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BATON ROUGE — One man was shot in the midsection on North Street near N 36th Street on Thursday evening, according to BRPD. The man was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, sources told WBRZ. BRPD said no one had been taken into custody. It was not immediately...

BATON ROUGE — The mother of a girl found dead in a Mississippi forest after being reported missing in Baton Rouge in 2021 turned down a plea deal Thursday that would have seen her sentenced to 10 years or less in prison on a charge of cruelty to juveniles.

Baton Rouge - Some of the first students to integrate the East Baton Rouge Parish School System spoke on a panel at LSU Law Center on Tuesday evening. "It really was a living nightmare," Dr. Freya Anderson-Rivers said. Anderson-Rivers attended Southern Lab School, but during her senior year, she went...

The Baton Rouge Police Department arrested a 16-year-old who was accused of a shooting at LSU on Saturday.

A 16-year-old who is accused of a shooting during LSU homecoming could be tried as an adult, according to the Office of East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore.

The CPKC Holiday Train will make stops in Baton Rouge and Gonzales on Dec. 2, with special guest artist Dylan Marlowe performing at both locations.

Better hurry because the 10/31 Consortium's annual Fifolet Halloween Festival & Parade is two weeks early this year, happening on Saturday in downtown Baton Rouge. Costumes, floats, bands and dance krewes will fill the parade route at 4 p.m. Saturday. As in past years, the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank truck will...

ST. GABRIEL, La. (WAFB) - Iberville Parish Sheriff Brett Stassi said he will apologize to the family of Devin Boutte and the St. Gabriel Police Department after making comments about the deceased officer in the wake of his death. On July 7, 2025, Sheriff Stassi told the WAFB I-TEAM that...

Louisiana State Police say two horses died after being hit by vehicles on LA 447 in Walker early Tuesday morning.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Disgraced ex-Baton Rouge officer Donald Steele Jr. stood before District Judge Don Johnson on Thursday and learned his fate. Steele Jr., now convicted of malfeasance tied to an alleged kidnapping, was sentenced to one year in prison. Judge Johnson required Steele Jr. to serve 6 months of...