After more than five years of anticipation, the murder trial of a man accused of killing beloved Baton Rouge civil rights activist Sadie Roberts-Joseph was on the verge of getting underway Monday.

Since mid-January, three teenagers brought loaded handguns to Baton Rouge high schools. Two evaded walk-through metal detectors. The third ditched his gun and bookbag he was carrying it in rather ...

Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge no longer lockdown after a reported shooting in a nearby parking lot. Baton Rouge Police Department says the shooting happened on Hennessy Boulevard ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Thousands of people were without power as severe weather moved through the greater Baton Rouge area on Monday morning, March 31. As of 11:20 a.m., Entergy Louisiana ...

RIGHT NOW AT FIVE THREE PEOPLE IN CUSTODY IN CONNECTION TO A DEADLY HAZING INVESTIGATION IN BATON ROUGE. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE NEW IMAGES WE GOT OF THE SUSPECTS TODAY. A THIRD STUDENT ...

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday evening for a killing decades ago, marking the first time the state has used the method as it resumed executions ...

The window in which severe thunderstorms could pummel New Orleans and Baton Rouge with hurricane-force winds, rain and tornadoes Saturday is becoming smaller, National Weather Service forecasters ...

Saturday's weather forecast is becoming increasingly unnerving, with local meteorologists warning residents in New Orleans and Baton Rouge to stay alert and get prepared for strong tornadoes and ...