Baton Rouge LA

🔥 BIG concert announcement! Kevin Gates is bringing an all-star lineup to Lafayette for HOT 107.9's Birthday Bash this October. See who's joining him and when tickets go on sale!

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Cat Haven announced that a grand opening for its new adoption center and cat café will be held on Sunday, Oct. 25. The feline rescue is inviting community members to enjoy an afternoon of cats, community, and tailgate fun while helping celebrate its exciting new chapter.

The family of a man who was killed in a hit-and-run crash in East Baton Rouge launched a GoFundMe account.

Prairieville just got a new ice cream parlor called Ella Jean’s Ice Cream & Treats. At 40306 La. 42, Suite 106, retro decor ornaments are seemingly in every corner. Take a seat in the palms of yellow or pink hand-shaped chairs or snap a photo by the old-school, ice-blue car bench below a neon sign. Don’t forget to grab

Cajun Navy 2016, a nonprofit founded after devastating floods hit Louisiana 10 years ago, has filed a lawsuit against the organization United Cajun Navy and its top officials, saying that group has damaged its reputation with “a multiyear campaign of false and defamatory statements.”. United Cajun Navy is one...

A man is wanted in Baton Rouge for allegedly stealing vehicles with a tow truck and selling them for parts while forging paperwork to scrap them. Matthew Dunn, 35, is wanted on five counts of theft of a motor vehicle, five counts of filing false public records and four counts of forgery, according to a warrant for his

A new food festival is coming this fall as the inaugural St. George Food Truck Fest rolls into the BREC State Fairgrounds on Saturday, November 21, 2026, bringing together more than 25 food trucks, 100 market vendors, live music, family entertainment, and community support for a great cause. The festival...

BATON ROUGE — The future of City-Brooks Park is up for debate, with multiple proposals on the table ranging from keeping the golf course intact to adding bike lanes and expanding walking trails. BREC hired design consultant Sasaki Associates to develop proposals for how the park could look in...

A new private training studio in East Baton Rouge Parish is giving women a place to exercise without some of the pressure and intimidation they may feel inside a larger, co-ed gym.

The hottest stretch of the summer continues across the Capital Region with heat index values climbing as high as 115 degrees through Wednesday. While only a stray afternoon storm is possible over the next couple of days, rain chances increase late this week and into the weekend, bringing some relief from the extreme he