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BATON ROUGE — A man previously arrested for contractor fraud was arrested on similar fraud charges on Thursday by the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office. On Oct. 27, deputies spoke with a man who claimed he hired John Stacey of Compton Builders to perform various repairs and improvements to his residence.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Eleven months after a Baton Rouge man was killed in a hit-and-run, no one has been arrested, and Crime Stoppers is offering up to $5,000 for information that could help identify those involved. Aaron Augustus Jr. was killed in December while riding his bike on...

BATON ROUGE — Two people have been arrested on drug charges after multiple addresses in Livingston and East Baton Rouge Parish were raided. According to the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office, deputies began investigating Baton Rouge area drug trafficker Dimitry Johnson in October. Narcotics Agents said they eventually identified two locations in East Baton Rouge and one location in Livingston that he used in his drug trafficking operation.

BATON ROUGE — A Baton Rouge judge has set the trial dates for District Attorney Hillar Moore’s lawsuit against East Baton Rouge Parish, Mayor-President Sid Edwards and the Metro Council. Moore initially filed suit against the city-parish government in April for millions of dollars in an effort to...

Support workers in Baton Rouge public schools are in line to receive $1,000 one-time checks just in time for Christmas. The move is meant to ensure compliance with an executive order from Gov. Jeff Landry mandating stipends this year for school employees across the state. Teachers, however, are not expected...

East Ascension’s Jeremyah Merriweather burst downfield on the game’s third play against Dutchtown. Zaylen Smith scanned the field, then found his receiver over the top of the defense for a 71-yard touchdown. The early touchdown was just the beginning of a dominant first half. East Ascension (8-2) scored...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - LSU said fans should expect increased traffic around campus and additional security checks at the gates ahead of First lady Melania Trump’s attendance at Saturday’s LSU-Alabama football game. The university also announced new tailgating changes and restrictions for the game. Expect extra travel...

Ed Orgeron spoke to a reunion of former LSU Tigers players this week as Saturday’s game against the Alabama Crimson Tide approached, in video WAFB sports director Jacques Doucet posted Thursday. Orgeron, now Lane Kiffin’s special assistant to recruiting and defense, talked about the team first and kept the personal part for the end. “The […] The post LSU’s Ed Orgeron sends emotional message before Alabama game after health scare appeared first on Gridiron Heroics .

A community search is scheduled to take place this Saturday near Whiskey Bay for 22-year-old Christina Munn-Holliday, who has been missing since a vehicle crash in Iberville Parish in late September.

What began as an unexpected find on private property in the Acadiana region has become a major scientific discovery, giving researchers a rare chance to learn more about the giant animals that roamed Louisiana thousands of years ago. Local landowner Curt Matte recently uncovered fossilized remains believed to belong to a mammoth and contacted paleontologists at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette for help identifying the specimens. The discovery drew the attention of researchers at the univ