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• Barricades going up at infamous Baton Rouge overpass amid efforts to drive away vagrants

  August 16, 2023 5:31 PM

  BATON ROUGE - This week, crews with DOTD are building a barricade beneath an I-10 overpass well-known for drugs and its omnipresent panhandlers. WBRZ was at the overpass on Siegen Lane as the state workers put up metal gates blocking off the median beneath the interstate, a space regularly... more »

• All-female krewe embraces self-expression through sweet dance moves Play Video

  February 27, 2022 6:33 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Parades are packed with a variety of marching groups, floats and krewes. One local dancing krewe has dance moves as sweet as its name. Baton Rouge native, Ellen Tadman, joined the Beign “Yays” five years ago. “As soon as I heard about it, I said,... more »

• Authorities targeting capital area crime ring amid string of Ulta heists

  November 18, 2021 4:27 PM

  GONZALES - A series of thefts targeting beauty products at shopping centers in and around the Baton Rouge area has multiple agencies looking for the group of women responsible for the crimes. Police say the same group, believed to be operating out of Baton Rouge and Gonzales, is responsible... more »

• Cleveland Indians announce new team name

  July 23, 2021 1:14 PM

  CLEVELAND- Cleveland's Major League Baseball team, known as the Indians since 1915, will now be called the Cleveland Guardians. The team announced the name change on Friday through a video narrated by Tom Hanks. The name change will go into effect at the end of the 2021 season. ... more »

• Pastor of popular BR church apologizes for shuttered youth program in social media post

  April 29, 2021 2:15 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The lead pastor of one of the largest churches in the capital area is apologizing for how a youth program shut down by the church years ago allegedly treated its participants. Pastor Jonathan Stockstill made a lengthy post on Facebook Wednesday apologizing for the issues reported... more »

• Authorities confiscate $100,000 worth of heroin following investigation

  March 6, 2020 4:14 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Authorities charged three suspects for possession with intent to distribute various kinds of drugs. Officials arrested 32-year-old Victor Martinez, 34-year-old Felipe Guzman and 30-year-old Omar Amaro on Thursday. All three have been charged with one count of resisting an officer and possession with intent to distribute... more »

• EBRSO: Group sought in string of vehicle burglaries in south BR Play Video

  May 26, 2017 11:41 AM

  BATON ROUGE – East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office detectives are searching for a group of men wanted for burglarizing several vehicles in south Baton Rouge. The burglaries occurred in the Round Oak and Waterloo Subdivisions on the morning of May 25. According to the sheriff's office, 13 vehicles... more »

• Report: BRPD officer placed on leave for racially charged text message

  May 22, 2017 6:28 PM

  BATON ROUGE – A Baton Rouge Police Department officer has been placed on paid administrative leave after a group text he was involved in allegedly violated department policy. Sgt. Don Coppola says that Officer Blaine Dupuy was placed on leave starting May 18 for alleged policy violation related to... more »

• Group creates mini parks to unite community Play Video

  September 18, 2015 6:04 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The Mid City Redevelopment Alliance created three different mini parks in an effort to bring the community together and make the Mid City area more attractive. "The idea that we can create a community space that brings the neighborhood together. It not only beautifies the neighborhood but... more »