A Baton Rouge woman who pleaded no contest to manslaughter in her boyfriend's 2017 slaying after her non-unanimous murder conviction was thrown out was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison.

BATON ROUGE, La. — The Baton Rouge Police Department is offering women free self-defense classes in what the department calls "The Equalizer course". The course is a 4-day program where women can ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Police said they are now looking at a shooting in a Baton Rouge parking lot as a possible self defense case. The shooting happened Saturday afternoon, February 22, in the ...

Attorneys for a Baton Rouge man charged with second-degree murder in the 2020 shooting death of a panhandler outside Trader Joe’s argues in a new court filing that the state’s evidence “is not strong” ...

This change comes amid food inventory shortages at the food bank and impending cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank announced on Thursday, ...