Baton Rouge LA

When Mary Gentry was looking for houses 25 years ago, she avoided Old Jefferson because of the flood risk. Gentry, a retired geologist, settled down in the Somersby subdivision, where wetlands sat behind her house, and she was left undisturbed by flooding for the first few years. After a subdivision was built behind...

A new billboard and cash reward are the latest tactics in helping solve the disappearance of Madison ReNae Allen of Zachary. Allen’s mother, Lynn Rollins, hopes the billboard will prompt tips from the public and provide answers about what happened to her daughter. “A lot of people do not...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A funeral home has started offering discounts for services stemming from murder as youth violence continues to surge in Baton Rouge. A. Hamilton Platinum Funeral Services off Choctaw has doubled its staff for homicide services and is now pushing for additional security at those services,...

BATON ROUGE — The Baton Rouge Fire Department responded to a Monday morning apartment fire on Pampas Street. According to the department, fire crews arrived around 11 a.m. to find smoke coming from a second-floor apartment unit where they located a fire in a bedroom. While firefighters were able...

WALKER - Juveniles lying on the railway forced a train to stop abruptly in Walker on Monday afternoon. The train stopped around 4 p.m. near the intersection of North Corbin and Florida Boulevard. Law enforcement said the juveniles thought it would be funny to lie down on the tracks to...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - An iconic Mardi Gras tradition has returned in Baton Rouge. A flock of two dozen pink flamingos landed in the LSU Lakes early Monday morning, Jan. 12. Community members flocked to the lakes to snatch them up and bring them home. These large wooden flamingos...

Louisiana State University is praising one of its campus officers on social media for his “exceptional courage” while recently rescuing a stranded motorist. “While traveling through the state of Alabama with his family, Sgt. [Tom] Schiebe encountered a serious traffic accident involving an 18-wheeler tractor-trailer...

DENHAM SPRINGS — Two people are dead after a car crash in Denham Springs along South Range Avenue, the Denham Springs Police Department said. Officials say the crash involved four cars and occurred near the Walmart on South Range Avenue and Hazelnut Street around 6:10 p.m. Monday. South Range...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - New parents are bombarded with misleading posts and images about what’s safe when it comes to infant sleep. That’s according to a new investigation by Consumer Reports. Information shared by social media influencers, AI chatbots, and even retailers may be confusing parents and putting babies...

A 17-year-old boy was killed in north Baton Rouge on Saturday afternoon while sitting inside a vehicle in a driveway, according to Baton Rouge Police. Police found E’myeri Walker, 17, suffering from a gunshot wound at the 4600 block of Wood Street around 4:55 p.m. Walker died at the scene.