Baton Rouge LA

Below is Ascension Sheriff’s arrest report for the week of July 17-23: Shawn Dean, 34, 5535 Andrews St, St. Gabriel was arrested pursuant to 2 fugitive warrants;. Lacarla Nicholas, 30, 35204 Hwy 1 N, Donaldsonville was charged w/ Illegal Transmission of Monetary Funds, Bank Fraud, Computer Fraud, Theft of Firearm,...

Within hours of a WAFB I-TEAM report featuring Raycarl Henderson, the community opened up their hearts and wallets. Louisiana OMV texting scam: who they target and how to protect yourself. Updated: 2 hours ago. Louisiana State Police, LA Wallet, and the Office of Motor Vehicles are sounding the alarm about...

Niche has released a list of the Best Places to Buy a House in 2025, with Jena, Louisiana topping the list and several other towns in the Greater Baton Rouge area making the cut.

A Baton Rouge woman has been arrested after deputies say she allegedly tried to shoot her mother during a dispute at a local restaurant. Ponchatoula man arrested for falsely claiming inmate escaped from Tangipahoa Parish Jail. Updated: 8 hours ago. A Ponchatoula man was arrested Friday after authorities say he...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A Baton Rouge woman has been arrested after deputies say she allegedly tried to shoot her mother during a dispute at a local restaurant. According to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, Alexeia Hammond, 26, was arrested on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at 7:49 a.m. She faces multiple felony...

A second arrest has been made following a shooting at the Amazon Fulfillment Center on Cortana Place in April, in which an 18-year-old shot and killed his former co-worker. Amyri Ross, 19, was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish prison on Tuesday on a count of accessory after-the-fact to second-degree murder for...

BATON ROUGE - A man accused of killing his former domestic partner outside of Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center in March plead not guilty at a Thursday arraignment. Roland Domino, 60, was indicted for second-degree murder and possession of a stolen firearm after allegedly shooting and killing hospital employee...

PLAQUEMINE — East Iberville Parish residents are no longer under a water boil advisory, officials announced Thursday. Officials placed East Iberville Water customers under a boil advisory earlier this week after the water system experienced a loss of pressure following a leak. This happened Wednesday and water...

BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Police said a sales transaction that turned into an attempted robbery left one dead on Cathedral Drive and Wyandotte Street Tuesday evening. Neighbors told WBRZ two people were selling a motorcycle to two suspected buyers before they heard gunshots go off and one of the sellers yelling,...

In the fall of 1982, fifth-grader Jody Plauché was attending Mayfair Elementary School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when he and his classmates were handed a flier for karate lessons. Uninterested, Jody tossed his in the trash. But his younger brother, Mike, brought his copy home. Their mother, June, signed up all three...