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• Commercial jet inbound to BTR Airport declares mechanical emergency

  27-03-2017 16:39 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - A plane inbound to the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport declared a mechanical emergency on Monday afternoon. Sources say the commercial jet was having an issue with the flaps on its wings, which are used to slow the plane's airspeed.
  The plane, operated by Express Jet Airlines, was able to land safely as emergency crews were on the runway. There are no reports of injuries. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Local expert shares insight on 2024 Westminster Dog Show

  12-05-2024 15:56 via wbrz.com
  
  Will it be a Bloodhound, a Beagle or a Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen? The search for America's top dog is underway at the super bowl of dog shows — the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. WBRZ's John Pastorek was joined in the studio by Carol Grotton from the Mississippi Gulf Coast Kennel Club and his Doberman Lacey to talk all things dog show before the event wraps up Tuesday, May 14. Permalink| Comments
  
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• PHOTOS: Truck destroyed after fire in Pointe Coupee Parish

  12-05-2024 15:04 via wbrz.com
  
  JARREAU - A truck was destroyed Sunday after it caught fire in Jarreau.The Pointe Coupee Fire District 3 shared photos of the truck on fire and after it was put out. The vehicle was in the parking lot of Island Landing Bar and Grill, but it does not appear that the building was impacted. No injuries were reported. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Former LSU pitcher Skenes strikes out 7, tops 100 miles mph 17 times in Pirates debut

  12-05-2024 14:54 via wbrz.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes’ stuff was as electric as advertised.A fastball that reached at least 100 mph 17 times. A slider that left major leaguers shaking their heads. An invention called a “splinker” that is a hybrid of a splitter and a sinker and dips and dives unlike any pitch anywhere in baseball.Yet even at age 21, the Pittsburgh Pirates rookie knows all the “oohs” and “ahs” and knee buckles a ball that at
  
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• 11-year-old girl in critical condition, man injured after separate shootings in Livingston Parish

  12-05-2024 12:47 via wbrz.com
  
  LIVINGSTON PARISH - An 11-year-old girl is in critical condition and a man was injured in two separate overnight shootings, according to the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office.The girl's injury happened in Tickfaw on Ed Brown Road around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Police say she was an innocent bystander who was struck in a nearby residence where a shooting occurred between three people outside. The gunshot wound hit her torso and she was transported for surgery.The other shooting took place in Denham
  
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• Teenager taken into custody after allegedly bringing gun to Abbeville church

  11-05-2024 21:31 via wbrz.com
  
  ABBEVILLE - A 16-year-old male was arrested and taken to a mental facility after allegedly bringing a gun to an Abbeville church on Saturday. According to Abbeville Police Department, Abbeville police officers were called to the St. Mary Magdalen Church on Saturday morning due to a teenager inside the building with a gun. The news site said when officers arrived, churchgoers had escorted the teen outside. He was swiftly taken away by law enforcement and brought to a behavioral health h
  
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• Report: Teenager taken into custody after allegedly bringing gun to Abbeville church

  11-05-2024 21:31 via wbrz.com
  
  ABBEVILLE - A 16-year-old male was arrested and taken to a mental facility after allegedly bringing a gun to an Abbeville church on Saturday. According to KATC,  Abbeville police officers were called to the St. Mary Magdalen Church on Saturday morning due to a teenager inside the building with a gun. The news site said when officers arrived, churchgoers had escorted the teen outside. He was swiftly taken away by law enforcement and brought to a behavioral health hospital after
  
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• Vehicle catches fire on I-12 East before Airline Highway; right lane temporarily blocked

  11-05-2024 16:21 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - The right lane on I-12 East before Airline Highway is blocked due to a vehicle fire Saturday evening.The vehicle can be seen in the righthand shoulder smoldering as officials worked to put out the fire.Officials say the fire only resulted in minor injuries.Permalink| Comments
  
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• House engulfed in flames on Fox Run Avenue Saturday morning

  11-05-2024 14:41 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - A house caught on fire on Fox Run Avenue at around 3 a.m. Saturday morning, according to the Baton Rouge Fire Department.BRFD said no occupants were injured as a result of the fire, but one firefighter suffered a minor injury.The cause of the fire is undetermined.Permalink| Comments
  
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• WATCH: See smoke envelope building due to fire at New Roads meat market

  11-05-2024 14:26 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW ROADS - A fire took place at a meat market in New Roads Friday night, according to the Morganza Fire Department.Video showed Robillard's Boucherie on Hospital Road in New Roads completely covered in smoke as crews worked to put out a fire.No other information is available at this time.Permalink| Comments
  
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• VIDEO: See smoke envelope building due to fire at New Roads meat market

  11-05-2024 14:26 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW ROADS - A fire took place at a meat market in New Roads Friday night, according to the Morganza Fire Department.Video showed Robillard's Boucherie on Hospital Road in New Roads completely covered in smoke as crews worked to put out a fire.No other information is available at this time.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Four arrested for vandalism after at least 15 vehicles received damages by rocks

