Baton Rouge News

A second suspect has been arrested in connection to a case where the victim was shot in the face while attempting to protect a child.

Reports say police tried to pull over a pickup truck around 10:50 a.m. on I-12 West near Millerville for following too closely.

In a new viral video, a little girl is thrown into hysterics over the idea of her little brother growing up.

Auditions are now underway for the 2014-15 Baton Rouge Symphony Chorus. Everyone in the Baton Rouge area is invited to try out.

NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS PROJECT: 9 a.m., Gardere Initiative Building. NAP will have tents with art supplies for the community to create art for free.

The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office said their annual school supply event will be Saturday, Aug. 2nd from 10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Glen Oaks High School.

Pacific Gas & Electric is accused of lying to regulators in connection with a fatal pipeline explosion that leveled a suburban Northern California neighborhood in 2010.

An alleged rape involving a man and woman near LSU over this past weekend has sparked much conversation about the incident.

Detectives arrested a woman accused of using a corporate credit card to steal over $40,000 from the Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge over the past three years.

The WBRZ Weather team works all year long to pinpoint and explain those pesky PoPs-as they are such a crucial forecast aspect of often showery South Louisiana summer afternoons.

If you still have not decided where to send your child to school when class resumes this fall, there are some new magnet programs in Baton Rouge schools that could help you make up your mind.

Traction is starting to build for a proposed new four-lane highway on the west side of the Mississippi and a new bridge across the river.

For some people, finding a fresh head of lettuce or an orange is not easy since parts of East Baton Rouge Parish lack grocery stores and have been labeled "food deserts."

Police say a Baton Rouge woman drove her car into a 6-year-old girl riding a bicycle Monday afternoon on Washington Avenue near Plank Road, critically injuring the girl before fleeing without stopping to help the child.

Victims from a Sunday morning of terror in Baton Rouge are recalling what happened to them when they came face to face with Andre Young.

If Louisiana farmers and those around the country are going to continue producing crops to feed the growing state and national populations and continue exporting to the rest of the world, they have to keep up with technological changes and be smart about how they manage their land, says Commissioner of Agriculture Mike Strain.

A Baton Rouge woman was arrested after she was stopped Saturday by Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's deputies, who had been searching for her after several reports about an erratic driver on Interstate 49, according to a release.

A wreck involving an 18-wheeler closed Florida Boulevard North in Baton Rouge during noon traffic, according to state traffic officials.

It's been an extremely difficult day for family and friends as well as officers.

A 19-year-old man early Sunday went on a crime spree, committing a string of armed robberies, rapes, kidnappings and an attempted murder before being arrested at 8 a.m. Sunday, Baton Rouge police say.