Baton Rouge LA

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Emergency officials confirmed one person was killed after being struck by a vehicle on Wednesday morning, March 18. The person hit was found near the intersection of Airline Highway and Plank Road. The East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office said the incident is under investigation....

ZACHARY, La. (WAFB) - The family of a missing teen from Zachary, La., says they now believe she was abducted from their home by a truck driver. The teen was found late Tuesday night at a truck stop in Ardmore, Okla., the family said. Authorities said the 38-year-old truck driver,...

A casting call has gone out for people interested in becoming a paid background actor in an upcoming Viola Davis feature film.

New Orleans rapper Mystikal has pleaded guilty to third-degree rape. The 55-year-old (real name Michael Tyler) entered a guilty plea at an Ascension Parish courtroom in Louisiana on March 17th. According to WAFB, the New Orleans artist is facing up to 20 years in prison. He’s scheduled to be sentenced...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Two former Amazon employees stole items worth thousands of dollars from the company’s warehouse on Cortana Place in Baton Rouge, police said. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, the former workers are Javontay Seals, 21, and Byron Johnson, 33. Arrest warrants show authorities are...

BATON ROUGE - Middendorf's has been around for over 90 years, but is now serving its famous seafood in Baton Rouge for the first time. A pop-up of the establishment is happening in the kitchen at the Passe restaurant on St. Ferdinand Street. It served a limited menu, which includes the restaurant's signature...

VIDALIA, La. (KNOE) - Vidalia Police say a third suspect in the Feb. 17 assault and robbery at Hibbett Sports has been arrested. VPD says 28-year-old Christoper Bryant Jr. of Napoleonville, has been charged with armed robbery and attempted first degree murder. 32-year-old Antony Ionlez Knockum of Baton Rouge and...

Olivia Parker thought she was just throwing a good party. Her boyfriend, Trent Robertson, had moved into a place right on the Wearin' of the Green parade route on Hundred Oaks Avenue in Baton Rouge. She had been telling friends and family for nearly a year: When St. Patrick's Day rolls around, we are doing this right.

HOUSTON - A couple was arrested in Houston as fugitives after the boyfriend allegedly shot a Baton Rouge restaurant owner over an order dispute. Daylin Woods and his girlfriend, Savannah Spears, ordered a to-go meal from LJK Roun2 Cafe on Feb. 2. After he paid and left with food, Woods reportedly called the...

Jack B. McGuire's goal for his new book, "Killing the Kingfish," is to be the final word on the assassination of Huey P. Long. "I believe it will be," the Mandeville author said at a book release talk and signing on Monday at the Louisiana State Archives. "But that won't stop other people from writing about it....