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• WBRZ says farewell to Kylie Dixon, welcomes Malary Pullen

  August 16, 2017 8:11 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A new face officially joined the WBRZ team Thursday morning as journalists and viewers bid farewell to a familiar one. Beginning Thursday, Malary Pullen became the new co-anchor of WBRZ's long-running morning news program, 2une-In. Pullen joins John "JP" Pastorek on the news desk and interact... more »

• Longtime WAFB anchor, reporter Paul Gates dies at 69 Play Video

  June 21, 2016 3:37 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Longtime WAFB anchor and investigative reporter Paul Gates has died at the age of 69 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Gates started his career at WAFB-TV in March 1977 as a reporter and continued his award-winning investigative reports, commonly known as “Paul Gates Investigates,”... more »

• Family, friends remember John Mahaffey Play Video

  April 30, 2016 11:55 PM

  BATON ROUGE – For twenty years, John Mahaffey was the face of WBRZ News. That million-dollar smile, iconic voice, often mocked but never duplicated. Remembered as the duke by his colleagues and remembered as dad by his loving daughters. “I was so lucky to have him as my father.... more »

• WBRZ viewers react to anchor John Mahaffey's passing

  April 22, 2016 11:35 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Former WBRZ News 2 anchor John Mahaffey died overnight following a blood clot that happened after a Thursday surgery. Mahaffey led the WBRZ news team during the Golden Years of TV - from the 1970s until he retired in May 1999. He is remembered as being... more »

• Former WBRZ anchor John Mahaffey dies Play Video

  April 22, 2016 9:09 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Veteran news anchor John Mahaffey died overnight. He was 77. Mahaffey is remembered as one of the most popular faces of television in Baton Rouge, leading the WBRZ news team during the Golden Years of TV – from the 1970s until he retired in May 1999.... more »

• Ashley Fruge' - Noon Anchor / Traffic Reporter Play Video

  March 4, 2016 12:25 PM

  Ashley Fruge' is an anchor on WBRZ News 2 at Noon and the traffic anchor on 2une In Morning News. She became WBRZ’s first traffic reporter in 2016, and pioneered the “wbrztraffic” twitter account that now has thousands of followers. By 2017, she was promoted to co-anchor for... more »