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A new and updated look is now in place on the Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office website. The updated site that went live last week brings a more user-friendly setup. It also provides additional information about the people who work at the sheriff’s office and a more user-friendly listing of contacts for officials in the various divisions of the sheriff’s office.

A bill to rename part of Louisiana Highway 1 in Pointe Coupee Parish as the Ernest J. Gaines Memorial Highway has passed the Louisiana Senate and House Transportation Committee and is now making its way to the House floor.

"The noise was something I will never forget." A nurse recounts the mass shooting at Mall of Louisiana and what can be done in the future if it happens again.

A dozen students crowded around the ExxonMobil table at the Baton Rouge Community College North Acadian campus. Ask questions, don’t procrastinate and safety first, electrician Brittany Robinson told students, who were attending an open house for BRCC’s North Baton Rouge Industrial Training Initiative. Less than a decade ago, she was on the other side of the table.

MONROE — Trey Holly, a former LSU running back who went on to play at Southern University, pleaded no contest to felony gun charges, his lawyer told WBRZ on Monday. Holly avoided jail time with his Friday plea to illegal use of a weapon or dangerous instrumentality in Union Parish, instead being served one year of probation and a $1,000 fine.

LOUISIANA — One person was hospitalized with serious injuries following a shooting in downtown Baton Rouge early Sunday morning. According to officials, first responders, including Baton Rouge Police, were called to the scene around 2:40 a.m. along 3rd Street. Authorities said the shooting occurred in front of the downtown pizza restaurant Schlittz & Giggles. Emergency […] The post One person injured following shooting incident in Louisiana...

ST. GEORGE — The St. George Fire Department responded to a Sunday night house fire on Broad Court. According to the department, fire crews arrived around 8:10 p.m. to find smoke coming from a single-story residence. Firefighters extinguished the flames within minutes before checking for extension into the attic...

BATON ROUGE — District Attorney Hillar Moore wants to have an Istrouma High School student, who was previously arrested after a gun went off during class, put back in jail in East Baton Rouge. According to court documents, the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney's Office filed a motion...

Baton Rouge baker Frederique "Freddie" Bekale has been selling her famous cookies out of her "Cookies by Freddie" truck for almost a year now. When she saw that social media food critic Keith Lee was going to be in Lafayette, she knew it was her chance to meet him. Lee...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The family of a man fatally shot at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Baton Rouge has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, nearly a year after his death during an argument, court records show. The lawsuit was filed Monday, April 27, in the 19th Judicial District...