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Updated: 4 hours ago
|By Jeff Morrow
After a string of mainly dry weather days, rain has made its return. Showers and t-storms will become more widespread this afternoon and evening.
Updated: 4 hours ago
|By Lester Duhé
The trial of a man in West Baton Rouge Parish in connection with a deadly shooting outside a bar ended in a “hung jury” on Thursday, Aug. 18.
Updated: 5 hours ago
|By WAFB Staff
The St. George Fire Department said a gas lead that closed two roadways in Baton Rouge on Thursday, Aug. 18, is now under control.
Updated: 7 hours ago
|By Marsha Lewis and Roque Correa
More than 50 million Americans deal with chronic pain daily. Now, guidelines are outlining new ways to cope with this all-too-common problem.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By Chris Rosato
A woman grieving the loss of her father says things were made even worse when she showed up at his apartment in Baker and found all of his things stacked by the road.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By WAFB Staff
Some LSU football players spent time volunteering to help out the Baton Rouge community on Thursday, Aug. 18.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By Kellie Sanchez
Bringing more jobs to the greater Baton Rouge area is one of the goals of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber, according to Darrell Johnson.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By Brooke Buford and Alena Noakes
Tina Frey and her daughter Victoria Brimer were arrested by RPSO on two counts each of aggravated cruelty to animals.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By Kamren Phillips
A Maurepas woman is selling her plasma and baked goods to pay for her 13-year-old Pomeranian vet bill.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By WAFB staff
A good Samaritan is trying to find the person who lost a wedding ring at a Baton Rouge shopping center.
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Updated: 12 hours ago
|By Rachel DePompa
In a recent energy industry survey, 85 percent of homeowners say they’ve noticed significant price increases on at least one utility bill. Consumer Investigator Rachel DePompa examines rising utility costs, plus gets expert advice on ways to cut back on your bill.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By WAFB Staff
One lane has been shut down on the Sunshine Bridge in St. James Parish due to a significant crack that was found on one of the 168 vertical structure members.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By WAFB Staff
Jim Caldwell, a spokesman with the airport, stated the plane was a single engine prop plane, most likely a 4-seater, that went down across from Plank Road.
Updated: 14 hours ago
|By WAFB staff
The Gonzales Police Department is trying to identify a suspect who allegedly robbed a hotel over the weekend.
Updated: 16 hours ago
|By Rian Chatman
The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office is searching for two teen girls who were last seen on Sunday, August 14.
Updated: 16 hours ago
|By Jesse Brooks
The accident occurred around 9 a.m. and responders were still on the scene about 45 minutes later as they cleared the area and got traffic flowing again.
Updated: 16 hours ago
|By WAFB Staff
Deputies with the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help identifying four people accused of stealing.
Updated: 18 hours ago
|By Breanne Bizette
Baton Rouge cleanup crews are picking up more syringes, raising concerns.
Updated: 18 hours ago
|By Lester Duhé
Two people have died in Florida from infections related to eating raw oysters from Louisiana.
Updated: 19 hours ago
|By WAFB Staff
The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Updated: 20 hours ago
|By WAFB Staff
No one was found in the immediate area, police say.
Updated: 20 hours ago
|By Julie Marks and Roque Correa
The World Health Organization estimates that between 2030 and 2050, climate change will cause 250 thousand additional deaths per year due to malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea, and heat stress.
Updated: 20 hours ago
|By Cali Hubbard
Health is top of mind for many parents in the Capital City now that children are back in the classroom.
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By WAFB Staff
Louisiana taxpayers have until Oct. 6, 2022, to claim millions of dollars in state income tax refunds before they become unclaimed property.
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By WAFB Staff
Detectives with the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office are searching for three fugitives who remain at-large.
Updated: 22 hours ago
|By WAFB Staff
Police say the woman exited the vehicle to look for a lost item.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 10:24 PM CDT
|By Kamren Phillips
A Plaquemine woman earns the ‘Key to the City’ after saving The Arc-Iberville building from a fire on Thursday, August 11.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 6:54 PM CDT
|By Miranda Thomas
The 19th Judicial Court is taking a different approach to prosecuting veterans, and they hope it will keep a lot of them out of prison who should not be there.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 6:02 PM CDT
|By Cali Hubbard
You’ll soon be able to pay for parking through the Flowbird app.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 5:07 PM CDT
|By Emily Van de Riet
A human umbilical cord was found in a passenger’s baggage at the Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans earlier this month.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 4:39 PM CDT
|By Kellie Sanchez
We know the impact of drainage backlogs on our homes and roads when it rains hard, which is why East Baton Rouge Parish is using American Rescue Plan Act dollars to clean drains and help prevent future flooding.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 3:33 PM CDT
|By WAFB Staff
Entergy customers were allowed to apply ONLINE through their area United Way on Wednesday, Aug. 17, until 4 p.m. for a one-time $150 bill credit.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 2:50 PM CDT
|By Marsha Lewis and Roque Correa
For job seekers, filling out applications and updating cover letters can be overwhelming. There are tools that can make your job search easier.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 2:48 PM CDT
|By Caresse Jackman
High temps this summer mean you need to be on high alert for scammers posing as your utility company. Consumer Investigator Caresse Jackman speaks the FTC and BBB about how to stay safe from utility scammers.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 1:54 PM CDT
|By Rian Chatman
Sea turtle hatchlings have been observed on Louisiana’s Chandeleur Islands for first time in three quarters of a century.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 12:35 PM CDT
|By FOX 8 Staff
Entergy CEO Leo Denault plans to retire in 2023.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 12:28 PM CDT
|By WAFB staff
The upcoming trial of Dennis Perkins has been delayed, again, due to more delays in the defense receiving all evidence in the case.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 11:37 AM CDT
|By WAFB Staff
The Secretary of State’s Office lists Schopp as a candidate in the race to become Member of School Board District 1 in Central.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 10:45 AM CDT
|By Bria Gremillion
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback, Joe Burrow, is featured on the popular sports magazine, yet again.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 10:40 AM CDT
|By WAFB Staff
According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, there are more than 80,000 African American veterans in Louisiana.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 8:45 AM CDT
|By WAFB Staff
It’s back-to-school time across the parishes and districts, as well as colleges and universities that make up the Baton Rouge metro area.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 7:39 AM CDT
|By Bria Gremillion
A community forum will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 17 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. in the school’s gymnasium.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 6:10 AM CDT
|By WAFB Staff
Baton Rouge Police Detectives are searching for answers in an unsolved homicide from 2013.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 5:54 AM CDT
|By WAFB Staff
This nationwide effort includes mayors from big cities and small towns alike taking action against rising crime and gun violence, to make their communities safer.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 5:36 AM CDT
|By Cali Hubbard
Students, faculty and staff will be making their way to campus in the hours to come.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 4:45 AM CDT
|By Adahlia Thomas and Roque Correa
Once CMV is in a person’s body, it stays there for life and can reactivate.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 11:03 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Florida-based insurer UPC will stop writing new policies in Louisiana on Jan. 1, 2023, after being downgraded Tuesday (Aug. 16).
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 10:43 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
About 120 former residents of sinking Isle de Jean Charles are expected to relocate to government-provided homes 40 miles north in a new community dubbed New Isle.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 10:43 PM CDT
|By Lester Duhé
There are some neighbors upset with the plans for the LSU Lakes.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 10:32 PM CDT
|By Jade Moreau
Family of woman accused of mother speaks out