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BATON ROUGE - Freshmen at LSU finished moving into their dorms Sunday and jumped into Welcome Week activities with a ceremony at Memorial Tower. Freshman Taylor Banks spent the day with her parents and new roommate, getting their dorm room ready for their first day. "You've been preparing them for...

Down a gravel road — through pine trees and past rusting hulks of equipment — fish occasionally jump in a tranquil pond amid the creaking of insects. Just south of the small community of Coleman Town, this pond in St. Helena Parish along the Amite River was once an old sand-and-gravel pit.

A woman has died from her injuries after a Friday shooting in Baker.

At first, Madisonville native Rylie Kuyper just thought she was out of shape. It’s a funny thought when one considers how successful the 20-year-old has been on the soccer field. Kuyper, a 2024 Northlake Christian graduate, was a three-sport athlete (soccer, volleyball and softball) for the Wolverines before the...

Nearly 47 years after graduating from Scotlandville Senior High School, members of the Class of 1979 came together for a weekend that was less about looking back and more about enjoying the people who shared an important chapter of their lives. The two-day gathering brought classmates together for food, laughter,...

LaMont Cole continues to lead the day-to-day operations of the East Baton Rouge Parish school system despite facing multiple public corruption charges arising from his previous position as an elected member of the Metro Council. More than a week after Cole’s indictment by a state grand jury, there is little...

CENTRAL, La. (WAFB) - Firefighters rescued two people who were trapped after a truck crashed into a canal on Sunday night, Aug. 16. According to the Central Fire Department, firefighters found the pickup truck overturned in a canal on Frenchtown Road between Country Road and Planchet Road. All five Central...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating a shooting that happened at BREC’s Independence Park on Sunday night, Aug. 16. Police said a teenager was injured by gunfire. The victim’s injuries are not considered life-threatening, according to the police department. No additional details.

BATON ROUGE - Baton Rouge police have launched an operation targeting after-hours clubs and it has already resulted in multiple arrests and firearm recoveries. According to police, the effort is focused on large crowds gathering into the early morning hours across the city. During the first weekend of the operation,...

ST. GEORGE - First responders are working a crash at the intersection of Highland Road and Bluebonnet Boulevard. According to the St. George Fire Department, the wreck happened shortly before 8:45 p.m. on Sunday. One lane of traffic on Bluebonnet is blocked. No more information was immediately available.