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A woman is dead after a shooting Tuesday evening, say officials with the Baton Rouge Police Department.
ESPN moves broadcaster Robert Lee off Virginia's season opener because of recent violence in Charlottesville sparked by decision to remove Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee statue.
President Donald Trump is trying to recapture the fervor that helped put him in office with a campaign-style rally in Arizona.
One father has taken the initiative to create a mobile app that freezes his son’s phone until he responds to his father’s message.
Source: WAFB9News has learned a local developer has big plans for Baton Rouge's Shenandoah neighborhood. If the plans are approved, it will become the largest subdivision in East Baton Rouge Parish in recent history.
Dr. Vince Weaver (Source: WAFB)One doctor in Baton Rouge is offering a surgery that he says could change the future of stroke prevention.
Gov. John Bel Edwards and FEMA Administrator Brock Long (Source: WAFB)A year after floodwaters ravaged much of the Baton Rouge area, the governor met with the new FEMA administrator Tuesday for well over an hour.
Rapper Mystikal, accused of rape, has asked that the court reduce his $2 million bond.
Source: GraceHeberts ArchitectsThe countdown is on for the new West Feliciana Hospital to open its doors in St. Francisville. The hospital will begin accepting patients Wednesday, August 30, but excitement there is already building.
The system formerly known as Harvey is generating a lot of interest and an increased level of concern for residents along the Gulf Coast. While it's an unclassified tropical disturbance as of Tuesday afternoon, the remnants of Harvey located near Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula are expected to redevelop over the next day or two over the southern Gulf of Mexico. F
LSU held an official welcome event Tuesday afternoon for Mike VII. However, part of the event was postponed due to rain.
Former LSU quarterback Marcus Randall tells 9Sports he was terminated as head football coach at Southern Lab Tuesday, August 22 just before the LHSAA and school officials held a news conference charging his program with rules violations.
Tenichia Monieck Wafford, 42, of Harker Heights, Texas, 1 count of accessory after the fact to first-degree rape (Source: Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office)A third person is in custody in connection with an alleged sexual assault involving Louisiana native and rapper Mystikal.
(Source: Still Pearl Photography)One Georgia mom-to-be took advantage of Monday’s Total Solar Eclipse with an epic maternity shoot.
Source: Jefferson Parish Sheriff's OfficeAuthorities with the Burglary Division of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office are looking for several men, who are accused of robbing two convenience stores by crashing a stolen pickup truck into the stores to steal the ATMs located inside.
This is what the Chandlers' home in Denham Springs looked like due to the August 2016 flood. (Source: Robert Chandler)WAFB's News Operations Manager shares the story of living in the "country" over the past year due to losing his home in the August 2016 flood.
Three former U.S. health secretaries of both parties say President Donald Trump and the GOP-led Congress should make stabilizing health insurance marketplaces their immediate goal.
A Republican Senate aide says the Senate health committee is scheduling two hearings early next month on how the nation's individual health insurance marketplaces can be stabilized. More>>
In towns and cities along the path of the solar eclipse, some school districts are seizing the opportunity for ready-made science lessons.
Source: WAFBWhat started as an idea in the kitchen 13 years ago has now come to life in a riot of color and textures with the long-awaited Knock Knock Children's Museum now overlooking the LSU lakes.
FEMA has awarded more than $5 million to support local efforts to remove flood debris from the August 2016 flooding, replace emergency vehicles, and to repair schools damaged in the flood.
Signs point in the direction of Trump continuing the U.S. commitment in Afghanistan.
Source: WAFBA ribbon cutting for a new animal rescue vehicle was held Tuesday, August 22 as a result of last August’s massive flooding.
American, Singaporean and Malaysian armed forces are searching for 10 U.S. sailors missing after an early-morning collision between a Navy destroyer and a tanker.
The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating a phone scam after receiving a complaint from a resident.
A 2-month-old boy was found beneath a I-20 overpass at the Sibley Exit (47) around 3 a.m. Monday after a brief but frantic search. (Source: Tim Morris)The man accused of abducting a 2-month-old then abandoning the boy on a ledge of an overpass along I-20 says God told him to do it.
Around 1 p.m. on Tuesday, August 22, officials with the Ruston Police Department arrested a man wanted in a shooting that left one woman dead and a 1-year-old child injured.
Ohio officials say a county judge was shot and wounded as he walked toward a courthouse, and the suspect was killed when a probation officer returned fire.
LSU running back Derrius Guice and linebacker Arden Key have been named to the Associated Press Preseason All-American First-Team.
(Source: WAFB)Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome is holding a series of public meetings to inform the public about a proposed property tax aimed at improving roads in the parish.
Jon Michael Mauldwin, 26 of Port Barre (Source: LPD)Jon Michael Mauldwin’s bond has just been set at $3,850,000. Mauldwin, 26 of Port Barre, is accused of an early morning crime spree that started in St. Landry Parish on Sunday around 2 a.m. Authorities said Mauldwin’s car broke down on Hwy 190 in St. Landry Parish and he allegedly broke into a nearby |
Source: WAFBA suspect died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after leading law enforcement on a chase Monday evening, according to authorities. Louisiana State Police identified him as Jason Hill, 37, of Texas City, Texas.
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The USS John S. McCain, a guided missile destroyer, collided with an oil tanker east of Singapore early Monday.
Detectives are investigating a shooting in Baton Rouge early Tuesday morning that left one person dead. The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office identified the victim as Terrance Davis, 33.
A 4-year-old boy who has never had a haircut is being barred from attending school until he gets one.
The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office reported Ollie Selders, 37, of Independence, is now charged with murder in the shooting death of Letisha Rheams, 27, also of Independence.
Rescuers were trying to reach seven people buried in rubble, including the infant and his 7-year-old brother.
Charges are pending against Ebony Oluwasegva, 34, in connection with a Sunday morning domestic violence incident on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus that resulted in the death of the boy.
Michael Lawrence Tyler, a 46-year-old New Orleans-based rapper who goes by the name Mystikal, was booked Aug. 21 into Caddo Correctional Center on a charge of first-degree rape. (Source: Semmie Buffin/KSLA News 12)He said he turned himself in "to get this business reconciled, get this behind me, man."
Investigators are working to determine what caused the crash.
A judge has reversed the 2015 termination of a former Scotlandville Magnet High principal. Judge William Morvant made the ruling Monday morning, which reverses the termination of Dr. Calvin Nicholas.
Mayor Sharon Weston Broome has put the brakes on the long-awaited tram link BR plan, deciding not to take advantage of a window to apply for federal funds in September to get the ball rolling on the $170 million project.
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Source: WAFBThousands gathered around the capital region for the partial solar eclipse, but some students got a different view.
Source: WAFBBaton Rouge and the metro area joined a nation in wonder at of the marvels of the universe.
Source: WAFBSecretary of State Tom Schedler is joining registrars of voters across the state the week of Aug. 21-25, 2017 to host Voter Registration Week activities aimed at registering eligible citizens to vote.
Source: WAFBOn the same day Mike VII made his big public debut on campus, a neighboring gift store debuted a new line of merchandise in his honor.
Investigators are looking into the death of an 8-month-old child.
A top deputy in Mayor Sharon’s Weston Broome’s administration, who is tied to controversial BRAVE contracts, has resigned.
Mike VII has officially been chosen. Dr. David Baker with the LSU Vet School confirmed "Harvey" is the new Mike the Tiger.
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