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BATON ROUGE —Baton Rouge Fire Department responded to a vacant house around midnight. Fire officials said the fire happened in the 1200 block of South 12th Street. Firefighters arrived to find the structure fully engulfed in flames. They searched the residence and extinguished the fire. The home had no...

Several Baton Rouge area eateries received critical violations from the Louisiana Health Department during routine restaurant inspections from June 15-30, with many businesses dealing with gnat infestations in the warming summer months. The health department’s retail food health inspections dashboard includes a history

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Broderick Sanders stands 6′4″, weighing in at 220 pounds, and he just finished the eighth grade at John Curtis. The defensive lineman may be young, but he’s dominant for the Patriots. His relentless work ethic and talent secured Sanders a scholarship offer from LSU.

After 31 years in the courtroom, longtime Baton Rouge prosecutor Dana Cummings is stepping away.

Rush Enterprises acquired certain assets of Peterbilt of Louisiana on June 30, adding five South Louisiana Peterbilt dealerships and related operations. Rush said the deal adds 46 service bays, more than 23,000 square feet of parts storage and about 107,000 square feet of facility space. The acquired locations will joi

It’s the last day of June, so you know what that means: It’s time to look back at what opened in the Capital Region this past month. From a new coffee shop to a long-awaited restaurant in Gonzales, here’s your monthly recap of all the new concepts we said hello to in June, plus some other spots that have made their way

BATON ROUGE — One Baton Rouge cancer patient says efforts to fix her apartment's air conditioning have failed, and the broken system puts her health at risk, forcing her to move. 60-year-old Stephanie Franklin moved into Sea Holly Grande Apartments in Nov. 2024. She told WBRZ that new management...

Real Bleeda claims he was home when Teressa Calligan was shot, filing court paperwork to challenge his murder charge with an alibi witness. Real Bleeda is claiming he wasn’t anywhere near the scene when Teressa Calligan got shot down on Airline Highway back in September 2024. The Baton Rouge...

A new trial date has been set for Casen Carver, one of the suspects in the 2023 alleged rape of LSU student Madison Brooks, who was fatally struck by a car after she was dropped off afterward. The trial has been scheduled for Nov. 16, with attorneys saying they expect...

DENHAM SPRINGS - A Honduran national was sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, the United States Department of Justice said Tuesday. Alexander Ruiz-Ponce, 28, pleaded guilty to the crime in April. The department said in 2025, he convinced whom he believed to...