Mayor-President Sid Edwards has proposed reallocating a portion of the library’s 11.1-mill property tax, arguing that the ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - It’s a winter wonderland in south Louisiana. The WAFB news team is live across the Capital Region with the latest on how this winter weather storm is impacting the area.

Jasmine Laws is a Live News Reporter at Newsweek based in London, U.K. Her focus is reporting on U.S. politics, crime and global affairs. Jasmine joined Newsweek in 2024 from News UK and had ...

On Tuesday morning, residents of New Orleans and Baton Rouge woke up to a winter wonderland with rare snow coating the ground. A winter storm is sweeping through the Deep South, bringing snow ...

Travel will likely “remain extremely dangerous” throughout the day Wednesday and possibly into Thursday after a snow storm moved through south Louisiana on Tuesday, according to a top state ...

"Right now, one of the other big issues is the lack of police manpower," said Hillar Moore, East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney ... So can't we just flood those areas with help and police ...

The announcement, which signals a decisive move to quickly respond to the chilling forecast, means that East Baton Rouge Parish is preparing to effectively combat the imminent freeze. City of ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Sid Edwards hosted a briefing about the city’s comprehensive preparations for the anticipated severe weather ...

The numbers of sex offenders in North East areas have been released, with an interactive map showing how many are in your area. The overall North East number has gone down, although the wider ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released its widely anticipated new flood risk maps on Dec. 20, and unsuspecting residents learned that they may now be required to buy flood insurance.

BATON ROUGE, La. — A popular TikTok creator known ... was discovered wrapped in a tarp along U.S. Highway 51 in Tangipahoa Parish on Sept. 29. Thomas became a suspect after he was seen driving ...

Louisiana's coastal agency has set out a plan to spend $1.8 billion in flood protection and restoration ... Negotiations are ongoing with Plaquemines Parish on the diversion's future, though ...