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• Thursday AM Forecast: Dry conditions through the weekend before next rain chance Monday Play Video

  November 16, 2023 7:06 AM

  Clouds persist through Friday. To kick off the weekend, a weak cold front will sweep away most of the cloud cover resulting in a beautiful weekend in the boot! Today & Tonight: Today will be mainly cloudy once again, but later this afternoon we do expect a few breaks... more »

• No settlement: Former sports administrator, LSU fail to reach agreement ahead of trial

  November 6, 2023 6:23 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A settlement conference on Monday failed to produce a deal that would head off a looming trial pitting a former LSU sports administrator against the university. Sharon Lewis is suing the school in federal court, alleging discrimination and wrongful termination. The case stems from her reporting... more »

• Tuesday AM Forecast: Sunny and 74 this afternoon after a very chilly morning Play Video

  October 17, 2023 7:19 AM

  Chilly mornings followed by very nice afternoons continue over the next few days. By the second half of the week, temperatures return to more seasonable values with lows near 60° and highs in the lower 80s. Today & Tonight : A very chilly morning with feels like temperatures... more »

• 'Holiday Express' train schedules stops in Capital Area

  October 14, 2023 2:58 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Santa Claus will roll through the Capital Area this season on a festive "Holiday Express" train, according to a schedule released by one of North America's largest rail companies. The 2023 edition of the "Express" includes stops in LaPlace on Nov. 29, Gonzales on Nov. 30... more »

• Grosse Tete, Bayou Sorrel bridges to stay open longer in coming months

  October 5, 2023 3:53 PM

  IBERVILLE PARISH - The Grosse Tete Bridge and the Sorrel Bridge in Iberville Parish will be kept open longer than normal for the next few months to allow for additional marine traffic to pass through. The sheriff's office on Thursday said it has been notified by DOTD of the... more »

• Baton Rouge, St. George fire departments sending help to scorched Sabine Parish Play Video

  August 21, 2023 7:42 PM

  MANY, La. - Personnel from the Baton Rouge Fire Department and St. George Fire Department are headed to Sabine Parish to help departments there as they battle raging summer wildfires. The Central Sabine Fire Department on Monday evening said five members of BRFD would be stationed at the Many... more »

• Fire officials have not determined cause of mobile home fire that killed two, injured one Play Video

  August 5, 2023 1:30 PM

  ST. MARY PARISH - A fire early Saturday took the lives of two people and two pets who were found inside a Bayou Vista home. St. Mary Parish sheriff's deputies, firefighters from several districts and EMS all were called to Jupiter Street just after 8 a.m. Fire crews... more »

• WATCH: Funeral mass for beloved pastor Mark Beard

  August 4, 2023 10:27 AM

  AMITE - Parishioners will say their final goodbyes to Father Mark Beard on Friday. A funeral mass is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday at St. Helena Catholic Church. Watch the funeral mass live here Beard died in a highway wreck near the Louisiana-Mississippi state line on Wednesday.... more »

• Suspect facing murder charge in killing of Ville Platte deputy marshal

  August 3, 2023 1:28 PM

  VILLE PLATTE - Louisiana State Police on Thursday said they will pursue a first-degree murder charge against a man suspected in the shooting death of a deputy marshal Monday night. Vonteeko Lamar Anderson, 23, is being held at the Evangeline Parish Jail. He's accused of shooting Ville Platte deputy... more »

• Civil rights groups seek swift action on La. redistricting after Supreme Court ruling

  June 9, 2023 4:29 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A coalition of civil rights organizations on Friday filed a motion to lift a court-ordered hold on a lawsuit seeking to throw out the current congressional map for the state in favor of a new one. The move comes one day after the U.S. Supreme Court... more »

• Water back on in Pierre Part, but boil advisory in place until further notice

  May 31, 2023 12:27 PM

  6:30 P.M. UPDATE: Repairs have been made to a main line serving Pierre Part and officials said water should be flowing to customers this evening. A boil water advisory will remain in effect until test results show it is no longer needed. The Assumption Parish Waterworks District No. 1... more »

• State Fire Marshal: Ferris Wheel involved in weekend mishap must be re-inspected

