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In its 100 years of life, so much has changed for Lyons Specialty Co. A Port Allen wholesale distributor to more than 600 convenience stores across Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas, Lyons Specialty’s product lineup is much wider than when the firm opened in 1923. Its fresh food business has exploded in the last decade. It had to reinvent itself in 2020, moving into personal protective equipment distribution at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A 15-year-old boy was arrested Thursday in connection to a triple shooting last week that left an 18-year-old dead, according to Baton Rouge police. Police said Lenni Douglas, 18, was shot the night of May 31 on the 4100 block of Prescott Court and died at the scene. Douglas was trying to stop a fight between an ex-boyfriend and the new boyfriend of one of the other shooting victims, according to officers.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Detectives with the Baton Rouge Police Department are searching for a man wanted on multiple drug charges. Nepton Hatfield Jr., 24, is wanted on the following charges: Distribution/possession with the intent to Distribute Schedule ll CDS, illegal carrying of weapons, crime of CDS, aggravated flight from an officer, resisting an officer, aggravated criminal damage to property (2 counts), possession of schedule l, illegal carrying of weapons, stop signs and yield signs, reckless operations of a vehicle, and driving on roadway laned for traffic.

Lawmakers from both parties were furious this evening after they said they were given no time to review any of the amendments put on all of the budget bills to spend your money, which were all saved until the last second with no room for debate. ‘Earth will not be...

BATON ROUGE - Police aim to make a second arrest weeks after a belligerent Baton Rouge mom was booked for an accidental shooting that sent two children to a hospital. Arrest documents say Baton Rouge police are now looking to arrest 22-year-old Jahavez Taylor, the owner of the "draco" gun that injured the two boys. Police believe the weapon was left out on the kitchen counter when the children, ages 3 and 6, found it.

BATON ROUGE - A man was arrested for allegedly shooting at a coworker following an argument at Popeye's on O'Neal Lane. The Baton Rouge Police Department said two employees got into an argument around 10:30 p.m. June 1. According to arrest documents, Kieran Johnson, 21, followed the victim outside of the restaurant and shot at him twice. The victim then ran to a nearby business for help.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A Louisiana State Trooper is being hailed as a hero for saving a man’s life after he performed CPR for 17 minutes. On June 5, Sgt. Trey Bellue was on a routine safety inspection of an 18-wheeler when the driver, Thomas Taylor, experienced a medical emergency.

Services where held for fallen Denham Springs Police Officer Cpl. Shawn Kelly at A Healing Place Church on Highland Road in Baton Rouge. Cpl. Kelly was given full honors with officers from around Louisiana and the country attending the service. Cpl. Kelly was shot on May 11 while responding to a call and later died on June 2 after battling for several weeks.

By all accounts, Olivia Dunne is an incredible gymnast. She competes for one of the best gymnastics programs in the country - a team that finished in the top four nationally last season. And yet even she has some embarrassing moments in the gym. She shared one of those moments on her TikTok account ...

America's cannabis industry continues to expand, and LSU's online Medical Cannabis Training Certificate Program is helping Louisiana keep up with the trend.

The wildfire smoke that has blanketed the country's east coast drifted down to Louisiana on Thursday, joining other air pollution threats across the state, particularly ozone. Much of southeast Louisiana, including New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lake Charles and Monroe, was expected to reach orange level air pollution by midnight Thursday, partly due to wildfire smoke, but mainly because of ozone. The air quality index has six levels, with orange being the third-highest.

PORT ALLEN, La. (WAFB) - The people living at a retirement community in Port Allen are feeling relief. The elevator at the Allen Court apartments is finally fixed after two months. The repair comes after a Contact 9 report about the challenges neighbors faced without it. Hearing the ding from...

BATON ROUGE - Police said a juvenile girl was injured in a reported shooting Wednesday night. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, officers responded to Goudchaux Street off Scenic Highway for a reported shooting around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. They found a juvenile girl with a gunshot wound in her arm.

ZACHARY — After a theft led to a short pursuit and then a manhunt in East Feliciana Parish, both men have now been captured and arrested. The second wanted teenager was found in Zachary today and has since been arrested. It was around 7:45am on May 30 when an...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The WAFB I-TEAM has uncovered the East Baton Rouge School System has recorded more than 6,000 fights on campuses across the district over the last two years, according to records obtained from the school system. There have been a number of fights making headlines in...

Louisiana residents are used to keeping an eye on the sky on summer afternoons for rapidly developing showers and thunderstorms. These air mass storms as they are called usually blow up when the daytime heating combines with an abundance of moisture and instability in the atmosphere to give those who work outside a bit of a break from the heat indices in the upper 90s.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Law enforcement is investigating a shooting that happened Wednesday night, June 8. According to officials, the shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. on Goudchax Street near Scenic Highway. [7:56 AM] Bria Gremillion. One person was taken to the hospital, and their condition is stable, said emergency...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – A man who claimed to be a contractor is accused of defrauding a Baton Rouge resident out of $30,000. According to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, Ernest Martin and a resident agreed Martin would repair the resident’s home via a company called E & JM Properties LLC. The contract they signed stipulated the work would be carried out for a total of $40,375.

BATON ROUGE — A federal judge deferred a plea agreement signed by a former West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office employee who admitted to stealing at least $150,000 from traffic ticket payments. That plea agreement was deferred as a pre-sentence investigation was ordered. Legal experts told WBRZ a pre-sentence investigation...

BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge police are investigating after a man was shot and killed inside his car overnight. It happened on Merganzer Avenue around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. This is an area just off Southern University’s campus near Scenic Hwy. and Mills Ave. BRPD says Eishmel Spears, Jr.,...