Tony Williams spent most of his adult life struggling with untreated mental illness and often found himself sleeping on the streets of Baton Rouge. Relatives said he would disappear for months but ...

A Baton Rouge man who shot a police sergeant in the leg as he and other officers responded to a 2019 domestic call was sentenced to 30 years in prison Monday. Clifton Gerard Eames Jr.'s sentencing ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A new 2019 database report released Oct.22 by the national environmental non-profit, Environmental Working Group (EWG), says Baton Rouge tap water contains four different ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The City of Baton Rouge is hosting the Capital Region Veteran’s Parade in downtown on Saturday, November 16, 2019. The parade, sponsored by the Mayor-President’s Advisory ...

Marianne Addy has been named executive director of Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Louisiana, which recently announced a partnership with Children’s Hospital New Orleans to expand and ...

Baton Rouge no longer leads the nation for its rate of new AIDS diagnoses, and officials are crediting the increased use of HIV testing at hospitals. In 2016 Baton Rouge held the top spot for the rate ...

Financial adviser Matthew B. Gardner of the financial services firm Edward Jones in Mandeville has earned certification by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards. CFP certification is ...

The packager of New Orleans-based Camellia beans, peas and lentils has acquired a Baton Rouge company that makes handmade pastas, sauces and other products. L.H. Hayward & Co. purchased D’Agostino ...

The referendum to establish a largely white city called St. George on the edge of Baton Rouge, which is racially diverse, grew out of frustration over schools and local control. By Rick Rojas BATON ...

A group has tried unsuccessfully for years to create a new school district in East Baton Rouge Parish. This time, they want to establish a city of their own. By Rick Rojas BATON ROUGE, La. — Their ...