Baton Rouge LA

PORT ALLEN - The family of Brianna Griffith, a Texas woman murdered in 2022, fears they will never get answers about her death after the man who was arrested in her killing was found dead in West Baton Rouge Parish. Court documents say deputies found Griffith shot outside her apartment...

BATON ROUGE - It has been nearly 56 years since Baton Rouge had passenger train service, and with the opening of the Mardi Gras Line, there is already talk of expansion within Amtrak. "The opportunity is there to try and connect the two largest cities, Baton Rouge and New Orleans,...

BAKER, La. (WAFB) - The City of Baker is working on an ordinance they say will crack down on neighborhood blight and illegitimate businesses, but neighbors say the language of the ordinance does not reflect the council’s intent. “This ordinance is focusing on penalizing homeowners who operate or work...

BATON ROUGE — A fiery crash on Interstate 10 has left one family shattered, taking the life of 34-year-old Cody Pounds and leaving his fiancée, Holly Rogers, fighting for hers. Friends who were traveling just ahead of the couple quickly turned back when they realized what happened. They...

A man accused of shooting two people and killing one of them during the robbery of an Old South Baton Rouge home accepted a plea deal Monday. David Franklin III, 31, entered best-interest guilty pleas to charges of manslaughter and attempted manslaughter connected to the March 2020 shooting that killed Keandre Wolf...

PORT ALLEN — A West Baton Rouge Parish Jail inmate allegedly gave drugs to another inmate who later overdosed, deputies said Monday. Nicholas Henderson, 26, was booked on murder charges after the death of 30-year-old Jeremy Paul last week. Henderson allegedly had "Mojo," a synthetic cannabinoid, in the West...

DERIDDER — The DeRidder Police Department arrested a Baker man after he allegedly tried to choke an officer and grab his taser when being removed from a local business. Police were called to a local business to remove Michael Darron Smith, 42, from the premises. According to DPD, Smith was allegedly intoxicated and...

Governor Jeff Landry announced the approval of deploying the Louisiana National Guard to Washington, D.C. on Monday.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WNTZ) – The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission will hold a news conference Wednesday to address what officials call a growing pedestrian safety crisis in the state. The event is scheduled for 10 a.m. at the Lod Cook Alumni Center on the LSU campus, 3838 W. Lakeshore Drive. According to the...

BATON ROUGE — The East Baton Rouge Parish school system overspent its budget for the second year in a row, according to a report by a local newspaper. The Advocate reported that the school system has to move nearly $4.9 million from its general operating fund to the Child Nutrition Program. EBR Schools transferred...