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BATON ROUGE — Big Buddy Mentoring Baton Rouge hosted its Star Dancer Mentor Day on Friday, featuring WBRZ's own April Davis ahead of the 18th Annual Dancing for Big Buddy fundraising event. Each year, Dancing for Big Buddy hosts star dancers from across the capital city’s community to raise...

LSU head coach Lane Kiffin and running back coach Kevin Smith headed to Booger McFarland's old stomping grounds of Winnsboro, La., on Friday. Both coaches stopped at Franklin Parish High School and met with Patriots head coach Adrian Burnette and three-star running back Trey Martin. Martin, a 5-10, 185-pound...

The Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit, in coordination with the Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office, and with assistance from the Gonzales Police Department and the DEA Baton Rouge Field Office, conducted a joint investigation into illegal narcotics trafficking between Ascension and Iberville parishes....

Companion Animal Alliance and Councilman Darryl Hurst hosted the pet pantry pick-up event on Jan. 30. Families in need received free pet food and pet supplies.

Eight inmates escaped the River Bend Detention Center in Lake Providence early Friday — including four being held for Baton Rouge, one a murder suspect who was still at large late in the day. They were reported missing around 1:20 a.m. Friday, according to Louisiana State Police. Four of...

A deadlocked jury was unable to reach a verdict on Michael Robinson’s second-degree murder charge in a mass shooting outside a packed Baton Rouge nightclub. Chief District Judge Donald Johnson, who presided over the case, declared a mistrial after more than six hours of deliberations late Friday evening. The...

The coldest point of this Arctic blast is here. Continue protecting people, pets, plants, and pipes for the time being. A thaw arrives in the Capital Area early next week. An EXTREME COLD WARNING remains in effect through 10 a.m. Sunday across all of southeast Louisiana and southwest Mississippi. Dangerous cold will...

(InvestigateTV) — The meaning behind a tattoo can be personal, permanent and sometimes impulsive, but a growing number of people are experiencing tattoo regret and seeking costly removal procedures. “We’re seeing a much younger crowd trying to get tattoo removal than we ever had before,” Abbie Woodard, owner of...

Five people were injured in a shooting at the East Feliciana Courthouse during a Mardi Gras parade in Clinton, Louisiana, and three suspects are being investigated for the incident.

FEMA is providing $3.79 million in emergency funding to Louisiana to help the state quickly respond to the recent severe winter storm, covering costs such as generators, debris removal, and emergency shelters.