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A new donut shop is coming to Scotlandville, the latest in a string of investments and redevelopments coming to the city. Rise and Glaze Donuts looks to be the first donut shop in the city, serving smoothies, donuts, coffee and other breakfast pastries. Located near Southern University on Scenic Highway, it will serve

Clothing retailer American Eagle Outfitters will move into Perkins Rowe later this year. The Pittsburgh based company will also bring its lifestyle brands Aerie and OFFLINE by Aerie to Baton Rouge. This will be Baton Rouge’s second American Eagle store, with another location at the Mall of Louisiana, but the first Aeri

BATON ROUGE — LSU has fired its chief financial officer, the administrator in charge of handling sex-based discrimination complaints and its former diversity, equity and inclusion staff in what campus leaders say are cost-reducing layoffs, the Louisiana Illuminator reported Wednesday. Twenty-five employees were let go

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - High-ranking officials at the Baton Rouge Police Department are scheduled to meet Wednesday, July 8, to discuss the search for Ja’Derrius Minnieweather, the 15-year-old whose body investigators believe is inside the Baton Rouge North Landfill. The search is set to begin Monday, July 13....

WALKER — A person was arrested outside of a Livingston Parish discount store at the end of a law enforcement pursuit that began in Tangipahoa Parish, according to Captain Sharp with the Walker Police Department. Sharp said law enforcement chased the suspect, who was riding a motorcycle, from Hammond...

The Baton Rouge Sneaker Festival is returning to the Main Library at Goodwood on July 11, celebrating sneaker culture, fashion, music, and community with live performances, buying, selling, and trading opportunities.

ZACHARY, La. (WAFB) - The Baton Rouge Police Department is constructing a new training facility designed to place officers in realistic, high-stress scenarios ranging from domestic violence calls to active shooter situations. The facility, referred to as a “scenario house,” will be built on a lot adjacent to the depart

Ryan Stogner of Walker headed to Venice last week with his buddy, Jacob May of Baton Rouge, to catch speckled trout. Things didn’t go the way the two anglers planned, but it worked out just fine as Stogner wound up boating the fourth-largest tripletail caught from Louisiana waters, a 37-pound, 38-inch monster.

BATON ROUGE - Officials are responding to a deadly shooting at a Florida Boulevard apartment complex, the Baton Rouge Police Department confirmed to WBRZ. Emergency officials told WBRZ Tuesday afternoon that they are responding to a shooting at Mirage Villa Apartments. Officials say the coroner was contacted and one pe

WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH, La. (WAFB) - Authorities said four inmates are expected to recover after they received Narcan during overdoses at the West Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center. According to the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office, the incident happened around 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday, July 7, in the...