  May 29, 2023 3:55 PM

  GONZALES - The Ferris Wheel involved in a Friday night incident at the Ascension Parish Jambalaya Festival must undergo "an extensive, third-party inspection" before it is put into use at another event. The attraction experienced a malfunction that festival officials described as a deflated propulsion tire, but that witnesses... more »

• Land in Central to be cleared as community expands Play Video

  May 2, 2023 6:01 PM

  CENTRAL - The City of Central is finalizing the permit process to allow for the clearing of 87 acres of land adjacent to the Village at Magnolia Square. The move is part of plans to expand that burgeoning subdivision. A spokesman for Tower Capital Corporation, the developer, tells WBRZ... more »

• University Lakes one permit away from restoration project launch

  April 21, 2023 12:46 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Prep work has been completed and earnest restoration work is set to begin on the University Lakes in Baton Rouge. "Phase 1" of the revitalization project will start once a final permit is issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers, LSU said on Friday. ... more »

• New Ascension schools superintendent to earn $209K under approved 3-year contract

  April 19, 2023 1:54 PM

  ASCENSION PARISH - The incoming superintendent of Ascension Public Schools will receive about $209,000 in the first year of a three-year term laid out in a contract approved by the Board Tuesday night. Edith Walker will receive that total amount, based off a salary and add-on pay that acknowledges... more »

• One dead in Easter night shooting in Hammond

  April 9, 2023 11:24 PM

  HAMMOND - Police are investigating an Easter evening shooting that killed a man in Hammond. Investigators said they were called to Martin Luther King Park. on the northeast side of the city, about 7:15 p.m., where they found the unidentified victim. No information was available late Sunday regarding... more »

• Businessman, philanthropist Albert Fraenkel dies

  February 24, 2023 2:24 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A retired businessman whose property now serves as the home of the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank has died. The food bank extended its condolences on Friday to the family of Albert Fraenkel, whose "Fraenkel Furniture Warehouse" on South Choctaw Drive was gifted to the food... more »

• ALERT: How to watch WBRZ's morning news Monday

  September 16, 2022 6:40 PM

  PLEASE SEE THIS IMPORTANT PROGRAMMING NOTE: Morning local news will be seen on WBRZ Plus, the area's only free, over-the-air, cable and streaming news channel Monday. WBRZ Channel 2 will be providing ABC News coverage of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II Monday. WBRZ Plus can be streamed... more »

• Game day traffic, weather and hype here - download the WBRZ app before kickoff

  September 9, 2022 4:41 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Heavy traffic is likely as thousands of people flock to the sold-out LSU vs. Southern football game at Tiger Stadium Saturday. Kickoff is just after 6:30 p.m. but tailgating and fan experiences will start earlier. Click HERE for a schedule . Important apps Download... more »

• Overnight arson off Scotland Avenue displaces two residents

  July 25, 2022 6:37 AM

  BATON ROUGE - An overnight house fire, now ruled an arson, displaced two residents of a home off Scotland Avenue. The Baton Rouge Fire Department worked a house fire shortly after midnight Monday morning in the 2100 block of Davenport Avenue. Officials say the fire was intentionally set. ... more »

• Only in Louisiana: Alligator disrupts exams at high school Play Video

  May 17, 2022 3:42 PM

  SLIDELL - High school students were surprised to see an alligator had made its way onto their campus Tuesday morning. The resource officer at Slidell High School made sure the four-and-a-half foot gator stayed where it was for half an hour while waiting for animal control to arrive. ... more »

• Traditional Cajun Mardi Gras continues in Mamou Play Video

  March 1, 2022 6:02 PM

  MAMOU- In Evangeline Parish, the traditional Cajun Mardi Gras is a bit different than New Orleans. Instead of riding around on floats, revelers ride from house to house on horseback in colorful homemade costumes. "We're like the old-time Mardi Gras, that first started," said Gary Brignac, one of several... more »

• 'I just got hit by a plane': Driver hit by aircraft on I-12 shares shocking story with WBRZ Play Video

  October 29, 2021 1:26 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Startling new accounts of chaotic moments on I-12 are coming to light Friday. The 911 calls of eyewitnesses’ description of an airplane landing on the interstate Thursday were obtained by the WBRZ Investigative Unit. WBRZ also spoke with the driver of a pick-up truck hit as... more »

