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Over $221,000 is going towards new resources like vape detectors and telehealth therapy to improve the safety and well-being of middle and high schoolers. EBRSO is investigating after a local title company wired nearly $1M to what investigators now believe was a scammer. Repeat domestic violence offender arrested in...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A homicide investigation is underway after a 55-year-old woman was shot and killed early Wednesday morning. The shooting happened around 5:46 a.m. off of Florida Avenue. Responding officers said they found a victim, later identified as Mirtalarellana Ramire, unresponsive. She was transported...

Former Port Allen Mayor Derek Lewis arrested for alleged sexual misconduct with juvenile. Police say he gave alcohol and acted indecently. Investigation ongoing.

BATON ROUGE - Police and state troopers arrested a man who allegedly led them on a multi-parish chase before crashing into a telephone pole in a neighborhood early Thursday morning. State troopers said they tried to perform a traffic stop with the driver, later identified as 38-year-old Eric Coleman, on...

Monday, as I followed the procession escorting Sgt. Caleb Eisworth through the halls of Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, I witnessed something truly moving. Hundreds of hospital employees — doctors, nurses, clerical staff, maintenance workers, cafeteria personnel and others — lined the corridors to pay their respects....

DENHAM SPRINGS — A monument for Cpl. Shawn Kelly, a Denham Springs Police officer fatally shot in the line of duty in 2023, was installed at his gravesite earlier this week. Kelly's memorial was unveiled on Wednesday by Denham Springs Police, who visited the site with Kelly's widow, Megan.

The New Orleans location for Juicy Seafood will be similar to the Baton Rouge location

Linda Johnson has spent a significant portion of her life helping families fulfill a dream, and she paved the way last week to make it happen again. A groundbreaking ceremony Aug. 5for Starlight Development, Phase 1 set the wheels in motion for construction on a third set of duplexes geared toward low- to...

The woman sustained serious injuries and was taken to the hospital.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office (EBRSO) has opened an investigation after a local title company wired nearly $1 million to what is now believed to be a scammer. Law enforcement records show that on August 7, 2025, workers with the title company...