BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - St. Vincent de Paul of Baton Rouge announced its new leader has been selected. According to St. Vincent de Paul, Sunnie Johnson-Lain will assume the position of CEO ...

The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board on Monday, without opposition, approved sweeping changes recommended by Supt. LaMont Cole that will affect 28 Baton Rouge schools, more than 10,000 ...

Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge no longer lockdown after a reported shooting in a nearby parking lot. Baton Rouge Police Department says the shooting happened on Hennessy Boulevard ...

RIGHT NOW, BATON ROUGE POLICE ARE WORKING TO TRACK DOWN A THIRD SUSPECT IN WHAT POLICE ARE CALLING A HAZING DEATH OF 20 YEAR OLD CALEB WILSON. WELL, JUST TODAY, A SECOND SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED BY U ...

Baton Rouge Police say they are preparing warrants to arrest two additional suspects connected to last week's hazing death of Southern University junior engineering student Caleb Wilson ...

However, for travelers looking to experience the excitement of Mardi Gras beyond the parade routes, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 82 miles northwest of New Orleans, offers a refined yet vibrant twist on ...

In addition to the four acres at Howell Park, the organization has gardens and fruit orchards, compliments of Baton Rouge Green's City Citrus initiative, at the 11 East Baton Rouge Parish Housing ...

A group of wealthy white Baton Rouge residents have won a decades-long battle to split from the majority-black city to form their own suburb following a state Supreme Court ruling. After reversing ...

Baton Rouge’s homicide deaths dropped 13% in 2023 — but numbers remain higher than pre-pandemic levels. The Advocate’s records show 100 people were slain in Baton Rouge over the past year ...

Weeks after the Baton Rouge Police Department faced accusations that officers had subjected detainees to humiliating strip-searches in an unmarked “torture warehouse,” four officers have been ...

The Baton Rouge Police Department charged three of its officers and a deputy chief with trying to hide their use of stun guns during a strip search. By Amanda Holpuch Three officers and a deputy ...

The Street Crimes Unit has faced scrutiny over allegations of mistreatment. The Baton Rouge Police Department announced charges against four police officers in the Street Crimes Unit that stemmed ...