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• Woman pleads not guilty in carjacking that led to dog's death

  17-09-2019 12:03 via wbrz.com
  BATON ROUGE - A woman accused of stealing a vehicle and leaving the victim's dog to die from heat exhaustion has pleaded not guilty in court.Leslie Aguillard was charged with carjacking, theft of a vehicle, theft of an animal, attempted second-degree murder, cruelty to an animal and theft. She pleaded not guilty to all charges.In July, Aguillard allegedly stole a truck that was parked at Pelican Donuts on the corner of Antioch Road and Tiger Bend Road. The victim told deputies that an unidentif
  
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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!
  FridayNBA:Knicks @ Pacers: Knicks +7Nuggets @ Timberwolves: Timberwolves -3.5MLB:Braves @ Mets: Braves -1.5Phillies @ Marlins: Phillies -1.5Rangers @ Rockies: Rangers -1.5College Baseball:ULL @ Georgia Southern: ULL MLLSU @ Alabama: LSU MLAuburn @ Missouri: Missouri MLNHL:Panthers @ Bruins: Panthers MLOilers @ Canucks: Oilers MLSaturdayNBA:Thunder @ Mavericks: Thunder +3.5Celtics @ Cavaliers: Celtics -
  
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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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• Mayoral candidate Ted James outraises Broome in first financial report of election cycle

  10-05-2024 14:30 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — The first financial report is out for the 2024 Baton Rouge mayoral race.With 160 days left until the election, mayoral candidate Ted James leads the finance report with $508,000 in contributions and current Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome sitting at $305,000 in contributions.Ted James, a Democrat, spoke with WBRZ saying, "I believe that our fundraising numbers show that people pf this parish are not only hopeful for new leadership and vision, but they're willing to
  
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• Hammond Fire Department looking for information on suspects after two 'suspicious' fires

  10-05-2024 14:28 via wbrz.com
  
  HAMMOND - The Hammond Fire Department is looking for information on suspects after two fires took place on the same road two days apart from each other.The first fire took place on April 10 from a building at 1406 Corbin Road, where the The Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal continued an investigation after the Hammond Fire Department discovered the fire had multiple non-communicating points of origin.Two days later, a fire took place at a mobile home at 1403 Corbin Road, which is across th
  
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• Five years later, feds still quiet on Louisianan Ronald Greene's deadly arrest

  10-05-2024 13:59 via wbrz.com
  
  FARMERVILLE, La. (AP) — Mona Hardin has been waiting five long years for any resolution to the federal investigation into her son’s deadly arrest by Louisiana State Police troopers, an anguish only compounded by the fact that nearly every other major civil rights case during that time has passed her by.It took just months for Tyre Nichols ’ beating death last year to result in federal charges against five Memphis police officers. A half-dozen white lawmen in Missis
  
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• Friday is the LAST day to enter to win a dream home and a car to go with it!

  10-05-2024 12:31 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - The deadline to buy a ticket for the St. Jude Dream House Giveaway to qualify for the Early Bird Prize of a new car is today. If participants buy their tickets before Friday's end, they will be entered into a drawing for a 2023 Genesis G70 on top of the house itself.Watch live newscasts here.For $100, your name will be entered into a drawing to win a beautiful home in Baton Rouge. The home is a four-bed, three-bath with 3,000 square feet of space. A spacious open kitchen
  
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• Fatal crash under investigation after Good Samaritans find body, running boat in Colyell Bay

  10-05-2024 12:21 via wbrz.com
  
  PORT VINCENT — The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is investigating a boat accident that left a 57-year-old Port Vincent man dead in Colyell Bay.Around 7:45 p.m., Good Samaritans found an unoccupied 16-foot boat with a still running engine that ran aground against the bank, LDWF agents said. They also found Patrick Jones' body, which appeared to be thrown from the boat without a personal flotation device, agents noted.After being recovered, his body was reportedly turne
  
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• Detectives searching for suspect in Garyville shooting that left one person dead

