A train struck a car in Baton Rouge near College Drive and Perkins Road in Baton Rouge around 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23. According to EMS, one patient was transported from the scene in stable condition. Read More

The idea is that, when massive rain events like those that caused the 2016 flood hit, all the water has someplace to go besides piling up downriver and flooding Baton Rouge. At its peak, the new canal ... Read More

According to the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office, Aniyah Williams, 18, of Baton Rouge, and Quinndarius Dabney, 19, of Donaldsonville, were arrested. Detectives found Chakerus Hamilton Jr. shot to ... Read More

Traffic Homicide detectives with the Baton Rouge Police Department are investigating a fatal crash that claimed the life of one woman. Read More

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A scary scene Thursday afternoon from a church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A video posted by WAFB shows a car inside of a church on Scenic Highway on Thursday, Aug. 15. The Baton Rouge Fire Department ... Read More

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An afternoon shooting on Airline Highway led to a wreck on Tuesday, Aug. 13. Police are asking the public's help finding suspects. Read More

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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - It's no secret that Louisiana is a state that's economy relies heavily on oil and natural gas. But in the past year producing batteries for electric vehicles - or EVs ... Read More

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A safety zone restricting barge traffic near the Grosse Tete passenger ferry goes into effect Friday, August 9. The U.S. Coast Guard established the safety zone to keep kids ... Read More

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A traffic stop in Port Allen ended with the arrest of a Livonia man, according to the West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office. Read More

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A Baton Rouge business owner was acquitted ... and loaded it into the man's Ford Explorer. He used South Flannery Road as a shortcut to Interstate 12 and planned to drive the body out to ... Read More

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KENNER, La. (WVUE) - The suspect in a weekend Kenner ... after his vehicle was tracked with the aid of highway license plate-reading cameras. Smith is accused of fatally shooting a 43-year-old ... Read More

Shortly after 9:00 a.m. on July 31, 2024, Troopers with Louisiana State Police Troop A responded to a two-vehicle crash on LA 964 just north of Groom Road in East Baton Rouge Parish. The crash ... Read More

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Aldi is building its third Baton Rouge store ... intersection of Airline Highway and Florida Boulevard, is set to open by the end of the year. Aldi has 15 stores in Louisiana with more in the ... Read More

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The Louisiana Department of Transportation ... DOTD said traffic heading west on I-10 will be detoured to I-12 east at Airline Highway. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, an ... Read More