Baton Rouge LA

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Three bounty hunters are facing felony home invasion charges after prosecutors said they kicked in the door to the apartment of an LSU graduate student as they looked for someone who had skipped out of court. That female LSU student called 911 to report that...

The Interfaith Federation of Greater Baton Rouge invites congregations, organizational leaders, partners and friends to a prayer service of remembrance, thanksgiving and hope at noon Thursday, Aug. 28, at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, 185 Eddie Robinson Drive, Baton Rouge. This gathering honors the compassion and...

Guadalupe L. Reyes Vasquez, the suspect responsible for the fatal shooting of Mirtalarellana Ramirez, was found dead on Wednesday, the same day as the shooting.

A Baton Rouge man was arrested Sunday after allegedly running over his girlfriend as she fled from him during a domestic dispute, then keeping her from seeking help from onlookers. Christian Coleman, 35, was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on counts of attempted second-degree murder and domestic...

Baton Rouge, Louisiana (KMDL-FM) - Founder of Raising Cane's Todd Graves is the richest man in Louisiana, and one of the most wealthy people in America with a current net worth of $20 billion. That amount of money is hard to realistically get your head around. In a recent interview...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Investigators are working to figure out what caused an overnight house fire. It happened around 1 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 15, on Sherwood Street near Plank Road. According to the Baton Rouge Fire Department, the vacant house was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived...

BATON ROUGE — East Baton Rouge Parish prosecutors don't want the uncle of 19th District Judge Eboni Johnson Rose to handle the sentencing for a former police officer she once convicted of a crime that doesn't exist. Judge Donald Johnson this month took over Rose's criminal docket after she...

BATON ROUGE - Police confirmed that two shootings that left a man and a woman dead Wednesday were part of a murder-suicide. The Baton Rouge Police Department responded to a shooting on Florida Boulevard early Wednesday. Mirtalarellana Ramirez, 55, was found unresponsive and taken to the hospital, where she later died.

PORT ALLEN, La. (KPEL-FM) - An inmate died earlier this week at a Louisiana correctional facility, and the investigation into the death continues. According to West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Jeff Bergeron, on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, at approximately 8:15 p.m., correctional deputies found three male inmates...

BATON ROUGE - After a power surge damaged Cassandra Chaney's home and rendered her appliances inoperable, she filed a claim through Entergy. Months went by, and Chaney was left fighting to be fully reimbursed for the damage. She contacted 2 On Your Side and received a call from Entergy to...