  10-05-2024 09:24 via wbrz.com
  
  GARYVILLE - Detectives are searching for an alleged murder suspect after a shooting that happened Tuesday and left one person dead. The St. John Parish Sheriff's Office says it is looking for Timothy Johnson, who is believed the be connected to a shooting. He is wanted for one count of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted second-degree murder. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the SJPSO's investigations division at (985) 359-TIPS.Permalink| Comments
  
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• May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month; safety commission reminds drivers to be cautious

  10-05-2024 07:58 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - In 2022, 82 Louisiana motorcyclists died in crashes. This Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission is reminding drivers of ways we can keep that number down. “A motorcyclist is a vulnerable road user, and a car or truck driver can overlook them with only a cursory glance in the mirror,” said LHSC Executive Director Lisa Freeman. “We’re urging everyone to take that extra second. Make sure the way is
  
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• Homeless woman was living inside Michigan rooftop store sign with computer and coffee maker

  10-05-2024 06:59 via wbrz.com
  
  Contractors curious about an extension cord on the roof of a Michigan grocery store made a startling discovery: A 34-year-old woman was living inside the business sign, with enough space for a computer, printer and coffee maker, police said.“She was homeless,” Officer Brennon Warren of the Midland Police Department said Thursday. “It’s a story that makes you scratch your head, just somebody living up in a sign.”The woman, whose name was not rele
  
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• Teen with epilepsy overcomes odds, advocates for others with same condition

  10-05-2024 05:54 via wbrz.com
  
  ZACHARY — Braylen Brown, a teen who was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 5, struggled to accept his diagnosis. When he got older, his condition took a toll on his mental health which caused depression. Through tough times and determination, Brown decided to turn things around and begin to reach out to those who suffer from epilepsy and maybe felt the same way he did. Brown began to attend community events and speak about the trying times he went through. He says
  
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• Walker man sentenced to 30 years in prison, chemical castration for rape of three juveniles

  09-05-2024 21:46 via wbrz.com
  
  LIVINGSTON — A Walker man was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in prison following a conviction in a 2021 investigation involving the rape of three juveniles.Blake Lott was convicted on three counts of second degree rape.The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office began investigating Lott in April 2021 after a juvenile disclosed that she was being sexually assaulted. The investigation led to two additional juvenile victims. DNA evidence was obtained to corroborate the victims’ stat
  
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• Baker Police searching for man who robbed Valeros gas station

  09-05-2024 21:36 via wbrz.com
  
  BAKER — The Baker Police Department are asking for the public's assistance in locating the man responsible for a theft at a Valeros gas station.The man is shown in security footage wearing a red t-shirt that reads "Bench Made." Those with information about this theft are urged to contact the Baker Detective Division at (225) 775-6000.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Baker Police searching for man accused of theft from Valeros gas station

  09-05-2024 21:36 via wbrz.com
  
  BAKER — The Baker Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in locating the man responsible for a theft at a Valeros gas station.The man is shown in security footage wearing a red t-shirt that reads "Bench Made." Those with information about this theft are urged to contact the Baker Detective Division at (225) 775-6000.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Man accused of killing own father, daughter before shooting self in March transferred into police custody

  09-05-2024 21:26 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — A man accused of killing his father and daughter before shooting himself in March was transferred into police custody after being hospitalized.Brent DeLoach, 63, was booked by the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office Tuesday night after being arrested on two counts of first-degree murder.WBRZ reported that deputies were called to a Shenandoah home shortly before 2 p.m. on March 15. Arrest records said DeLoach originally reported that a man he didn’t know ha
  
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• Coach Kim Mulkey speaks at American Heart Association event, advocates for routine screenings

  09-05-2024 21:03 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — LSU women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey shared her experience with and advocated for a potentially life-saving heart procedure at the American Heart Association's Go Red for Women luncheon on Thursday.Mulkey was one of many survivors who shared their stories at the annual event held at L'Auberge. The event is meant to raise awareness about heart disease and the importance of getting screened routinely.The coach described her experience having a procedure last May after d
  
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