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• Property owner says squatter has been living in his house for years, can't get them to leave Play Video

  January 5, 2024 4:53 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A man living out of state says a woman has taken over his property and won't leave! The homeowner is caught in a legal mess as he fights to reclaim what is rightfully his. He's fighting the squatter and the legal system and contacted 2 On Your... more »

• Playground spat between 5-year-olds goes to Louisiana Supreme Court; trial set for 2024

  October 11, 2023 2:38 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A playground dispute between a pair of 5-year-olds landed before the Louisiana Supreme Court this week, and justices say a judge must determine whether one boy deliberately hurt another during a game of tag. The case dates to 2018, when one child suffered a broken hip... more »

• La. reports nearly 13,000-person net decrease in population after latest census

  January 21, 2021 3:57 PM

  Louisiana is one of more than a dozen states to see a decrease in its population over the past decade, according to the latest census data. According to the PEW research center, the United States saw an overall population increase of about seven percent, a slowdown comparable to the... more »

• Confusion about CBD legality after Lafayette arrest Play Video

  April 26, 2019 1:50 AM

  BATON ROUGE - CBD products have become popular across the country in recent years with people taking the cannabis-derived therapies for a number of ailments. CBD, abbreviated for cannabidiol, is a non-psychoactive chemical known to have few side effects and a low risk of addiction. Now, the arrest of... more »

• Judge: High-end Baton Rouge homes must be torn down over servitude violation Play Video

  August 22, 2017 12:14 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Up to eight high-end homes in the Rouzan development should be torn down after a judge ruled in favor of landowners who sued developer Tommy Spinosa for building on property Spinosa did not own. The WBRZ Investigative Unit first reported on the issue in April. Click... more »

• Officers responding to shooting on Woodvine Avenue

  June 22, 2017 11:21 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Officials are responding to the scene of a shooting on Woodvine Avenue. Baton Rouge Police Department officials say the shooting occurred in the 900 block of Woodvine Avenue near Timbercreek Avenue. BRPD officials say one person suffered non-life threatening injuries. They did not give... more »

• La. Supreme Court Justice's case against other justices thrown out

  October 20, 2016 10:45 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that a member of Louisiana's Supreme Court filed against four fellow justices. Justice Jefferson Hughes filed suit last December saying he was illegally removed from two cases against oil companies. His suit said defendants sought his removal because lawyers for... more »

• Baton Rouge law fixture Cheney Joseph dies

  December 18, 2015 11:38 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A longtime member of the Baton Rouge legal community, Cheney Joseph Jr., passed away this week. He was 73. Joseph was named co-dean of the LSU Law Center in August to fill in for chancellor Jack Weiss, who resigned. Cheney was battling cancer at the... more »