A Baton Rouge woman was arrested and charged with cruelty to the infirm after an investigation into potential elder abuse.

Baton Rouge Police is not investigating the shooting as a homicide but as a self-inflicted shooting. The person who died is ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - On Saturday, Baton Rouge Mardi Gras started out with the Krewe Mystique de la Capitale. Families ...

The Washington Street exit off of I-10 in Baton Rouge often causes traffic problems. DOTD says it has a plan to improve ...

Voters in parts of Baton Rouge and Lafayette will decide Saturday who will fill two vacant Senate seats in the Louisiana ...

As you try to grab the prized beads and throws from this year’s Mardi Gras parades, you may want to take in the art and ...

Louisiana has received the highest level of long-term disaster recovery funding in the nation over the last couple decades.

Louisiana voters face a set of constitutional amendments on March 29 that will impact the state’s governance in financial structure.  Steven Procopio, president of the Public Affairs Research Council ...

Much of southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi remain under a tornado watch until 8 p.m. with severe weather in the ...

Smoking continues to be a major health problem in Louisiana, with about 33 percent of adults using tobacco products. That is ...