Baton Rouge LA

Coming back from the Labor Day holiday, student enrollment in East Baton Rouge Parish schools has declined by about 3.7% compared to a year ago. If that holds, it would be the biggest enrollment decline for the state’s second-largest traditional school district since the first year of the COVID pandemic. And it would...

BATON ROUGE - Baton Rouge Police are investigating a shooting that happened near the intersection of Government Street and South Foster Drive early Monday morning. Police say 19-year-old Roderick Forkner was shot in his car, which then ran into the sign of the Smoothie King located on Government Street, around 3:30...

BATON ROUGE - A 28-year-old linked to a shooting that left a pregnant mother and her unborn child dead was arrested more than a month after the killings. Family tells WBRZ that Kimberlyn Martin was was sitting with her boyfriend outside of an apartment at Elevate on Highland when her boyfriend's brother, Alex Burns,...

Tank at Smitty’s Supply has blowout as cleanup process following major explosion continues. A tank at Smitty’s Supply in Tangipahoa Parish had a blowout Monday afternoon, September 1. Updated: 6 hours ago. Shocking surveillance video has surfaced of a brazen shooting at the corner of Government Street and...

BATON ROUGE - Less than a month into the school year, a Southern University freshman from Mississippi died. The university announced that Jade Lamb of Picayune passed away. "Though her time with us was short, Ms. Lamb was a valued member of our Jaguar family, and her loss will be felt across our campus. We extend our...

BATON ROUGE — Authorities in East Baton Rouge Parish are searching for a woman who allegedly stole several packages from people's homes across the parish. Deputies say that the woman was seen in several parts of the parish removing packages from residential porches and leaving in an older model SUV.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A shocking video has sparked outrage in Baton Rouge after Roderick Forkner, a Southern University student, was killed and his passenger was injured in a shooting at a red light. The incident occurred when one car pulled up next to another, and gunfire erupted from...

Deputies say a work release inmate who walked off the job site at Deltak Manufacturing in Walker on Tuesday morning is back in custody.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - City leaders are hoping Baton Rouge’s tire troubles will soon roll away. A new ordinance will punish shops for tires found dumped illegally. A pile of tires is an eyesore for Linda Scott. “They drop them off. They don’t really care. It’s not their...

A Baton Rouge man has been convicted by a jury in a federal case involving cocaine and crack cocaine distribution.