Emmy Award-winning news anchor Morgan Lentes will begin co-anchoring WAFB's "9 News This Morning" starting Wednesday, March 11. She will join longtime co-host and anchor Matt Williams, replacing Liz ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - WAFB is thrilled to announce that Emmy Award-winning journalist Morgan Lentes will join the station’s nationally-recognized morning newscast team as co-anchor alongside ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Baton Rouge police arrested a 22-year-old man Friday in connection with the rape of a 94-year-old woman on East Black Oak Drive, near the Park Forest and Sherwood Forest ...

An Emmy Award-winning news anchor is leaving WDSU in New Orleans for a new gig at WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge. Morgan Lentes will start in her job on March 11, WAFB confirmed. Her last day at WDSU was last ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - One person was rushed to the hospital after reportedly falling from a bucket truck that caught fire on Tuesday, March 3. Emergency officials said the person who fell from the ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Freezing temperatures will greet much of the area on Tuesday morning, but temperatures will quickly rebound through the remainder of the week. A Freeze Warning is in effect ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Multiple rounds of storms are expected this weekend, with the potential for a few severe storms tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are possible this evening; however, a line of ...

EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, La. (WAFB) - A man has died following a shooting in the Gardere area of East Baton Rouge Parish. According to emergency officials, the shooting happened around noon on ...

EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, La. (WAFB) - A man is recovering after someone shot him in the leg Friday night (March 6). According to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, the shooting happened around ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - WAFB is excited to announce the launch of the brand-new WAFB News App, designed with you, our viewers, in mind. You asked, we listened. Our new app has been built to make it ...

WESTLAKE, La. (WAFB) - An overnight crash has led authorities to block off lanes along the I-10 bridge that goes over the Calcasieu River. Police said they learned about the crash in the Lake Charles ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A Red Flag Warning has been posted for Sunday across parts of Louisiana and Mississippi. According to the WAFB First Alert Weather Team, a combination of strong northerly ...