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Three people were injured in a crash in East Baton Rouge Parish on Wednesday afternoon, and were taken to a hospital for treatment.

BATON ROUGE — The East Baton Rouge Parish School District was recently named the National Magnet District of the Year at the Magnet Schools of America conference in San Diego. The district was awarded a $2,500 check to coincide with the honor. Superintendent LaMont Cole and Magnet Director Casaundra...

As the East Baton Rouge Metro Council prepares for a pay increase vote for Baton Rouge police, officials say additional pay raise proposals are in the works.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office says a major drug trafficking operation has been dismantled following a months-long investigation. According to EBRSO, agents conducted several search warrants on April 22 at locations on Red Oak Drive, Bard Avenue, and Avenue L. Officials say...

A woman was arrested Wednesday, accused of trying to smuggle synthetic marijuana into the East Baton Rouge Parish Juvenile Detention Center. She was allegedly planning to ultimately sell it in the parish prison, Baton Rouge Police said. Errolynn Hilson was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish prison on counts...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A Baton Rouge man says police officers kicked in his front door and detained him after mistaking him for someone else. Jay Brooks said officers busted through his door Friday morning. Video captured by Brooks shows the encounter. “Man, I’m good, I’m good, I’m good,...

Attorney General Liz Murrill called out opposing attorneys last week for errors and false citations found in a brief the two filed in federal court, raising the specter of whether artificial intelligence was used to generate the filing. The suspect brief was filed in a lawsuit three Baton Rouge judges...

BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Police arrested a man accused of stealing seven school buses from three schools over the course of a month. Christopher Johnson, 20, was arrested Tuesday on seven counts of theft of a motor vehicle. WBRZ previously reported that he was wanted for allegedly stealing...

BATON ROUGE — Police arrested a woman who was allegedly trying to smuggle drugs into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for one of the suspects in the 2022 murder of 3-year-old Devin Page Jr., sources told WBRZ's Investigative Unit. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, Errolynn Hilson...

A man was left in stable condition after a drive-by shooting in Baton Rouge on Tuesday night, officials said.