Baton Rouge police are investigating after a driver struck and killed 39-year-old John Le Nguyen on Greenwell Springs Road, then fled the scene.

A state lawmaker has proposed a compromise plan for City-Brooks Community Park as debate continues over two redesign concepts that would alter one of Baton Rouge’s oldest golf courses.

Hot weather continues in the days ahead, with both temperatures and heat index values climbing even higher through the first ...

Heat index values could reach or exceed 110 degrees in parts of the Baton Rouge area this week, with the National Weather ...

Heat index values could reach or exceed 110 degrees in parts of the Baton Rouge area this week, with the National Weather Service warning some areas may be under an Extreme Heat Warning by Wednesday.

EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, La. (WAFB) - A man has been arrested after he allegedly sent inappropriate text messages to an underage female, authorities said. The suspect, Kadyn Trayah, 20, is charged ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (WAFB) - A Baton Rouge educator has been named Louisiana’s new Teacher of the Year. Alicia Butler, a teacher ...

Capital Area United Way has invested approximately $2 million into community organizations through its latest grant cycle.

According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, Traylon Duncan, 18, is facing charges of principal to second-degree murder ...

A shooting on Oswego Street in Baton Rouge left one person dead and another injured, according to BRPD.

U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields said Friday he considered running in other congressional districts before announcing his decision to ...

Two out-of-state men were arrested after Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office detectives said they believed they were ...