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Ascension Public Schools job fair set for April 23. Ascension Public Schools will hold a teacher job fair April 23 to fill positions for the 2026-27 school year. The event is ideal for experienced educators seeking top positions, as well as upcoming graduates from teacher preparation programs in May, a news release said.

DENHAM SPRINGS - A group of high school students in Denham Springs have developed a flood monitoring prototype that they believe could help the local government and homeowners in Livingston Parish. The Denham Springs High School STEM Sharks Engineering Team created FloodEyes TM, a system that would alert officials to...

BRUSLY - The owner of a smoke shop was arrested for allegedly selling vape pens and alcohol to juveniles. WBRZ previously reported that the Brusly Police Department and the Louisiana Alcohol and Tobacco Control began investigating Ramez Smoke Shop after a mother said someone at the store sold alcohol to her son.

CLEMSON — There are plenty of reasons why Clemson needs to beat LSU when the two Southern Powers get together and play on Sept. 5 in Baton Rouge, La. One of those reasons is to take LSU’s fanbase down a…

ST. GEORGE, La. (WAFB) - Some state leaders are supporting St. George in its effort to break away from the East Baton Rouge Parish School System. The support comes after some school board members urged voters to reject the proposal at the polls. The proposal would allow St. George to...

A $50 million north Baton Rouge development, more than a decade in the making, is one step closer to becoming a reality. The East Baton Rouge Planning Commission approved the BLVD at Harding project at its April meeting, alongside a proposed church and residential developments. BLVD at Harding will bring...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - For Doris Wells-Mullen, the pain of losing loved ones to gun violence is not something that fades with time. “It’s like a stabbing in your heart that you’ll never get over,” Mullen said. Mullen has experienced that loss multiple times. She said...

BATON ROUGE - A woman pleaded guilty on Monday to killing her neighbor in 2024 after the two had an argument, The Advocate reported. WBRZ previously reported that Angelique Chatman was arrested for second-degree murder after she killed Sirena Franklin along Tigerland Avenue. Baton Rouge Police officers said Franklin was walking away as she was shot by Chatman.

The three funds are constitutionally protected and have balances of nearly $2 billion. Iberville Parish School Board Superintendent Dr. Louis Voiron spoke out against Constitutional Amendment 3 on the May 16 ballot, which will ask voters to use money from three funds. The three funds are constitutionally protected and have...

Every morning, Mary Nell Orman Barringer laces up her shoes, clips a leash to Fire — her nearly 12-year-old Irish water spaniel — and walks a mile through her Baton Rouge neighborhood. Fire carries a toy the whole way, a habit passed down from the dog before him, who learned it from the dog before that.