Baton Rouge LA

BATON ROUGE — A Baton Rouge man was arrested for allegedly running someone over and breaking both of their legs, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department. Recco Spears, 32, is accused of running a man over outside a Byron Avenue home near Plank Road on Friday. An arrest...

BATON ROUGE — The owners of Cadence Apartments met with Baton Rouge law enforcement to address student safety at the Southern-affiliated apartment after multiple WBRZ reports about crimes at the complex. Student Housing of America, a nonprofit organization that owns Cadence, met with East Baton Rouge Parish District...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Video captured in East Baton Rouge Parish appears to show ICE agents detaining a man early Tuesday morning along I-12 near Drusilla, as similar clips surface more frequently in the community. The clip comes as Operation Catahoula Crunch continues to affect local businesses and congregations...

ST. GABRIEL - The Elayn Hunt Correctional Center warden will retire from the Department of Corrections in mid-February, officials confirmed to the WBRZ Investigative Unit. Keithe Turner will remain on staff until the end of January before taking two weeks of leave and retiring in February. Turner took over in April...

Lane Kiffin just got dunked on by Ben Garrett again, the reporter who went viral for his 'hoe to housewife' comments on Kiffin.

A fifth suspect in connection with the hazing death of Southern University student Caleb Wilson was arrested Tuesday.

BATON ROUGE - Prosecutors say Winston Sanders played a key role in the events leading to the death of Southern University student Caleb Wilson in February. Winston Sanders, one of five former Omega Psi Phi members charged, surrendered last Thursday after he was indicted by a grand jury the day before. In court on...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Firefighters had to battle a house fire after some residents fell asleep as flames were still burning in a fireplace. According to the Baton Rouge Fire Department, the fire happened in the 1000 block of North Acadian Thruway East around midnight. Firefighters arrived to the home to find...

BATON ROUGE — A Baton Rouge man allegedly threatened to run a woman over after getting into two hit-and-run wrecks in her car while he was supposed to have been picking her up from work, according to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office. Arrest documents say Allen Walters, 42,...

A 21-year-old man from California was taken into custody following a pursuit with the West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office that led to a crash on Monday night.