A glut of unused and underused school properties in Baton Rouge is challenging local leaders to figure out ways to prevent ...

The event focused on listening to residents' wants, needs, fears and feelings on downtown's current condition, in order to ...

Reid Baron, Dunham baseball Diamond Peck, West Feliciana track Kylee Savant, Doyle softball Aubrey St. Angelo, Brusly ...

Sunni Johnson-Lain will begin her role with the local nonprofit in June, replacing longtime CEO Michael Acaldo, who left to ...

Follow along live as we watch election results come in for District Attorney Hillar Moore's tax proposal, school tax renewals ...

Elevated interest rates, inflation and rising insurance costs are expected to limit commercial and residential construction in metro Baton Rouge in 2025, which means the local real estate market ...

Southern Chicks Cafe and Daiquiris opened its second location on 7112 Florida Blvd. in Baton Rouge. According to general ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Plan Baton Rouge III will have the first of several public forum meetings Wednesday evening, April 30, from 5 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at the Louisiana Arts and Science Museum.

At the top of many ballots in East Baton Rouge Parish on Saturday is a new property tax carrying major implications for the parish's financial future. With election day approaching, District ...

Diamante Washington, 20, was found shot dead in the backyard of a residence in the 5800 block of Kilona Drive.

After making its way down from the lakes of Minnesota, the Mississippi River winds its path through the capital city of Baton Rouge—a city saturated with history and culture. Baton Rouge pulses ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Bayou Barbie is back in Baton Rouge. Reese and the Chicago Sky played a WNBA preseason game inside of the PMAC on May 2, 2025. Former LSU Guard Hailey Van Lith also ...