  11-05-2024 13:42 via wbrz.com
  
  LIVINGSTON PARISH - The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office arrested four people, including a juvenile, after at least 15 vehicles received damages from rocks.Police say the damage took place at four subdivisions at Spring Lake, Whispering Springs, Lakes at Fennwood and Collins Place. Images showed windows broken out on heavy equipment as well as cars in the area.Three adults, Jesse Fisher, 18, Kaitlyn Blood, 20, and Michael Shively, 19, were charged with felony and misdemeanor counts of damage
  
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• Controlled burn of demolished house turns into grass fire in Hillsdale

  11-05-2024 13:17 via wbrz.com
  
  HILLSDALE - A controlled burn of a demolished house turned into a grass fire, according to the Hillsdale Volunteer Fire Department.Images show the smoldering, demolished house surrounded by burned up brush.The Hillsdale Volunteer Fire Department also reminded people that it is too windy to safely burn Saturday.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Controlled burn of demolished house turns into grass fire

  11-05-2024 13:17 via wbrz.com
  
  AMITE - A controlled burn of a demolished house turned into a grass fire, according to the Hillsdale Volunteer Fire Department.Images show the smoldering, demolished house surrounded by burned up brush.The Hillsdale Volunteer Fire Department also reminded people that it is too windy to safely burn Saturday.Permalink| Comments
  
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• 2 Make a Difference: Songs of Survivors helps veterans open up and heal through songwriting

  10-05-2024 21:48 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - One Louisiana musician and military man is on a different kind of special duty assignment, as his writing workshop allows veterans to open up and use music to process their trauma.David St. Romain, with Songs of Survivors, started a six hour writing workshop to help veterans express themselves. St. Romain then takes those words and makes them into songs.So far, the workshop has hosted 100 veterans. Anyone interested in the workshop can visit their website here.Permalink| Comments
  
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• LSU baseball loses to Alabama 8-7 with a ninth-inning walk off error

  10-05-2024 21:24 via wbrz.com
  
  TUSCALOOSA - LSU lost after a walk off bunt from Alabama lead to the Tide scoring the game-winning run off a throwing error and winning 8-7.LSU took the lead off a Steven Milam home run and a Tommy White RBI double in the eighth. Those two plays also allowed LSU to outlast the Crimson Tide going into the ninth, as the Tide responded with three runs to make it a one-score game.With three runners on base, two outs and two strikes, the Alabama batter hit the ball shortly into the infield, leading
  
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• LSU baseball loses to Alabama 8-7 with a ninth-inning walk off bunt

  10-05-2024 21:24 via wbrz.com
  
  TUSCALOOSA - LSU lost after a walk off bunt from Alabama lead to the Tide scoring the game-winning run off a throwing error and winning 8-7.LSU took the lead off a Steven Milam home run and a Tommy White RBI double in the eighth. Those two plays also allowed LSU to outlast the Crimson Tide going into the ninth, as the Tide responded with three runs to make it a one-score game.With three runners on base, two outs and two strikes, Alabama bunted, leading Alex Milazzo to throw off line, which scor
  
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• LSU gymnast Haleigh Bryant wins 2024 Honda Award

  10-05-2024 20:19 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - LSU gymnast Haleigh Bryant won the 2024 Honda Award as the nation's top collegiate gymnast.After leading the LSU Gymnastics program to its first national championship, Bryant was chosen the winner by a vote of administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools, becoming only the second LSU gymnast to receive the prestigious award alongside Susan Jackson in 2010.“It is truly an honor to win this year’s Honda Sports Award for gymnastics. I’m excited to
  
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• LSU softball falls 2-1 in 7th inning, out at SEC tournament in semi's

  10-05-2024 18:47 via wbrz.com
  
  BIRMINGHAM, AL - The LSU Tiger softball teams upset run at the SEC Tournament comes to a close after a late game sac-fly drives in the game winning run for Missouri as those Tigers win it 2-1 in the semi-final match-up.LSU will now wait until Sunday to hear their name called for a potential NCAA host-site for Regional play which will start late next week.The LSU Tigers trailed 1-0 after Maddie Gallagher drove in the first run of the game, as solo home run in the third inning.That score lasted u
  
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• Severe geomagnetic storm expected Friday night, aurora visible in parts of United States

  10-05-2024 18:33 via wbrz.com
  
  A severe geomagnetic storm is expected to affect earth Friday night. According to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center, (SWPC), this is a result of at least seven coronal mass ejections. The sun spot causing this is 17-times the size of the earth. Geomagnetic storms are common around a solar maximum. Only three such storms have occurred since this sun cycle began in 2019.Severe geomagnetic storms can cause disruptions to satellite communications and navigation systems, terrestrial b
  
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• GOHSEP: Killian will have to re-do well samples; bacteria samples were from before disinfection

