Capital Area United Way has invested approximately $2 million into community organizations through its latest grant cycle.

Heat index values could reach or exceed 110 degrees in parts of the Baton Rouge area this week, with the National Weather Service warning some areas may be under an Extreme Heat Warning by Wednesday.

NEW ORLEANS, La. (WAFB) - A Baton Rouge educator has been named Louisiana’s new Teacher of the Year. Alicia Butler, a teacher ...

A man has been arrested after he allegedly sent inappropriate text messages to an underage female, authorities said.

Hot and humid, but dry for your Saturday forecast with partly to mostly cloudy skies, and highs in the mid 90s. A hot and ...

A shooting on Oswego Street in Baton Rouge left one person dead and another injured, according to BRPD.

A shooting on Oswego Street in Baton Rouge left one person dead and another injured, according to BRPD.

CENTRAL, La. (WAFB) - Central Mayor Wade Evans announced Saturday that he will not seek re-election. Evans, who was elected ...

Byron Wade is weeks away from his first game as head football coach at Glen Oaks High School — a return to the sideline that, ...

Three years after a Baton Rouge woman and her unborn daughter were killed in a case investigators say was one of mistaken identity, her family is preparing to honor their memories while continuing to ...

U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields said Friday he considered running in other congressional districts before announcing his decision to ...

Two out-of-state men were arrested after Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office detectives said they believed they were ...