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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Baton Rouge police and U.S. Marshals surrounded a home on Government Street Thursday before taking 50-year-old Timothy Tyler into custody. U.S. Deputy Marshal Mark Canning said Tyler was wanted in connection with multiple burglaries, including several storage unit thefts. Prior arrests and sto

Fearful of losing an ongoing custody battle, a Baton Rouge woman pressured her new boyfriend into killing the father of her children, texts between the accomplices show. The final exchange of messages between 29-year-old Hope Jackson and her boyfriend, 32-year-old Riddick Franklin, came only minutes before Franklin all

WALKER - A Mississippi man who was allegedly messaging someone he believed to be a teenage girl was taken into custody in Livingston Parish. The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office said Daniel Becker from Picayune, Mississippi, was arrested in Walker. Law enforcement said Becker was inappropriately communicating with so

NEW ROADS - A Baton Rouge woman is wanted for criminal conspiracy and attempted introduction of contraband into a correctional facility, the Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff's Office said. Officials signed an arrest warrant for Sunni Veillon, 21, of Baton Rouge on July 14, 2026, for crimes committed from June 27...

A 39-year-old Mississippi man was arrested in Louisiana on multiple charges, including indecent behavior with juveniles and solicitation, after allegedly attempting to communicate with a 15-year-old girl online.

It had been a minute since the Cowboys picked up a commit, but a defensive lineman from the Bayou State pledged to the Pokes on Wednesday. Jayden Vessell, a 6-foot-2, 230-pound defensive linemen announced his commitment to Oklahoma State. He pledged to the Cowboys over offers from North Texas, Arkansas State, UNLV, Tul

Some Zachary residents are scheduled to experience a water outage this Friday, July 31, while crews perform repairs on a water leak.

Nearly 10 years after the 2016 flood destroyed the Spring Park HUD homes, a new affordable housing development is preparing to welcome residents back.

BATON ROUGE — An $8 million renovation project along Scenic Highway is set to begin construction, with the city-parish hoping the investment will bring long-term change to the area. District 2 Councilman Anthony Kenney said residents have been waiting for this, and through MoveEBR, it is happening. "Residents in...

Black-Owned Attractions & Entertainment in Baton Rouge. Founded in 2001 by the late Sadie Roberts-Joseph, the Baton Rouge African American Museum is the city's only museum dedicated to African and African American history, and it just made its highly anticipated return. Now settled into its new location, the larger spa