Hours before temperatures are set to fall into the 20, the National Weather Service's latest forecast is showing that the most snow could fall on the Baton Rouge area or in Acadiana, as extreme ...

As freezing temperatures impact southeast Louisiana, almost all Baton Rouge-area schools are closing Tuesday and Wednesday, with some continuing via some form of remote instruction. East Baton ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Air travel is picking back up at the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport after the winter weather caused several flight disruptions. According to airport officials ...

Grymes said widespread snow accumulations of 4 inches to 10 inches will occur "from the Sabine to the Pearl" rivers and "extend from the coast to Alexandria" with Baton Rouge, Lafayette ...

On Tuesday morning, residents of New Orleans and Baton Rouge woke up to a winter wonderland with rare snow coating the ground. A winter storm is sweeping through the Deep South, bringing snow ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - There is another Lacumba in town! BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo announced on Friday, January 17 that its historic jaguar cub, the first born at the zoo in more than 20 years ...

Jerry Wayne Schmidt, 83, of Madisonville, KY passed away Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at the Western Kentucky Veterans Center in Hanson, KY. He was born December 26, 1941, in Evansville, IN to the ...

Baton Rouge, which has been trying for nearly a decade to position its downtown as a destination for river cruises, also saw an increase in the number of cruise ship passengers last year.

When French explorer Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville traveled up the Mississippi River in 1699 and encountered a large red pole erected by Native Americans, he dubbed the location “le bâton rouge,” or ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — On Tuesday, the Greater Baton Rouge area saw multiple inches of snow. The Louisiana First News’ sky camera gave a first-hand look at the snowfall in East ...

Click here for up-to-date information on road closures in the Baton Rouge area. BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First News) — The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD ...