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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - No parent expects to bury their child. For Devosica Jackson, that unimaginable loss became reality in January when her 18-year-old daughter, Kassidy, was killed in a shooting. More than six months later, Jackson is turning her grief into a mission to help other parents facing...

PRAIRIEVILLE — Waffle House has filed construction permits to start work on the restaurant chain's first location in Prairieville, the Baton Rouge Business Report writes. The business journal reports that the 1,840 sq. ft. building will be located on Commerce Centre Drive near the intersection of Airline Highway and La

MIAMI BEACH — Former LSU wide receiver Demetrius Byrd has been arrested in Miami Beach, Florida, after allegedly threatening a man at knifepoint on a bus, CBS News reports. Byrd, who played at LSU from 2007 to 2009, is accused of getting into an argument with another passenger on a Miami Beach bus before pulling a mult

BATON ROUGE - A man accused of beating an 11-year-old boy unconscious and a woman who allegedly told the man to "beat his ass" were arrested for cruelty to juveniles. Shantia Thomas, 35, and Eric Washington, 40, were charged Tuesday with second-degree cruelty to juveniles, according to their bill of information. Thomas

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - East Baton Rouge Schools issued a statement to staff Tuesday asking employees to “remain calm” and “avoid speculation” amid a newspaper report that Superintendent LaMont Cole is allegedly being investigated by a state grand jury. The report detailing the investigation and...

BRUSLY — Brusly Police have arrested seven people, including six juveniles, since increasing the department's presence at Alexander Park. The Brusly Police Department said that two months ago, it began receiving an increased number of complaints about criminal activity at the park. In response, police added more camera

A Baton Rouge man was charged with DWI for the 5th time in five years.

Britney Temple violated state ethics laws when she was employed by University High School in Baton Rouge as a volleyball coach while her father-in-law, Collis Temple Jr., served on the LSU Board of Supervisors, according to charges filed by the Louisiana Board of Ethics. The charges say the Board of...

DENHAM SPRINGS — The Denham Springs High School robotics team won the Indiana Robotics Invitational in Indianapolis, beating the event's top-seeded alliance in the finals. Denham Venom, the FIRST Robotics Competition team at DSHS, finished second out of 50 teams in qualifying play and went undefeated through the playof

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Nearly two months after 15-year-old Ja’Derrius Minnieweather was last seen, Baton Rouge police said in a release on Tuesday that the landfill search for his remains has entered its third week — with more than 1,000 tons of material processed and no end date in sight.