Saint Charles Parish, LA

Boutte, LA

Tennessee State

Baton Rouge, LA

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WAFB) - The head of school killed in a shooting at a Tennessee elementary school on Monday, March 27, was from Baton Rouge, according to a family friend. The head of school, Dr. Katherine Koonce, 60, was among three adults and three 9-year-olds killed in the shooting at The Covenant School in the Nashville area, authorities said.

Head of school killed in Tenn. school shooting was Baton Rouge native; another La. native killed

Covington, LA

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Antonio Tyson, in front of a packed courtroom, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday (March 28) to the killing of a popular Covington priest and a church assistant last November. Family members sat front row behind Tyson, who was wearing an orange jumpsuit and shackles at the...

Man accused of killing Covington priest, woman pleads not guilty

WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH, La. (WAFB) - Two Baton Rouge Police Department pilots were killed after a BRPD helicopter crashed in West Baton Rouge Parish early Sunday morning, March 26, the department confirmed. The helicopter belongs to the Baton Rouge Police Department, officials added. “Today is a very emotional day...

Two BRPD officers die in chopper crash

Mississippi State

Rolling Fork, MS

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The devastation is widespread in the aftermath of a deadly tornado that swept through Rolling Fork and other parts of Mississippi last Friday night, and Louisianans are in the area to help the survivors. Maj. Christopher Thornhill, area commander for the Salvation Army of Greater New...

Louisiana charities help Mississippi tornado victims

New Orleans, LA

METAIRIE, La. (WVUE) - Hundreds of runners and walkers turned out Sunday morning (March 26) for a race event through a unique -- and mostly quiet -- course. The “Walk/Run Through History” had competitors traversing a 1-kilometer course or a more challenging 5K course winding through the grounds and past the gravestones and crypts of the Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries.

Hundreds turn out Sunday for race through Metairie cemetery

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Two high school seniors from New Orleans East have caused a stir among mathematicians at a recent conference. The St. Mary’s Academy students say they’re showing a new way to look at a two-thousand-year-old formula. You might remember, or happily forgot, the Pythagorean theorem...

Two New Orleans teens make math discovery 2,000 years in the making

Louisiana State

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Alonzo Knox was elected Saturday (March 25) to Louisiana’s House of Representatives, filling the New Orleans-based District 93 seat left vacant after Royce Duplessis was voted into the state senate last November. Knox, a former US Marine and owner of Treme’s Backatown Coffee Parlour with...

Knox wins runoff for 93rd District state representative seat

Indiana State

GREENVILLE, S.C. (WAFB) - The No. 1 seed is not around for LSU and Kim Mulkey to face in the Greenville Regional 2 final, so they will take No. 9 seed Miami. The Hurricanes upset Indiana of the Big 10 on its home court before earning another upset of Villanova in Greenville.

LSU looks to end Miami’s Cinderella run in Elite 8

Arkansas State

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The No. 1 LSU baseball team won its weekend series against No. 5 Arkansas by coming out victorious in both games of the doubleheader on Saturday, March 25. GAME 2. The Tigers (20-3, 3-2 SEC) run-ruled the Razorbacks (20-3, 4-1 SEC), 12-2, in seven innings....

No. 1 LSU wins both games of doubleheader to take series over No. 5 Arkansas

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - LSU Tiger fans are invited to send off the women’s basketball team for the final time this season as the Tigers depart to Dallas for the Final Four. The sendoff will be at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 28, at the South Pad of...

LSU fans invited to send off Tigers as they head to Final Four

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Boutte man booked with 23 burglary-related counts in St. Charles Parish

BOUTTE, La. (WVUE) - A Boutte man accused of at least 23 vehicle and business burglaries or attempts over the past two months has been arrested,...

Boutte man booked with 23 burglary-related counts in St. Charles Parish

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