BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A Baton Rouge casino announced a hotel brand after a recent merger and renovation to remodel the property. The Belle of Baton Rouge Hotel was rebranded to ...

PONCHATOULA, La. — A Baton Rouge woman died Friday following a two-vehicle crash in the Ponchatoula area, authorities said. The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded just ...

THEN AFTER THE STORMS FOR THE WEEKEND, WELL, THINGS WILL BE A LOT BE A suspect wanted in connection with a shooting in New Orleans was arrested in Baton Rouge on Thursday, according to a report by ...

Since mid-January, three teenagers brought loaded handguns to Baton Rouge high schools. Two evaded walk-through metal detectors. The third ditched his gun and bookbag he was carrying it in rather ...

LaMont Cole, a veteran educator and local politician, has faced tough challenges in his first few months as superintendent of Baton Rouge's biggest school district. In his first 100 days leading ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Baton Rouge Fire Department confirmed a 75-year-old man died in a house fire on Thursday morning, March 13. The East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office identified ...

This is an ongoing investigation. Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating a crash that left a Baton Rouge woman dead in Ponchatoula Friday. TPSO says they were notified about a crash ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - - The Belle of Baton Rouge Hotel has rebranded as Bally’s Baton Rouge Hotel. The announcement follows the recent merger of Bally’s Corporation with the Belle’s ...

Baton Rouge Police on Tuesday arrested a third suspect in connection with the death of Southern University engineering student Caleb Wilson during a fraternity hazing ritual on Feb. 27.

The window in which severe thunderstorms could pummel New Orleans and Baton Rouge with hurricane-force winds, rain and tornadoes Saturday is becoming smaller, National Weather Service forecasters ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Shamsedeen Babatunde Ogunjimi as the new Accountant General of the Federation. He will take over from Oluwatoyin Madein tomorrow. His appointment followed ...

Baton Rouge Police Department on Tuesday announced the arrests of 25-year-old Kyle Thurman and 28-year-old Isaiah Smith. They were both charged with criminal hazing, a felony in the state of ...