A Baton Rouge woman who pleaded no contest to manslaughter in her boyfriend's 2017 slaying after her non-unanimous murder conviction was thrown out was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison.

Attorneys for a Baton Rouge man charged with second-degree murder in the 2020 shooting death of a panhandler outside Trader Joe’s argues in a new court filing that the state’s evidence “is not strong” ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — The Baton Rouge Police Department is offering women free self-defense classes in what the department calls "The Equalizer course". The course is a 4-day program where women can ...

The Baton Rouge Police Department offers free self-defense training courses for women and young girls who want to learn how to protect themselves. 28,132 people played the daily Crossword recently.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Police said they are now looking at a shooting in a Baton Rouge parking lot as a possible self defense case. The shooting happened Saturday afternoon, February 22, in the ...