Updated: Mar. 28, 2019 at 11:42 AM CDT
|By Josh Meeks
Police have arrested a man in connection to a 2018 shooting that killed one man and injured another.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2019 at 6:43 AM CST
|By Josh Meeks and Josh Auzenne
Two men are behind bars after a pizza delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint Thursday.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2019 at 6:48 AM CST
|By Josh Auzenne and Josh Meeks
Former LSU wide receiver Drake Davis once again finds himself on the wrong side of the law.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2019 at 4:04 PM CST
|By Josh Meeks
Georgia-Pacific will end its paper business in Louisiana, costing 650 employees their jobs.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2018 at 4:21 AM CST
|By Josh Meeks and Josh Auzenne
A West Baton Rouge Parish escaped inmate who was arrested in Baton Rouge is now facing new charges in the Capital City.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2018 at 4:38 AM CST
|By Josh Meeks
A quick look at some of the big races voters will decide on Saturday, December 8.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2018 at 4:58 AM CST
|By Josh Meeks and Josh Auzenne
The Baton Rouge Police Department reported a trio tried to steal clothes and other merchandise from stores in the Siegen Marketplace.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2018 at 12:22 AM CST
|By Josh Meeks and Nick Gremillion
Police have confirmed to WAFB that one person has died at a local hospital following a shooting off of Staring Lane late Thursday night.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2018 at 3:04 PM CDT
|By Josh Meeks
The Sunshine Bridge in Donaldsonville will remain closed for an undetermined amount of time while emergency repairs are made, officials with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announced.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2018 at 5:07 AM CDT
|By Josh Meeks
A woman accused of trying to cash in stolen scratch-off lottery tickets has been arrested, according to authorities.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2018 at 3:22 AM CDT
|By Josh Meeks
The Louisiana State Fire Marshal will dispatch a team Wednesday morning to provide aid ahead of Hurricane Florence.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2018 at 12:39 PM CDT
|By Josh Meeks
The Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office reported 9-month-old Liam Jamil Allen was found safe early Thursday morning.
Updated: May. 23, 2018 at 2:51 PM CDT
|By Josh Meeks and WAFB Staff
A 16-year-old male was arrested Wednesday afternoon in connection with the case.
Updated: May. 14, 2018 at 2:37 PM CDT
|By Josh Meeks and Robbie Reynold
The parking lot of the Elm Grove Garden Apartments was covered with crime tape late Sunday night, where police say Henry Carr, 34, and Kendrick Dixon, 32, were found shot to death.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2018 at 2:58 PM CST
|By Josh Meeks and WAFB Staff
Bond is set at $650,000 for the man accused of severely wounding a Baton Rouge Police officer Sunday night.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2018 at 3:50 PM CST
|By Josh Meeks and Cheryl Mercedes
A terrible tragedy has left two beautiful young girls without their parents. Police say the girls witnessed the domestic murder-suicide.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2018 at 4:00 AM CST
|By Josh Meeks
Firefighters responded to a house fire in north Baton Rouge just after midnight. It happened on Jefferson Avenue, which is off Plank Road near I-110 and North 22nd Street.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2018 at 5:48 AM CST
|By Josh Meeks
The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office reported Rolandus Morris, 38, was arrested Tuesday for sending emails to the administration at Kenilworth Middle School.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2018 at 9:51 AM CST
|By Josh Meeks and Rachael Thomas
Three children and a woman were stabbed and taken to a hospital late Thursday night, according to investigators.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2018 at 7:02 PM CST
|By Josh Meeks and Carmen Poe
A mobile home fire claimed the lives of a family of three late Wednesday night, but investigators are still trying to figure out how it started.