Baton Rouge LA

Here is a list of commercial and residential building permits issued by East Baton Rouge Parish Government from Sept. 14-18. 8223 AIRLINE HWY.: pylon sign, $5,000; applicant, Steve Kirkpatrick; owner, Jeremy Webb; contractor, TTA Services. 8223 AIRLINE HWY.: wall sign, $3,000; applicant, Steve Kirkpatrick; owner, Jerem

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Detectives are investigating the death of a man who police say was shot and then left in the road, where he was hit by a vehicle early Monday morning, Sept. 21. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, the incident occurred around 12:15 a.m. on...

BATON ROUGE — The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating after one person was found shot Monday morning along Clayton Street. BRPD and Baton Rouge EMS responded around 8:40 a.m. and found one person with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound near the corner of Clayton Street and Beechwood Drive. A...

Athlon Sports updates bowl and playoff projections after Week 3.

Every week, I’ll scan the nation and hand out awards. Without further ado … the envelope, please. GAMESPlay this again: No. 8 Ole Miss 32, No. 7 LSU 24 Never play this again: Oregon 84, Portland State 0 What? Florida 44, Auburn 39 Huh? West Virginia 38, No. 25 Virginia 27 Are you kidding me? Vanderbilt 35, N.C. State 3

Louisiana Inspired is looking for its next class of Inspirit Award winners. Readers across the state can nominate people who are working toward solutions in neighborhoods, rural communities, towns and cities — work that takes extra effort by special people, demonstrating the good stuff of the human spirit. Nominees...

PLAQUEMINE, La. (WAFB) - Iberville Parish officials are inviting residents to submit photographs of local service members to be included on the Iberville Wall of Veterans ahead of this year’s Veterans Day ceremony. “It’s important that we recognize our veterans and their sacrifice, their courage, their dedication to se

This may surprise a lot of people around the sport, but there’s a reason this one between the Aggies and Tigers is projected to be this close.

BATON ROUGE — Warnings of escalating tensions in the Middle East, including threats against Saudi Arabia, have sent gas prices surging again. According to AAA, the national price of a gallon of gas rose about 16 cents. In Baton Rouge, the average price for a gallon of regular gas...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Humidity begins to rebound as the heat sticks around, bringing heat concerns back for the first half of the workweek before another weak cool front brings drier air back in. MONDAY FORECAST. It will be a bit warmer on Monday morning as Gulf moisture increases...