Baton Rouge LA

A *Heat Advisory* has been issued from 10am - 7pm Sunday. Locations impacted are East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, East Feliciana, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, St. James, Tangipahoa, and West Feliciana Parishes as well as, Amite and Wilkinson Counties. Heat index values...

Another HEAT ADVISORY will be in effect from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday across the Capital Area. The heat index, or how hot it actually feels when you factor in humidity, will peak between 105° and 110° for most. Some spots could even feel closer to 112°. Such a mixture of heat and humidity could lead to heat-related...

DONALDSONVILLE - Ascension Parish residents are invited to a "community fun day" on Tuesday during the unveiling of a new mural at the Donaldsonville Splash Pad. The party will start at 10 a.m. July 29 at 2162 D Thibaut Dr., next to the Frank Sotile Jr. Pavilion. The splash pad...

3 hurt in crash on Milldale Road, 1 in critical condition. Emergency crews responded to a crash Sunday evening on Milldale Road that left three people hurt, according to Baton Rouge Emergency Medical Services. “She was pregnant”: Cousin of Sunday morning shooting victim on what she meant to the family...

Three educators from the Greater Baton Rouge area were honored at the 19th Annual Cecil J. Picard Educator Excellence Awards Gala, with Regena Hartley Beard, Justin Wax, and Olivia Francois receiving the Teacher of the Year, Principal of the Year, and New Teacher of the Year awards respectively.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The family of a woman who was shot and killed at an apartment complex in Baton Rouge say she was pregnant, making the loss even more difficult. “I don’t wish this type of evil on anybody,” Kevin Carter said. Carter says he came...

A woman was arrested and charged with attempted first-degree murder, illegal use of a weapon, and other charges after allegedly shooting at her mother during a heated argument at a Baton Rouge restaurant.

Union Parish, La. (KNOE) - A Baton Rouge woman faces an attempted murder charge after an attack on a Union Parish Sheriff’s Office Deputy. On July 26, a UPSO deputy was working a “off-duty detail” at a healthcare facility in Union Parish. A client of the facility, 32-year-old Kitauge Bennett began yelling profanities...

"A Charlie Brown Christmas Live On Stage" will be performed at the River Center Theatre in Baton Rouge on November 19, featuring the Peanuts gang and music from the original TV special.

— Tiffany Creel has been hired by Pennington Biomedical Research Center as assistant to the executive director. Creel spent 13 years at the LSU Lab School, where she served as manager of office administration, admissions coordinator and registrar. Before that, she worked for 10 years at LSU Athletics Department as...