Baton Rouge, LA

BATON ROUGE — Louisiana sugarcane has been a staple of the state’s agricultural landscape for generations, but Oxbow Rum Distillery uses the familiar crop to craft a different kind of family tradition: locally made rum.The family behind the distillery has worked in the sugar industry since 1859. Today, fifth-generation family member Olivia Stewart is helping carry that legacy into a new chapter."Oxbow Rum Distillery is my family's rum distillery. We are a single estate dist

BATON ROUGE — LSU students received a special surprise on campus Thursday afternoon when a trio of Tigers handed out chicken fingers ahead of Saturday's matchup against Alabama.LSU players Caden Durham, Deuce Geralds and Harlem Berry worked a shift at the original Raising Cane's on Highland Road before making their way onto campus with free food for their peers.The players said the campus giveaway was an opportunity to give back to the community and thank students for their

BATON ROUGE — Coach Ed Orgeron spoke about his health scare in a new promo from Our Lady of the Lake.Orgeron, who was hired back onto the LSU staff in May, missed multiple games this season due to unspecified health reasons.In August, Lane Kiffin said during a press conference that Coach O was sent home because he "wasn't feeling real well." Orgeron missed two games, and in September, Kiffin called said the situation "was a little bit scary."In a video released by OLOL, Orgeron said

BATON ROUGE — A Baton Rouge judge has set the trial dates for District Attorney Hillar Moore’s lawsuit against East Baton Rouge Parish, Mayor-President Sid Edwards and the Metro Council.Moore initially filed suit against the city-parish government in April for millions of dollars in an effort to gain more funding for the DA’s office. Late last month, the Louisiana Supreme Court declined to hear arguments over whether additional municipalities should be a part of t

Dry air will dominate the Capital Area through the end of the week before a reinforcing cold front brings cooler temperatures for the weekend. While some clouds will pass through at times, the weather looks cooperative for another weekend of football games.  Reinforcing Cool Air: Arriving for the weekendhttps://www.wbrz.com/news/download-the-free-wbrz-weather-app/Chilliest Morning of the Season (so far): mid-40s expected early SundayUncertainty Next Week: possibility of passing clouds

BATON ROUGE — Lung cancer claims more lives each year in the United States than breast, prostate, and colon cancers combined, yet millions of Americans at risk remain locked out of routine preventive screenings.Early detection through low-dose CT scans dramatically boosts survival rates, but strict federal criteria leave many who develop the disease ineligible until it is too late.In a far-west suburb of Chicago, 62-year-old Cathy Hartmann helps manage and harvest more than 5,000 acr

BATON ROUGE - When Madisonville, La., native Rylie Kuyper transferred to LSU after one season at Texas Tech, it was supposed to be a homecoming. But when the Tigers went through Spring workouts earlier this year, something was wrong.Rylie found two lumps: one in her chest and another on her neck. Suddenly, the fatigue made sense."There was a part of relief," said Kuyper. "There's a reason I wasn't performing at my best, but then there's also that aspect of, oh my gosh, that's why."After a biop

BATON ROUGE — Defense attorneys in the Madison Brooks trial put in a motion to dismiss all charges for Desmond Carter, saying prosecutors leaked evidence to on-air personality Nancy Grace.Arrest documents say Brooks, a 19-year-old LSU student, left Reggie's Bar with Carter, Casen Carver, Kaivon Washington and Everett Lee in the early morning hours of Jan. 15, 2023. The group went to a parking lot, where Washington and Carter are accused of raping Brooks in the backseat of Carver's ve

PORT ALLEN — A White Castle man who led law enforcement on a high-speed pursuit ending in a fatal crash on New Year's Eve 2022 has been sentenced to 35 years in prison. District Judge Tonya Lurry handed down the sentence to Tyquel Zanders, 28, in a West Baton Rouge court on Thursday following his September guilty plea. Zanders pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter, negligent injury, aggravated flight from an officer, reckless operation of a vehicle and aggravated obst

LIVINGSTON — Livingston Parish President Randy Delatte joined other local and state leaders on the annual Amite River Expedition to discuss flood risk management.The expedition takes officials along the Lower Amite River, allowing them to see where drainage needs to be improved."During the expedition, I was able to provide an update on Livingston Parish's efforts to remove accumulated silt from the Amite River to improve its capacity and flow, followed by planned improvements to the