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A man killed in an officer-involved shooting in Baton Rouge early Saturday morning, July 5, has been identified.
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Nearly two weeks have passed since a violent night near a Baton Rouge club led to the death of a 25-year-old woman and left five others hurt.
An ambulance was stolen from Baton Rouge General Mid City Hospital early Wednesday morning, but was later recovered.
BATON ROUGE, La. — A well-known Baton Rouge televangelist has died. The Rev. Jimmy Swaggart died on Tuesday after he suffered cardiac arrest on June 15.
The project to build a new Mississippi River bridge south of Baton Rouge has encountered further hurdles, to the frustration of Baton Rouge-area leaders.
The Rev. Jimmy Swaggart, who built one of the nation's biggest broadcast ministries in the 1980s from his Baton Rouge headquarters, died Tuesday.
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - East Baton Rouge Parish leaders are trying to streamline some emergency calls to first responders. Mayor-President Sid Edwards says they are working to merge the Baton ...
The departments that run Baton Rouge's fire trucks and ambulances are merging, Mayor-President Sid Edwards announced Monday.
Mary Jane Marcantel, a Baton Rouge civic activist who backed downtown neighborhoods and played a role as investigator in high-profile criminal cases, died Saturday at 77.
Starting pay for public school teachers in the Baton Rouge region continues to increase as several school districts have approved new pay raises and stipends.
BATON ROUGE, La. — A woman was killed, and five other people were injured early Sunday morning outside a nightclub in Baton Rouge. According to our partners at WBRZ, the shooting happened in the ...