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LIVINGSTON - A man who pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide after a 2024 car crash that left a Walker High senior dead was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Shawn Robertson Jr. was arrested by Denham Springs Police in March 2024 on a second-offense DWI after the New Year's Day 2024 crash that killed Blakeleigh Weems...

A man accused of starting a St. George house fire a few months ago was arrested Tuesday.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Firefighters battled flames at a building near Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Baton Rouge on Tuesday, November 4. According to the Baton Rouge Fire Department, the fire broke out just before 3 p.m. on Main Street near the church. The flames took more than one hour to extinguish.

Baton Rouge native rapper Young Bleed died at the age of 51 after a brain aneurysm, his son confirmed on social media.

GONZALES — The father of Kyren Lacy teamed up with a Baton Rouge-area nonprofit organization to address mental health within the community. Kenneth Lacy lost his son, Kyren Lacy, in April of this year. "When my son took his life, he was going through something mentally, but now guess...

BATON ROUGE — As the government shutdown reaches a record length of 35 days, SNAP benefits remain suspended or severely limited nationwide. To help people struggling amid the suspension of benefits, St. Vincent de Paul of Baton Rouge is hosting a food drive over the weekend. Donations will be...

If you are going to Baton Rouge or you will be watching from home, be prepared to get up real early.

For three years, Samrat Mukherjee was living the dream of being a young doctor. He had access to Baton Rouge hospitals, he wore a flight surgeon’s uniform to work, he often showed off his medical degree and he even threw himself a party to celebrate his graduation from medical school.

PORT ALLEN - One woman is taking on a home improvement project and plans to renovate her kitchen and patio, and install a new roof. But her DIY hit an unexpected snag when some of her building materials went missing. It's been two weeks since Develyn Nelson purchased items from...

A couple is accusing the Walker Police Department and Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office of wrongfully entering their home and detaining them. Douglas and Melissa Kenyon, of Walker, filed a lawsuit Monday seeking damages against police officers and sheriff's deputies. The lawsuit alleges law enforcement trespassed...