18+ hour, 56+ min ago  (498+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Louisiana drivers will soon be able to ditch their vehicle inspection stickers, but not everyone is done with inspections. Starting June 30, drivers cannot get a ticket for not having an inspection sticker. However, vehicles registered in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (362+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Louisiana lawmakers changed the state's proposed congressional map again Thursday, after the Senate passed a plan that would reduce the state's number of majority-Black U. S. House districts from two to one. The House and Governmental Affairs Committee…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago  (251+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - State lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday, May 20, that would prohibit vape stores from selling products near schools. The measure, House Bill 302, would stop the state from issuing new retail permits to businesses within 300 feet of a…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (590+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Naomi De Berry, now 13, has written a book about her father's kidney disease and the donor who gave him a second chance at life. The south Louisiana author created "My Daddy Needs a Gift" as a…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (367+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Louisiana is one step away from creating a state-backed psychedelic-assisted therapy initiative focused on clinical research into treatments for mental health and substance use disorders. Senate Bill 43, sponsored by Sen. Pat Mc Math, passed both chambers…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (410+ words) I wanted to give some light to this dark time, so I lit it where the trees are dark on either side, but there's a light in the center "cause sometimes we just need a little bit of hope," said…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (223+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A suspect in a mall shooting appeared in the 19th Judicial District Court on Monday afternoon in connection with a shooting at the Mall of Louisiana that left one teenager dead and five others injured. Markel Lee,…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (482+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - It may be hard to imagine a time when giant mastodons and other long-extinct animals were roaming the prairies of South Louisiana. But they were here, as you'll see in this story. It's one of my…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (503+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - These LSU archaeology students are digging up the very beginnings of their state university. "A small little ceramic sherd," said a student. The shaded hilltop near Pineville is more than a hundred miles from the sprawling…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (367+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Louisiana drivers could soon replace their annual vehicle safety inspection sticker with a self-installed QR code under a proposal backed by the governor and House lawmakers. The change would eliminate the requirement for third-party safety inspections,…...