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ARLINGTON, Va. (WUSA) – A driver traveling on a busy roadway in northern Virginia was killed after a tree fell on their vehicle Thursday morning. The driver was on the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Arlington when the tree fell, authorities said. The accident closed both lanes of traffic...

PORT ALLEN — A 45-year-old Denham Springs man died in a crash along I-10 eastbound in West Baton Rouge Parish. According to the Louisiana State Police, Eric Sparks died after the Thursday night single-vehicle crash that happened just before 6 p.m. Troopers said that Sparks was driving a Freightliner...

PRAIRIEVILLE, La. (WAFB) - Walmart announced that one of it’s stores in Prairieville will be temporarily closed for remodeling. According to the company, the Walmart Neighborhood Market at 15047 Airline Hwy, will close for a planned, rapid remodel designed to improve speed, convenience, and the everyday shopping...

Benny Alford still shows up to work every day. At 80, the founder of Benny’s Car Wash keeps an open door at the company’s corporate headquarters overlooking Airline Highway, greeting employees, family members and the occasional visitor seeking advice. It’s a small but telling detail in a story that spans more than...

A 10-year-old girl died Tuesday after an accidental shooting near a Sonic in Baton Rouge.

Margaritas served up like soft serve are dominating TikTok feeds these days and sending Mexican restaurants into a frenzy to find ways to pump out the drink treats. And while you may think, “Isn’t that just a frozen marg?”, soft-serve margaritas are thicker and creamier, imitating the look of a swirly ice cream.

BATON ROUGE — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is donating approximately 40,000 pounds of shelf-stable food to the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank this week. The donation is part of a nationwide initiative from the nonpartisan congressional commission America250 to send 250 truckloads of food to 250 food...

BATON ROUGE — For nearly four decades, DiGiulio Brothers Italian Café has been serving classic Italian dishes just off Perkins Road near the Overpass, becoming a neighborhood institution and a familiar stop along the route of the annual Wearing of the Green Parade. The restaurant first opened its...

Daniel Atkins, 36, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and illegal use of a weapon for the shooting death of Kevin White, 36, at an Eagle Suites hotel in Baton Rouge on January 28.

On Saturday, March 21, Southern Palette: Food and Drink Experience will transform downtown Baton Rouge into a celebration of Southern culinary creativity. Set beneath the oak trees of Lafayette Park and the Shaw Center campus, the event will feature more than 30 chef tents alongside fine wine and top-shelf spirits...