Baton Rouge LA

Forget the traditional cocktail. Instead, shake it up by ordering a frozen daiquiri, an icy, boozy Louisiana staple. Kind of like the adult version of a slushie, these bevs are usually made with rum and sometimes tequila or brandy. Local daiquiri dishers keep swirling machines on deck, churning out a variety of...

BATON ROUGE — A Venezuelan national living in the U.S. without authorization was indicted after he allegedly tried to have a sexual relationship with and sent obscene material to someone whom he believed to be a boy half his age in Baton Rouge. Kleider Enrique Garcia-Ochoa, 30, is accused...

One group in Baton Rouge is bridging the gap between the mind and the world around.

EAST BATON ROUGE — It is the latest domestic murder-suicide that officials have responded to in East Baton Rouge Parish in recent weeks. The most recent has Baton Rouge Police and East Baton Rouge deputies investigating two deaths in an apparent murder-suicide that happened Wednesday morning. BRPD Homicide...

BATON ROUGE - A woman was killed in a shooting along Florida Boulevard early Wednesday morning. Officials said 55-year-old Mirtalarellana Ramirez was shot near the intersection of Florida Boulevard and Green Oak Drive shortly before 6 a.m. Ramirez was taken to the hospital where she later died.

A man who was released from Elayn Hunt Correctional Center was found dead a day later, 80 miles from where he was supposed to be in Baton Rouge. Treylin Deville's family had arranged with the prison to have him placed at a group home that was equipped to deal with his mental health issues, but as the WBRZ...

PORT ALLEN — West Baton Rouge Parish officials said Wednesday that a former mayor of Port Allen who once served time on a federal racketeering charge has been accused of indecent behavior with juveniles. Jail records show Derek Lewis, 64, was arrested Monday and booked Tuesday. The West Baton...

The Denham Springs Council denied a license renewal for the Mustard Seed Creamery due to questions about whether the building was operating as a business or a church, and a city ordinance that bans alcohol sales within 300 feet of a church.

PORT ALLEN, La. (WAFB) - An undercover operation at a convenience store in Port Allen has led to West Baton Rouge Parish’s first Kratom-related arrest since the state’s new law went into effect. According to the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office, deputies arrested Md Saiful Islam, 41,...

BATON ROUGE — Wednesday is the second night in the Baton Rouge Police Department's latest Equalizer class, a self-defense class for women. The Equalizer 2025 is a free series of courses exclusively for women at BRPD Headquarters at 9000 Airline Highway. Courses will be held across two weeks on...