• LIVE: Watch WBRZ streaming live, on TV in Baton Rouge and Shreveport

  August 29, 2021 12:49 PM

  WBRZ Channel 2 Check local listings WBRZ Plus Cox 11 (1011 HD); Eatel 2; Streaming here ; antenna 2.2; Streaming TV apps 24-hour weather channel Streaming live HERE ; Cox cable channel 18 or with an antenna find channel 36.3 KTBS 3.2 - Northwest... more »

• LIVE UPDATES: Monday afternoon commute

  May 10, 2021 4:13 PM

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• St. Jude Dream Home tickets have sold out Play Video

  December 11, 2020 4:49 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Tickets for the 2021 St. Jude Dream Home have sold out as of 8 a.m., Friday. With the purchase of a $100 ticket, entrants were given the chance to win the $635,000 Dream Home in the posh Pointe-Marie planned community off River Road nestled among the... more »

• Get important storm updates on TV, streaming here

  October 6, 2020 12:40 PM

  See the latest storm forecast - click here to read and watch the updated report Stream WBRZ newscasts, breaking news and weather advisories Click HERE to stream WBRZ Plus, live anytime on WBRZ.com Stream the 24-hour WBRZ weather channel Click HERE to watch the weather stream... more »

• Exiting top La. COVID doc in tell-all WBRZ interview: Football stadiums shouldn't have fans Play Video

  October 1, 2020 10:48 AM

  Watch WBRZ News 2 Thursday for the tell-all interview with Dr. Alex Billioux BATON ROUGE – A new month brings big changes for high-profile Dr. Alex Billioux who, since the onset of the COVID crisis, has been the state’s very visual and top doctor spearheading the state health department’s... more »

• West Virginia - Oklahoma State football game moving to WBRZ Plus due to breaking news on Ch 2

  September 25, 2020 12:58 PM

  Programming alert for viewers watching Saturday’s ABC football telecast WBRZ will move the West Virginia at Oklahoma State football game to WBRZ Plus around 4 p.m. Saturday due to a scheduled breaking news report regarding the President’s announcement of his nominee for the Supreme Court. President Trump is... more »

• 40 years of paying WBRZ's bills: Second-generation finance manager celebrates fortieth anniversary at Ch 2

  September 17, 2020 12:05 PM

  BATON ROUGE – There’s a joyful celebration within the halls of WBRZ Thursday as a second-generation employee celebrates forty years of paying the bills. Tonya Hebert runs WBRZ’s finance department, a job she’s held since Wednesday, September 17, 1980. In remembering her first years Thursday, Hebert recounted how... more »

• Watch the WBRZ race relations broadcast here; Rebroadcast coming next week Play Video

  July 10, 2020 1:54 PM

  BATON ROUGE – WBRZ will present a special broadcast focused on conversations about race and inequality in the Greater Baton Rouge area. The commercial-free, 30-minute program will be seen on WBRZ Channel 2 and WBRZ Plus throughout the next few weeks. The broadcast will premiere at 11:30 Sunday (July... more »

• Pat Shingleton: "Indian Summer, Apache Fog and Spiders"

  October 17, 2019 11:56 PM

  Wednesday's Nor’easter offered damaging winds and flooding in the Northeast. This item has been mentioned in other articles with somewhat of an update. Indian summer occurs in mid to late autumn, usually after the first killing frost. It’s difficult to experience this in our south Louisiana climate but is greatly... more »

• Pat Shingleton: "White Wind and Music Grapes..."

  September 26, 2019 7:46 PM

  The world’s highest peak, outside of Asia’s Himalayas, is Aconcagua, located 100 miles east of the Pacific Ocean in Argentina. In the crown of South America’s Andes mountain range it rises 23,000 feet above the Pacific’s shores and the cloud cover at the summit is so frequent that it has... more »

• Pat Shingleton: "Kudzu, LSU and Notre Dame..."

  September 24, 2019 10:48 PM

  You may be pulling a few weeds and vines around the property this weekend. “The vine that ate the South” is the kudzu plant, native to Asia and introduced to the United States in the 19th Century. LiveScience.com reported that the vine was classified as a pest weed by the... more »

• Pat Shingleton: "The Deep Freezer and Magnetism"

  September 16, 2019 11:59 PM

  It’s nearly harvest time in south Louisiana, especially for the sugar cane crop. The purchase of the “deep-freezer” by my dad in the 1960s became a storage locker for the fruits and vegetables from our property in Ellwood City, PA. Fruit trees included: apple, pear, peach, plum and a grape... more »

• Pat Shingleton: "Weather, Babies Gender and Mascots..."

