5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (259+ words) WBRZ Port Allen High student arrested, charged with terrorizing in connection with alleged threat to campus PORT ALLEN — A 16-year-old Port Allen High School student was arrested after allegedly making a written threat on campus that referenced an ongoing trend…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (223+ words) DERIDDER — Former DeRidder Mayor Misty Roberts has been released from jail following a 90-day sentence after she was convicted of raping a 16-year-old while she was in office, The Guardian reports. The outlet reports that Roberts, 44, finished her sentence on…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (308+ words) EAST BATON ROUGE - East Baton Rouge Parish is seeking $125 million in federal funding to help reduce crime. During a specially called Metro Council meeting, council members approved a grant proposal to be sent to the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (121+ words) WBRZ 1 person hospitalized following stabbing along Old Hammond Highway BATON ROUGE — One person is hurt after a stabbing along Old Hammond Highway on Tuesday. Officials told WBRZ that, before 1 p.m., one person was transported to a nearby hospital following a…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago   (128+ words) MORGAN CITY — Two people were arrested for allegedly stabbing a person during an armed robbery early Saturday morning in Morgan City. According to the Morgan City Police Department, officers located a victim suffering from a stab wound along Highway 182 early…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (253+ words) BATON ROUGE — A man was arrested for attempted second-degree murder on Friday after allegedly shooting a person who had entered the wrong house. According to the department, on Aug. 14, officers arrived on Gracie Street to find Marty Green Sr., who…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (139+ words) WBRZ BRPD: Five injured in shooting at North Ardenwood Drive apartments BATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge Police Department said five people were injured in a shooting on North Ardenwood Drive. The call came in around 4:45 p.m., with emergency officials responding to…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (262+ words) ASCENSION PARISH — A 22-year-old woman is recovering from a broken neck and fractured skull after a driver hit her outside her home and left the scene last weekend. Makayla White had just walked out of her home on Dutchtown Lane…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (206+ words) WBRZ Gonzales man arrested in connection with disappearance, murder of New Orleans man NEW ORLEANS — A Gonzales man was arrested Thursday in connection with the disappearance and murder of a New Orleans man. According to the New Orleans Police Department,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (166+ words) GRETNA — A Jefferson Parish deputy was fired after allegedly using Flock cameras to track his ex's location thousands of times over the last several years, WWL reports. The deputy, identified as Nathan Rome, tracked the same license plate more than…...