - An investigation is underway after someone was hit in the face with a beer bottle in Port Allen, police said. According to the Port Allen Police Department, the incident happened late Saturday night, November 29, at French Quarter Bar and Daiquiri on South Alexander Avenue.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A domestic incident led to a deadly stabbing in Baton Rouge early Monday morning, December 1. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, the stabbing happened around 12:20 a.m. and claimed the life of Kyle Deontae Coleman, 28. Police said they learned that Coleman had...