A report from the Baton Rouge Area Foundation illuminates where the parish is far from the norm, with some causes of early ...

Baton Rouge recorded 311 overdose deaths in 2021 at the peak of the opioid crisis. Since then, deaths have fallen by 35%, but ...

A woman was killed in a shooting that occurred during a large fight in Baton Rouge, Louisiana early Sunday morning, and the ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - One person was injured in a shooting in Baton Rouge on Sunday morning, August 24. According to ...

Emergency first responders have taken a male victim to the hospital after a shooting in Baton Rouge on Aug. 24. Officials ...

The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating a string of shootings that left several people injured across the city ...

Go to a film festival this weekend Attend the inaugural Baton Rouge Underground Film Festival, Friday and Saturday, Aug.

Shaq wants to become an early investor in a new arena development at LSU, wanting the project to boost his alma mater and ...

Former LSU basketball player, four-time NBA champion and hall of famer Shaquille O'Neal will invest in the proposed new arena ...

Tailgating is arguably one of the best parts of football season, with good food, music, fun outfits and everyone talking ...

The Baton Rouge area, also known as the Capital Area, is the middle ground of South Louisiana cultures, having a mix of Cajun and Creole Catholics and Baptists of the Florida Parishes and South ...

In Baton Rouge, homicides and nonfatal shootings dropped by one-third between 2021 and 2023, to 359 victims from 535. That was a sharper decline than in many other cities.