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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The 9th Annual Baton Rouge Soul Food Festival is scheduled for May 23 and 24 at the East Baton Rouge Parish Library – Main Library, 7711 Goodwood Blvd., from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily, according to festival organizers. Admission is free. The event...

BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Community College's Mid-City campus was placed on lockdown Wednesday afternoon after receiving a threat. Around 1:06 p.m., Baton Rouge Police received a notification about the threat made to the school's campus on Florida Boulevard, a spokesperson said. By 1:50 p.m., the lockdown was lifted.

Brian Kelly’s regime at LSU was an odd one. For some reason, he simply couldn’t replicate his successes with previous programs at Baton Rouge. A four-year stint ended in a messy exodus. Recently, however, the former LSU head coach admitted that the job forced him to part from an intensely special dream. “We just...

For generations of Louisiana families, a trip to Middendorf’s has been a rite of passage. The drive out to Manchac, the smell of hot oil in the air, and that first bite of impossibly thin, crispy catfish have all become part of the experience. But for the first time in the restaurant’s 91-year history, Baton Rouge...

BATON ROUGE - EBR Schools officials are investigating a bullying incident at Woodlawn Middle School after a video on social media showed a fight between students. The video showed "a student being physically assaulted by another student at Woodlawn Middle," which EBR Schools called "deeply disturbing and absolutely...

BATON ROUGE — A Baton Rouge man pleaded guilty to manslaughter and a cruelty to juvenile charge after prosecutors said they wanted to show jurors more than two dozen autopsy photographs detailing injuries his daughter suffered while being disciplined. Aaron Hawkins, 27, was sentenced Monday to 40 years on...

PONCHATOULA — State police are looking for a rideshare driver from Ponchatoula accused of fleeing the state after allegedly killing a woman in a head-on crash while driving drunk. According to Louisiana State Police, Manmeet Singh, 30, was driving while intoxicated along Interstate 10 in St. John the Baptist...

Construction is ongoing on a New Orleans restaurant coming to Baton Rouge. Vals, a Mexican-inspired restaurant plans to open this year at 7242 Perkins Road. The owners of the popular eatery on Freret Street in New Orleans bought the Baton Rouge property for $1.5 million in April. Plumbing and construction...

GREENWELL SPRINGS — A bill aiming to rename a local bridge after a 19-year-old killed in a 2023 crash was approved by a committee of lawmakers on Tuesday. House Bill 354, presented by state Rep. Lauren Ventrella, R-Greenwell Springs, would rename the Magnolia Bridge along La. 64 to the "Caleb Easterling Memorial...

Preston Guy says Lane Kiffin didn't quit on Ole Miss by choice, claiming the school forced his exit over LSU acceptance. The post Lane Kiffin’s Ole Miss Exit Takes Wild Turn as Insider Claims He Was Forced Out originally published on Total Pro Sports .