Baton Rouge LA

BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge police are asking for the public's help identifying a man they say robbed a Family Dollar at gunpoint. According to police, the suspect entered the Family Dollar store in the 2300 block of Plank Road at around 7:25 p.m. on June 28. He approached the checkout counter acting like a customer befo

Baton Rouge crews responded to a flooded street after what appeared to be a water line issue. One worker was chest-deep in the water — and a resident's reaction to that moment spread widely on social media.

BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Police arrested a woman accused of stealing more than $5,000 worth of lottery ticket proceeds from a Millerville Road gas station in 2024. According to arrest records, Detisha Steib, while working at Kangaroo Express on Jan. 1, 2024, scanned multiple "Fast Play" lottery tickets without paying.

In a classroom at Southern Lab in 1997, Jacob Davis and Krystal Flowers first met in the sixth grade. Their friendship was forged in honors classes and playing sports. Years later, they're back in the very halls where their friendship began, this time coaching at their alma mater. Both won...

LSU’s campus is ever-evolving, with projects to expand, renovate or rebuild constantly underway. All of the projects currently under construction, aside from standard maintenance work, are part of the university’s Master Plan, a document written in 2017 that outlines LSU’s plans to make campus infrastructure more acces

BATON ROUGE - Laz Wilson, a retired Baton Rouge police officer, reached out to 2 On Your Side, hoping to get some answers about a condemned property. The property is off Sherwood Forest Boulevard just south of I-12 in Baton Rouge, and it's been a nuisance since 2017. "I have...

BAKER, La. (WAFB) — A summer camp named for a teenager killed at a birthday party more than a decade ago is bringing together youth from across the community for four days of sports, group activities, and etiquette courses. The Diontrey Claiborne Stop the Violence Camp is organized each...

BATON ROUGE — A garage along Laurel Street caught fire early Thursday morning, Baton Rouge Fire officials said. BRFD crews responded to reports of the fire on Laurel between North 12th and North 13th streets at 4:42 a.m. When they arrived, firefighters found a large detached garage behind a house fully engulfed in flam

BATON ROUGE — On Friday, community leaders will officially open The Grove, a new privately owned student housing residence for Southern University students in Scotlandville. Owner Brigette Patterson says she wanted to make a positive impact in the area with the new complex. "We actually saw that they were...

The new concept will feature seafood, handcrafted cocktails, an outdoor oyster bar and live music