  September 13, 2019 6:46 PM

  Weather may be a determining factor in the gender of babies. ScienceDaily.com reported that a study conducted by BMC Evolutionary Biology provides some evidence regarding African buffalo. Researchers from Wageningen University in the Netherlands determined that more male buffalo babies were born during the rainy season than female babies. Animals... more »

• Former WBRZ executive who championed Louisiana culture has died

  August 29, 2019 11:54 AM

  PRAIRIEVILLE – A career news executive who spent the last half-decade of his career leading the journalists at WBRZ has died. He had been ill with cancer. Chuck Bark, whose vision may be more known and recognized by viewers than his face, was the director of news at... more »

• How to watch WBRZ breaking news coverage

  July 3, 2019 5:51 PM

  Watch WBRZ News 2 streaming live here v ia WBRZ Plus. Below is an ABC News video feed of the network's live streaming news coverage. more »

• Relive the final act of WBRZ's Fireworks on the Mississippi here Play Video

  July 4, 2018 10:49 PM

  BATON ROUGE – The 49th annual showing of WBRZ’s Fireworks on the Mississippi rocketed into the air late Wednesday night. It’s an annual 4th of July tradition in Baton Rouge. The fireworks show attracts thousands of people on either side of the river. Each year, 4,000 fireworks... more »

• WATCH LIVE: WBRZ+ to air Billy Graham's funeral today

  March 1, 2018 5:17 PM

  Click here to watch live at 11 a.m. CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – Some 2,300 invited guests are expected to attend Billy Graham's funeral today. Graham's service will be held at the Billy Graham Library. He will be buried beside his late wife, Ruth, whose grave is at the... more »

• WBRZ morning news expands; Additional hours seen after 7 a.m. on WBRZ+

  February 12, 2018 4:31 AM

  BATON ROUGE - More local, morning news is available to the Baton Rouge audience as of Monday morning. WBRZ's 2une-In continues with two additional hours after 7 a.m. on the all new WBRZ+. Earlier this year, WBRZ News 2 at 6:00 and 10:00 expanded to a full hour on... more »

• WBRZ LIVE: Here's where to get live news, forecasts today and tomorrow

  December 7, 2017 4:05 PM

  Newscast times WBRZ's 2une-In, 5 a.m. - 7 a.m. WBRZ News 2 at Noon WBRZ News 2 at 4:00 WBRZ News 2 at 5:00 WBRZ News 2 at 6:00 WBRZ News 2 at 10:00 WBRZ News broadcasts on television Live on... more »

• WATCH LIVE: News 2 newscasts, WBRZ+ and live breaking news

  January 25, 2017 5:07 PM

  CLICK HERE TO WATCH OUR LIVE COVERAGE CLICK HERE FOR THE WBRZ FACEBOOK LIVE FEED more »

• Kylie's enjoying time with her new baby; Meet Margaret, our fill-in co-anchor

  July 25, 2016 10:09 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A new face joined the morning team of WBRZ's '2une-In' show Monday. Margaret Dubuisson, a TV news veteran, will co-anchor the two-hour morning show with John Pastorek while regular host Kylie Dixon enjoys time with her new baby. Dixon and her husband, Brian, welcomed Addison Rae... more »

• Holly Clegg's Holiday Countdown: December 10, 2015 Play Video

  December 10, 2015 10:33 AM

  BATON ROUGE- News 2's John Pastorek put on his Christmas sweater and jumped back in the kitchen with Holly Clegg this week to whip up a savory sweet that's hard to beat. Holly's Holiday Snack Mix is the perfect appetizer to put out while your guests are waiting for their... more »

• WBRZ reaches deal with DISH

  August 20, 2015 7:43 PM

  BATON ROUGE - WBRZ reached an agreement with DISH this week to keep our signal broadcast to local viewers on their network. The contract for carrying the signal ran out on June 30. WBRZ-TV gave DISH multiple extensions to continue negotiations, the last of which was... more »