Gold miner Twangiza Mining SA has accused Rwanda-backed M23 rebels of forcing its employees to work against their will and without pay after seizing its mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

East Baton Rouge Parish residents are encouraged to give feedback on housing and community development plans.

Some East Baton Rouge Parish residents can benefit from a program that replaces or repairs broken air conditioning units as hot summer temperatures increase.

A two-year-old has died after being hit by a vehicle in East Baton Rouge Parish on Tuesday, July 1.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Rwanda provided “critical” support to the M23 rebels’ recent offensive in eastern Congo, which helped secure Kigali’s access to minerals and fertile ground, accord… ...

East Baton Rouge Council on Aging Centers will be closed for several days.

EBRSO and The East Baton Rouge Coroner's Office responded to a pedestrian struck and killed on Siegen Lane.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - You’ve likely seen piles of old tires left somewhere they shouldn’t be around East Baton Rouge Parish. Now, city officials are working to clean up the area.

Two deputies that worked as guards in the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison have been named in a federal lawsuit alleging they forced a female inmate to have sex with one of the jailers.

More than a year after allegedly terrorizing a middle school, a 24-year-old Baton Rouge man was arrested in an incident that forced the school into lockdown and left a teacher injured. Elijah ...

Temperatures could feel like 110 degrees in New Orleans and Southeast Louisiana. The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory.

The announcement comes after Swaggart suffered a cardiac arrest at his Baton Rouge home and was hospitalized in mid-June.