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On May 27 at Zachary Youth Park, Feed the Children, the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank and the Popeyes Foundation partnered to provide $125,000 worth of food and personal care items to 400 low-income families facing food insecurity in the Zachary area. The distribution was part of the "Serving with...

GONZALES- Two Ascension Parish motorcycle club members were jailed in connection with an alleged vehicle theft and beating that happened in a Gonzales parking lot. The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office said Luis Olivas and Anthony "Papoose" Gregoire, both 38 and of Prairieville, got into a fight with the victim in a pa

East Baton Rouge Parish voters will decide this month whether to renew a 10-year property tax for the parish’s Council on Aging that would fund services like meals and transportation for seniors. On the June 27 ballot, the East Baton Rouge Council on Aging’s proposed measure is for a...

BATON ROUGE — A New Orleans man arrested in connection with a fatal shooting along Tiger Bend Road has been formally booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on murder charges, records show. Marcus Jackson, 44, was booked into the parish jail on Monday after his Friday arrest...

BATON ROUGE - A man was arrested in connection with the death of 26-year-old Tyrese Singleton, who was struck and killed while riding his bike along Winbourne Avenue. According to police, a dark-colored SUV struck Singleton on May 31 and drove away. On Friday, Baton Rouge Police arrested Frank Alexander...

The St. George Fire Protection District is suing a Baton Rouge cybersecurity firm after hackers were found to have gained access to the fire district's network— and were lying in wait for a future attack. In a suit filed on May 23, the fire district is seeking damages for...

NEW ROADS — A former New Roads Police officer who was arrested for a domestic violence-related charge is speaking out about the state of the New Roads Police Department. WBRZ's Investigative Unit sat down with Geremiah Williams, who left the department in April and was later arrested in Baton Rouge for breaking a restr

PAINCOURTVILLE — A Baton Rouge man pulled over during a traffic stop was arrested and charged with aggravated assault by Assumption Parish deputies. On Friday, 28-year-old Bryant Tunson was pulled over along La. 308 near Paincourtville. Deputies said that Tunson did not produce insurance information when asked, resulti

ZACHARY — The Baton Rouge branch of the NAACP is joining community members and activists on Monday as a lawyer addresses a recently filed civil lawsuit stemming from a series of racially motivated incidents at a Zachary home. The lawsuit was filed by Carolyn Morrison-Howard and her family after...

PRAIRIEVILLE, La. (WAFB) - Three animals are recovering after they were rescued from a house fire in Prairieville. According to the Galvez-Lake Volunteer Fire Department, they, along with the 7th District Fire Department, responded to the fire in the Keystone Subdivision on Sunday evening, June 7. Firefighters were met