BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Walmart on College Drive in Baton Rouge was evacuated Tuesday afternoon, January 14. According to the Baton Rouge Fire Department, store employees ordered the ...

Sid Edwards was a high school football coach who had never run for office. Now, he’s the mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana’s second-largest city. By Rick Rojas Reporting from Baton Rouge ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Funeral services for the victims of the Bourbon Street attack continue. Baton Rouge native Reggie Hunter was laid to rest today. Hunter’s family and friends shared the ...

A man known as the block's "comedian" by his neighbors. A fiancé returning to Baton Rouge for Southern's homecoming. An 8-year-old boy riding in his pregnant mother's car. These were three of ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Catch beads and fun throws at Mardi Gras parades in the Baton Rouge area. This year, Fat Tuesday falls on March 4. In early February, local krewes will have ...

Sid Edwards, who took over last week as East Baton Rouge mayor-president, has named Lon Vicknair, a retired naval officer and chemical facility manager, his chief of staff, his administration ...

Kareem Badawi had just finished his first semester at the University of Alabama and was home visiting family and friends in Baton Rouge when he asked his dad if he could join his friends in New ...

To those in Baton Rouge's Episcopal School community, Kareem Badawi was a trusted friend and a selfless teammate. "It was never about Kareem, it was always about others, that's what made him ...

One of the people killed and one of the people injured when a truck intentionally drove into a crowd on Bourbon Street early Wednesday were alumni of the Episcopal School in Baton Rouge ...