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BATON ROUGE — The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help identifying a man connected to a business burglary. According to authorities, a white male entered the rear door of an Edible Arrangements at 6725 Siegen Lane at around 4:23 a.m. on June 19. The man was wearing a dark-colored shirt, lig

BATON ROUGE — A woman found guilty of playing a part in the 2022 shooting death of a teenage girl has a new warrant out for her arrest after she failed to appear for a court-ordered review. In November 2025, Queriana Richard was found guilty of accessory after the...

BATON ROUGE - A juvenile was taken to the hospital in critical condition following a possible drowning at a Bluebonnet Boulevard apartment complex, officials told WBRZ. Officials received the call around 7:30 p.m. at the Waters at Bluebonnet apartment complex. Officials did not have any additional information regarding

Light jazz music rumbled softly outside 805 St. Louis St. as people waited to enter the Baton Rouge African American Museum for its reopening on Juneteenth, a museum founded by Sadie Roberts-Joseph. They called her the mother of Juneteenth in Louisiana. Roberts-Joseph was killed in 2019 when she was 75...

Less than two days after being arrested for the widely publicized beating of a 20-year-old man, the Rev. Tony Spell was captured on a law enforcement bodycam calling the alleged victim a slur and threatening the young man’s father. In East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office bodycam footage taken by...

I've been following a troubling pattern in our local justice system, and I think Baton Rouge residents deserve to know about it. Imagine sitting in jail for months — recovering from surgery, in pain, cut off from your medication — only to learn later that you'd already served more time than the law allows for the charg

BATON ROUGE — After years of planning, the state is taking a major step toward building a new bridge over the Mississippi River, with one state representative saying that a bridge location could be identified within the next year. State and local leaders met Monday for an update on...

If there’s one thing every Baton Rouge resident can agree on, it’s that Louisiana summers are no joke. Stepping outside for even a few minutes can feel overwhelming when temperatures climb into the 90s and humidity makes it feel even hotter. Whether you’re an LSU student walking to class, spending a weekend with friend

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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A long-awaited grocery store development in North Baton Rouge is facing a major setback after Gov. Jeff Landry vetoed $18 million in state capital outlay funding for the project last week. Project developer Richard Preis said the development was otherwise ready to move forward. “In...