  10-05-2024 18:28 via wbrz.com
  
  KILLIAN - The town of Killian will have to re-do their testing and disinfection, as their tests found bacteria in their water supply were done prior to the well's sanitation, GOHSEP says.According to the Louisiana Department of Health and The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Killian's test that determined that their well tested positive for total coliform bacteria was taken prior to the sanitation of the well and while the well's sanitary seal was sti
  
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• Crash data shows spike in crashes at Highland/Terrace intersection after new design

  10-05-2024 17:46 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - A project to make an intersection safer appears to be backfiring as crash data shows accidents appear to occur more frequently at the corner of Highland Road and Terrace Street.The new configuration forces drivers coming off of the Mississippi River Bridge from I-10 East to merge with traffic going southbound on Highland Road, or veer right to Oklahoma Street. Drivers on the exit ramp are supposed to abide by a yield sign, while the drivers on Highland have a traffic signal.&n
  
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• $$$ Best Bets: Paul Skenes' MLB Debut! $$$

  10-05-2024 16:39 via wbrz.com
  
  Hunter McCann has the best bets for the NBA playoffs, college baseball, MLB and NHL Playoffs!
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• Crawfish farmers to receive federal assistance from Department of Agriculture

  10-05-2024 16:05 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — Crawfish farmers affected by last year's extreme heat and drought will be receiving emergency assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Congressmen Garret Graves (R-Baton Rouge) and Troy Carter (D-New Orleans) announced Friday.Graves and Carter led a formal request to the USDA and the Small Business Administration for assistance in February. Their request laid out the authority that Congress had already granted through the Emergency Assistance for Livestoc
  
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• Police arrest man after Wednesday Chase Bank robbery at Airline Highway

  10-05-2024 15:48 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge Police Department arrested a man after a robbery took place at Chase Bank on Airline Highway Wednesday.Police arrested Byron Harris, 46, for simple robbery after an anonymous tip.At the time, the Baton Rouge Police Department said a man walked into the Chase Bank at the corner of Airline Highway and Greenwell Street around 4 p.m. and handed a bank employee a note demanding money. Police said the employee handed over cash and the man ran away. Anyone with a
  
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• Louisiana Supreme Court to take new look at decision that ended 'lookback window' for sex abuse cases

  10-05-2024 15:31 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana Supreme Court said Friday it would reconsider its March decision that eliminated a "lookback window" that allowed child sex abuse victims to file lawsuits regardless of how long ago the abuse occurred. Lawmakers unanimously created a three-year window in which abuse victims could come forward. Justices on March 22 rejected it, saying it disturbed the potential defendants' "vested rights."In their request for a rehearing, lawyers for those
  
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• Police arrest convicted sex offender for first-degree rape

  10-05-2024 14:58 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police arrested a convicted sex offender for first-degree rape Friday after he allegedly had indecent behavior with a juvenile.Christopher Ryan Francis, 51, was arrested on the 1200 block of Pickett Avenue after an anonymous tip. Francis was booked for first-degree rape and indecent behavior with juveniles.Francis is a registered sex offender who was convicted in 2009 on a count of indecent behavior with a juvenile. He was released from prison in 2017, according to the sex offende
  
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• Southeastern softball wins Southland Championship, clinches NCAA tournament appearance with walkoff home run

  10-05-2024 14:46 via wbrz.com
  
  HAMMOND - The Southeastern softball team is heading to the NCAA tournament after a walkoff three-run home run in the seventh inning won them the Southland conference championship.Trailing 7-5 with one out in the seventh inning, Lexi Johnson hit a three-run home run to get the victory over the University of Incarnate Word.LEXI JOHNSON FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!
  SNATCHING VICTORY FROM THE JAWS OF DEFEAT!!!! LIONS WIN ON A WALK-OFF HOME THREE-RUN HOME RUN!!!!SOUTHEASTERN IS GOING TO THE NCAA TOURNA
  
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• Deputies searching for man who stole detergent, frozen food from Amite Dollar General

  10-05-2024 14:44 via wbrz.com
  
  AMITE — The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's assistance in identifying a shoplifting suspect who stole from an Amite Dollar General in April.Deputies said on April 23, a man entered the Dollar General store on Highway 16 around 5:30 p.m. and reportedly stole numerous frozen food items and laundry detergent. Security footage shows a man pushing a shopping cart toward the back of the store before leaving through a receiving door. He then appears to
  
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• Police arrest former cheer sponsor, cheer coach for allegedly stealing funds from program

  10-05-2024 14:37 via wbrz.com
  
  DENHAM SPRINGS - The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office arrested two people for allegedly stealing funds from the Live Oak Junior High cheer team.According to police, Jessica Angelo, the former cheer coach, and Kristen Goodwin, the former cheer team sponsor, were both charged with felony theft and criminal conspiracy. The two allegedly conspired together to sell t-shirts purchased with school funds, where the profit from the shirts would not be returned to the school cheer program.The amount of
  
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