Deputies are asking for the public’s help to track down the person who crashed into a bicyclist and then took off from the scene.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The 9th Annual Baton Rouge Soul Food Festival is scheduled for May 23 and 24 at the East Baton Rouge Parish Library – Main Library, 7711 Goodwood Blvd., from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m ...

Ascension Parish Sheriff’s deputies have arrested two men in connection with a large fight at a bar along Highway 431 in St. Amant and are searching for a third suspect ...

LIVINSTON PARISH, La. (WAFB) - The jury selection process continued Tuesday afternoon (March 10) in the retrial of Melanie Curtin in Livingston Parish. Officials said Curtin’s charges include simple ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - St. Joseph’s Academy (SJA) recently had its best basketball season in school history. Tim Waller and company took a thrilling ride through the postseason and all the way to ...

Drivers in Central Louisiana speak out on how increasing gas prices have affected their budgets.

The East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney’s Office says a lack of witness contact led to the dismissal of prior rape ...

Four candidates are vying for the vacant La. House District 69 seat covering parts of Baton Rouge and St. George, with the special election set for March 14.

PONCHATOULA, La. (WAFB) - A lightning strike sparked a fire at a historic building in Ponchatoula Monday evening (March 9). According to officials, the lightning strike hit one of the steeples at the ...

Gov. Jeff Landry spoke in front of lawmakers at the start of the 2026 regular legislative session Monday (March 9).

A major at the State Penitentiary at Angola is currently on leave pending investigation following his arrest for introduction of contraband, a felony.

An inmate unexpectedly died over the weekend at the Elayn Hunt Correction Center, Iberville Parish Sheriff Brett Stassi ...