EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, La. (WAFB) - East Baton Rouge Parish officials and municipal leaders are clashing over whether cities are paying their fair share for parish-wide services as budget problems ...

At first glance, the St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District and the East Baton Rouge Parish library system may appear to have little in common. One kills insects; the other lends books. But ...

The combination of gnat-sized attention spans and the ever-churning news cycle means some events of importance might have ...

On the eve of a key Metro Council vote on the mayor’s 2026 budget proposal, the East Baton Rouge public defender’s office and its supporters are protesting cuts they say would harm the parish’s ...

If the state's only dedicated family court is the den of corruption some leaders fear, the Louisiana Supreme Court didn't find it, according to a long-awaited report released to lawmakers this week on ...

The Louisiana DPW announced that the correctional institution found 27 grams of marijuana and synthetic cannabinoids in a car ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Baton Rouge City-Parish earned a high rating from a credit rating agency. According to a release, Moody’s Ratings said Baton Rouge earned a rating of Aa2.

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — An investigation is ongoing into a crash that took the life of one person in East Feliciana Parish on Thursday, Dec. 11. Edwin Harrell, 34, of Clinton, was killed ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Metro Council on Tuesday, Dec. 9, unanimously approved Mayor Sid Edwards’ 2026 fiscal budget, a plan that includes significant cuts across nearly every city-parish ...

One of the traditional bonfires along the Mississippi River pays tribute to the late Charles Riley, a deputy who was killed ...