BATON ROUGE - A dark overpass where a man was killed in a hit-and-run will not see its tower lights fixed anytime soon. Back in July, a vehicle hit 39-year-old John Le Nguyen on the Greenwell Springs Road overpass where it…
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A flag football game between two Baton Rouge charter schools became a tribute to a young girl whose life was cut short just days before. Students and staff from Inspire Charter Academy dedicated their game against…
A 17-year-old boy from Killian died Sunday evening in a car crash in Tangipahoa Parish, according to the Louisiana State Police. The crash happened around 5 p.m. on LA 1064 and Greco Road, when the teen, driving a Kia Optima, collided with a…
Law enforcement respond to a plane crash in Palm Beach County, Fla., on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A business jet carrying nine people nose-dived into a South Florida neighborhood Sunday and erupted into a giant fireball that appeared…
MORGAN CITY — The Louisiana State Fire Marshal's Office is investigating a fatal house fire that occurred on Sixth Street in Morgan City early Saturday morning. According to the Morgan City Fire Department, the fire began around 4 a.m. when a passerby…
A bicyclist was hit by a train Friday evening in Plaquemine, leaving him with severe injuries and temporarily shutting down railroad crossings in the town, police said. A City of Plaquemine Police vehicle is seen, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, in Plaquemine, La.
MADISONVILLE — Louisiana communities recovering from a string of severe weather events are set to receive more than $7.8 million in federal disaster assistance, U.S. Sen. John Kennedy announced. The funds, awarded through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will support recovery and…
A plane made an emergency landing in Slaughter Thursday morning due to electrical issues, the East Feliciana Sheriffâs Office said. At 10:29 a.m. Thursday, sheriffâs deputies and the Slaughter Police Department were dispatched to 1355 La. 19 in Slaughter for…
A Baton Rouge mother is pleading for the public's help finding her 16-year-old son, who left their Istrouma-area home earlier this month and has not been seen or heard from since. Shaketa Heard says her son, Arnez Heard, walked out…
The northbound lanes of Siegen Lane, south of Perkins Road, is closed Wednesday for emergency sewer repair work, Baton Rouge officials said shortly before 1 p.m. The northbound lanes of Siegen Lane, south of Perkins Road, is closed for emergency sewer repair…
Crashes, fires and the responses to them.