Baton Rouge LA

Amid a slew of injuries to the Tiger defense, Jhase Thomas has just kicked things up a notch, and preparing for McNeese is just the next step

BATON ROUGE — Louisiana State Police troopers were involved in a vehicle pursuit that ended around Goodwood Boulevard and Airline Highway, officials said. LSP and Baton Rouge Police Department vehicles were seen along those streets and the Tara subdivision Thursday afternoon. No other information was given regarding th

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Rain chances will be elevated the next few days, and then a wetter weather weekend is shaping up, as Gulf moisture and a cold front move in. October kicks off on the hot and muggy side. Temperatures will climb near 90 degrees this afternoon. Gulf...

PRAIRIEVILLE — A two-vehicle crash has shut down the intersection of La. Highway 431 and Summerfield Road while emergency crews work the scene. The intersection is fully closed as responders handle the situation. Drivers are asked to find an alternate route and stay clear of the area. WBRZ will...

BATON ROUGE — One person was taken to the hospital after a possible drowning on Jefferson Place Circle, emergency officials told WBRZ. The call came in around 2:52 p.m., and emergency officials said an adult patient was taken to the hospital in unknown condition. The St. George Fire Department...

BATON ROUGE — The Baton Rouge Police Department, with assistance from the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office, took one person into custody after a search of the woodline near I-12 following a "disturbance" off Plaza Americana Drive on Thursday morning. A police spokesperson told WBRZ that the Thursday...

BATON ROUGE - Steep fines were handed down to property owners at Blight Court on Thursday morning. Two commercial properties on the docket have been previously highlighted by 2 On Your Side. The shuttered Louisiana New School Academy is owned by The Harmony Center under the leadership of Collis Temple....

BATON ROUGE — The LSU Police Department is investigating a reported rape at upperclassmen student housing along Nicholson Drive. According to police documents, a 19-year-old student told police she was raped in the early morning hours of Sep. 5 at Nicholson Gateway Apartments. Terrance Mahomes, 18, is wanted on...

(09/30/26) PORT ALLEN, La. — On a Monday morning at a sugarcane farm in Port Allen, LSU AgCenter entomologist Blake Wilson and two student workers pushed through green and yellow cane stalks on a field’s border and into the interior rows. There, they found plants that were completely brown.

PRIDE, La. (WAFB) - Drivers in Pride say overgrown roadside ditches along Jackson Road are creating hazardous blind spots, while parish leaders say routine ditch mowing is not solely the parish’s responsibility. Residents describe safety concerns. Brush has grown into ditches in some spots along Jackson Road and other.