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PORT ALLEN, La. (WAFB) — Kendall Wishom, a rising freshman at Port Allen Middle School, took first place in pottery at the National Beta Club Finals in Nashville — the first time in the school’s history a student has claimed the top honor at the competition. Wishom...

BATON ROUGE - Another shooting in the region has both residents and social work researchers urging more attention focused on violence prevention. On Wednesday, the talk at Essential Fadez Barbershop included the recent shooting the evening before. "Some people are scared to come to the barbershop, they're just scared,"

In a case that made headlines earlier this year, an attorney with Dudley DeBosier was cited by a Baton Rouge state court judge for including a fabricated quote in a legal pleading drafted with the help of an artificial intelligence tool. In a written apology to the court, the attorney...

ADDIS, La. (WAFB) - Investigators say new evidence has changed the direction of their investigation into the death of 7-year-old Paris Williams, alleging the girl’s mother tried to cover up what happened before the child died. Dorsey is charged with principal to second-degree murder, two counts of felony domestic...

BATON ROUGE — The former Government Street home of Brew-Bacher's Grill has been purchased by a Baton Rouge-based development firm for $650,000. According to court records, the sale to Grand Development Group, a development firm tied to Grand Construction, was completed on July 2. The purchase included four parcels...

BATON ROUGE — An alleged drug dealer was arrested in connection with the death of a St. George man who overdosed on fentanyl and heroin. An arrest warrant shows that the man was found dead in his living room on Feb. 26. Detectives found a "bag containing a powdery substance near the body," which investigators later det

Louisiana’s long-awaited new Mississippi River Bridge is moving into its next phase. According to Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) Secretary Glenn Ledet, officials expect to narrow three proposed bridge locations to one preferred route by the end of the year. The project began by evaluating 32 possib

BATON ROUGE — Residents woke up Wednesday morning to find water flooding St. Katherine Avenue and surrounding streets. According to residents, a car struck a fire hydrant near the corner of St. Katherine and Hammond Street on Sunday. A resident then called the Baton Rouge Water Company, which said that crews would not

A Lafayette-based restaurant serving sweet and savory biscuits and breakfast and brunch items is opening a Baton Rouge location later this year.

More charges are possible in the West Baton Rouge Parish case involving the death of 7-year-old Paris Williams, police said in a Wednesday afternoon update.