President Donald Trump has picked Kurt Wall, an attorney with experience in East Baton Rouge and Livingston parishes, to serve as the area's chief federal prosecutor, according to congressional ...

BATON ROUGE, La. ( Louisiana First) — The sixth inmate who escaped from the Orleans Parish Jail has been recaptured in Baton Rouge. According to a social media post from Attorney General Liz Murrill, ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The wife of former East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” Holden confirmed he passed away early Wednesday morning at Carpenter House after ...

President Donald Trump has nominated veteran prosecutor Kurt Wall to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, elevating a longtime local and state prosecutor to one of the ...

Daniel Hutchinson is director of hotel operations. Hutchinson has 14 years of experience in the hospitality and casino ...

Baton Rouge came through Tuesday night's storms relatively unscathed, with a combined total of 279 Entergy and Demco customers reported without power as of 6 a.m. Wednesday. Roads remain open and ...

McCray was arrested on two counts of pornography involving juveniles and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, the Sheriff's Office said. The Louisiana Attorney General's Cyber Crime Unit ...

Local Louisiana weather forecasts predict heavy rains beginning Tuesday night could produce flash flooding in the Baton Rouge area. The Baton Rouge area will be under a flood watch from 7 p.m ...

Baton Rouge residents can expect chances of rain and flash flooding until the weekend, which is turning into an overall gloomy week. Wednesday night is poised to be relatively dry compared to the ...

During a hearing Wednesday inside the 19th Judicial District Courthouse, District Judge Tarvald Smith appointed a sanity ...

Drago’s is set to open a new Baton Rouge restaurant in Perkins Rowe this summer, after it closed its first local location in January. The restaurant will move into a nearly 7,300-square-foot ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A Baton Rouge businessman is facing criminal charges after the FBI accused him of a federal count of wire fraud. A bill of information filed with the federal court in ...