People in the Baton Rouge area can expect to get mail Thursday after snowfall affected the U.S. Postal Service.

Local restaurants and grocery stores are gradually resuming normal hours, but residents are encouraged to check social media pages for updated schedules.

Baton Rouge is under an extreme cold warning until 10 a.m. Wednesday, the National Weather Service said. The high today is expected to be 31 degrees, with a low of 16 degrees.

Chief Meteorologist Sam Parish has your StormTracker Team forecast for Thursday,4. Tonight through Saturday: Tonight, mostly fair with cold temperatures again overnight with melting snow freezing by morning.

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A Baton Rouge man is facing charges of attempted second-degree murder and home invasion after police say he broke into a home and attempted to stab another man. Baton Rouge Police arrested Clayborn Thomas, 33, following a series of incidents at a residence in the 11000 block of Bard Avenue on Tuesday, Jan. 21.

A winter storm left much of the Gulf Coast frozen Tuesday, closing highways, grounding flights and canceling school for millions of students.

Alan Walter, a Baton Rouge mixologist and former City Group Hospitality consultant, has been named a 2025 James Beard Award semifinalist in the “outstanding professional in cocktail service” category.

When a grandparent or relative chooses to step up and care for a child that is not their own, what happens? This Baton Rouge woman provides the help needed.

Louisiana DOTD officials have closed a large part of interstate 10 due to the icy conditions on the road. DOTD says that I-10 is closed in both directions from the Louisiana-Texas state line to Baton Rouge.

On Tuesday morning, residents of New Orleans and Baton Rouge woke up to a winter wonderland with rare snow coating the ground.

Weather-related road closures have slowed the ability of school personnel to check on the conditions of Baton Rouge area schools