The location of a crashed Baton Rouge Police helicopter was discovered by a concerned relative who used a cell phone tracker, two sources familiar with the case tell the 9NEWS I-TEAM.
Facing backlash and delays while securing a home for a new psychiatric facility, leaders for the proposed Harmony Behavioral Health Center have filed a lawsuit to push the process forward.
Derrick Perkins, the man accused of dumping the body of Georgia businessman Nathan Millard, tried to find Narcan to revive him, new arrest warrants in the case claim.
A woman tells LSU police she has lost $3,000 because of her so-called “sugar daddy.” Consumer protection experts hope her story will serve as a warning to others.
Car crashes are a leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 13, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.Consumer Investigator Caresse Jackman breaks down what you need to know before buying a seat and putting your child inside.
A new training facility for athletes being built along Burbank Drive in Baton Rouge is now on hold after a portion of the building came crashing down Friday, February 24, 2023.
A bus driver is out of a job, one week after being accused of driving recklessly, speeding, and smoking marijuana during a route to Shenandoah Elementary School.
The bus driver accused of smoking marijuana during a route with children on board last week is no longer with the East Baton Rouge Parish School District, the WAFB I-TEAM has learned.
Representative Edmond Jordan-- (D) Baton Rouge, is taking aim at high-speed police chases following two dangerous chases through the Baton Rouge area within the last month.
Weeks after a young girl was killed in a dog attack, the WAFB I-TEAM is tracking how many times the parish has been warned about dangerous animals in the last year.
Three of the men accused of participating in or witnessing a sexual encounter involving an LSU student before her death bonded out of prison, according to records from the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Prosecutors will seek upgraded first-degree rape charges against men arrested after an alleged sexual encounter with an LSU student before her death hours later.
A Baton Rouge DJ never expected to end up in a hospital, unable to walk after a fun night out in the city, but violence and gunfire inside a lounge Saturday left Michael Henderson, who performs under the name DJ Revv, and 11 others hurt.
It’s the first time Breanna Jones has seen her damaged home since the fire. She could only shake her head as she walked past her scorched door and burned belongings.
Three years after the brutal beating death of Ronald Greene at the tail end of a traffic stop in Monroe, four Louisiana State Police troopers and a Union Parish Sheriff’s deputy have been indicted for their role in what happened.
The WAFB I-TEAM has learned a Texas gymnastics coach arrested on sexual misconduct charges last week has a connection to a facility in the Baton Rouge area.
Sabrina Scott, 35, was arrested during a drug bust this week and was previously investigated by the Department of Children and Family Services according to an internal DCFS report obtained by the WAFB I-TEAM.
East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner Dr. Beau Clark refuses to say if he reimburses the parish for fuel or any other expenses when he drives his public vehicle to a private job 50 miles away in another parish.
Terri Ricks, the new temporary head of the troubled Department of Children and Family Services went before lawmakers today to lay out her future plans for the agency.
The US Marshal Service Middle Louisiana Fugitive Task Force with the assistance of the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office SWAT team and ATF made an arrest Wednesday, November 16, 2022.
Now that Secretary Marketa Walters is out at the Department of Children and Family Services, Senator Regina Barrow, (D) Baton Rouge, says the agency can finally move forward.
The head of the Department of Children and Family Services, Marketa Garner Walters, has resigned from her post less than a week after Scottie Hunter and the WAFB I-TEAM exposed the agency’s latest misstep which allowed 1-year-old Jarhei Paul to die on their watch October 31, 2022.
Louisiana’s governor is calling the Department of Children and Family Services’ (DCFS) handling of one its cases an “absolute failure” after a one-year-old boy died of a fentanyl overdose earlier in November.
Officials with Louisiana’s Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) are addressing the media Monday, Nov. 7, 2022 about their most recent handling of a case that resulted in the death of 1-year-old Jahrei Paul.
The agency tasked with keeping kids safe across the state, the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), is now telling the public exactly how they failed another child, only after the WAFB I-TEAM exposed the botched handling of a case that left 1-year-old Jahrei Paul dead.
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