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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana authorities have agreed to pay $9 million to a man who was partially paralyzed from the waist down after a trooper shot him in the back during a 2018 traffic stop in Baton Rouge and then falsely reported it as a Taser discharge. The settlement reached last month is among the largest...

Bernhard Capital Partners has agreed to sell its stake in Baton Rouge-based Brown & Root Industrial Services, 10 years after it created the business. One Equity Partners, a private equity firm focused on the industrial, health care and technology sectors, is set to purchase Bernhard’s share in Brown & Root for an...

BRUSLY, La. (WAFB) - Jason Gill started the Caroline Grace Gill Foundation and annual softball tournament in honor of his daughter, who was killed in a police pursuit in 2022, along with Maggie Dunn. The two teenagers were driving through a green light when an Addis police officer hit them. Caroline and Maggie’s...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Tougher safety rules are on the way for car seats, focusing on dangerous side-impact crashes. The goal: better crash protection for your little one. For years, child car seat manufacturers have made claims about side-impact protection, but there’s been no industry standard to back it up.

The 23rd Judicial District Attorney's Office, which includes the parishes of Ascension, Assumption and St. James, reported guilty pleas during the week of Aug. 4-8. 1. Justin Evans, 39327 Catoire Rd. Prairieville, LA, age 37, pled guilty to Aggravated Flight from an Officer, Aggravated Obstruction of a Highway...

Hoffmann Family of Companies has acquired Elmer Chocolate, a Louisiana candy maker famous for its Valentine's Day heart-shaped boxes and Easter treats, with the Nelson family retaining partial ownership and continuing to lead the company.

BATON ROUGE -- Three generations of one Baton Rouge area family are working together to ensure that one Make-A-Wish kid's dream comes true. Paul Henderson is a Public Works Business Development Manager for Five-S Group. His son is Joshua Henderson, who works for Wesley Construction. Joshua's son Billy is in high...

AVOYELLES PARISH, La. (KALB) - A Mansura man has been arrested after being wanted in Ascension Parish on theft-related charges. The Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office said Matthew Clifton Gremillion, 38, was arrested on August 1 on a warrant for obstruction of justice and the fugitive warrant from Ascension Parish for...

Families in East Baton Rouge Parish received laptops and affordable internet access at a back-to-school event hosted by the Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council (CACRC) at the East Baton Rouge Parish Library.

The man convicted of strangling a Baton Rouge icon in 2019 was ordered to spend the rest of his life in a Louisiana prison on Thursday. A jury found Ronn Jermaine Bell, 44, guilty of second-degree murder in the killing of local civil rights activist Sadie Roberts-Joseph. Their verdict culminated a five-day murder...