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• Empty Fraternity house seeing multiple break-ins

  17-10-2019 20:35 via wbrz.com
  BATON ROUGE – The Delta Kappa Epsilon house on LSU’s campus has been vacant since the chapter closed in January. Doors and windows are boarded up with padlocks attempting to keep people out. However, the house has been broken into at least three times in less than a month.Cameras caught a group of intruders entering the house on September 19 and 20. Surveillance video showed several people going upstairs, returning to the living room with four composite pictures before leavi
  
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• Do you need to move your fence? Argument over servitude coming to close

  17-10-2019 18:20 via wbrz.com
  DENHAM SPRINGS - A letter will soon be coming in the mail, and it might mean that some residents will have to tear down and move their fences.Last week, 2 On Your Side reported from Arbor Walk in Denham Springs. Residents there have been in limbo between the HOA, Livingston Parish, and neighborhood developer DSLD about what to do with their property.Wooden stakes were placed around property lines and servitude this past summer. Since then, residents have been wondering what they mean. Brittni B
  
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• Woman accidentally hits gas pedal, drives car through front door of pizzeria

  17-10-2019 17:11 via wbrz.com
  WALKER - Police say a woman confused her vehicle's accelerator for the brake pedal, sending her car flying through the front entrance of a local pizzeria.The accident happened around 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon at the Rotolo's Pizzeria along Walker South Road. Police said the woman was trying to park when she hit the wrong pedal, causing her vehicle to smash its way through the double doors at the front of the business. Officials said an employee was sitting just feet out of the path of
  
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• La. senate race heading for two-way runoff after recount

  17-10-2019 16:08 via wbrz.com
  UPDATE: An electronic recount has resulted in Franklin Foil claiming a four-vote lead over fellow Republican candidate Steve Carter. The runoff will now be between Foil and Democrat Beverly Brooks Thomas. *****BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - One Republican candidate headed to an unusual three-person Louisiana state Senate runoff election is asking for a vote recount.  State Rep. Franklin Foil filed the request Tuesday with the East Baton Rouge Parish clerk of court.&
  
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• Tiger Stadium sold record amount of beer for LSU-Florida

  17-10-2019 15:51 via wbrz.com
  BATON ROUGE - LSU played an exciting game on the field against Florida Saturday, but things were just as wild in the stands.According to numbers released by LSU Athletics, Tiger Stadium concession stands sold more than 54,000 alcoholic beverages throughout the game.It's a new record in the stadium's young history of selling alcohol to fans, roughly doubling the 27,235 beers that were sold in LSU's long-awaited first game with stadium-wide booze sales back in August.#LSU had a record day in conc
  
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• Police: Toddler finds mom's gun, accidentally shoots self

  17-10-2019 15:21 via wbrz.com
  MOORESVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Police in central Indiana say a toddler found his mother's unsecured gun while she was out of the room and accidentally shot himself to death.  The Morgan County Sheriff's Department says the shooting occurred Wednesday morning at a home outside Mooresville, about 15 miles southwest of Indianapolis.  The department identified the child as 2-year-old Anthony Jones of Indianapolis.  Deputies say his mother, 26-year-old
  
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• Feds: Retailer broke law by selling rifle in Texas attack

  17-10-2019 14:33 via wbrz.com
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Federal prosecutors say a sporting goods retailer violated the law by selling an AR-15-style rifle and large capacity magazine to a man who used them to kill more than two dozen worshippers at a Texas church.  The Department of Justice said Tuesday in a San Antonio court fling that Devin Kelley presented a Colorado driver's license at an Academy Sports + Outdoors store in Texas to buy the rifle and ammunition.  Prosecutors say federal law r
  
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• The Greater Baton Rouge State Fair returns on Oct. 24

  17-10-2019 14:13 via wbrz.com
  BATON ROUGE - The 54th Greater Baton Rouge State Fair is all set for its eleven-day run, beginning on October 24. The family-friendly event began in 1965 as a trade show.According to the Greater Baton Rouge State Fair's website, in 1985 the Baton Rouge State Fair Foundation took over operation of the event and began donating proceeds to the community in the form of scholarships and grants to non-profit organizations.For more information on the upcoming fair, visit htt
  
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• Trump's use of military money for wall survives Senate test

  17-10-2019 13:57 via wbrz.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's use of military money to pay for the U.S.-Mexico border wall has survived a Senate effort to overturn the move.  Senate legislation would have reversed Trump's move to take money from military base projects. Trump vetoed the legislation, and senators on Thursday failed to override that veto. The vote was 53-36, short of the two-thirds needed.  In February, Trump declared the situation along the border to be a nationa
  
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• Father shot dead in Texas home invasion; wife & young children unharmed

  17-10-2019 13:52 via wbrz.com
  KATY, Tx. - A 29-year-old man was shot dead by intruders in his Texas home, but his wife and young children escaped unharmed.Authorities rushed to the house in Katy, near Houston, just after midnight Wednesday morning. They found neighbors performing CPR on Brenton Estorffe, according to the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office.Responders took over and 29-year-old Estorffe was pronounced dead at the scene.The young dad was killed in a home invasion when intruders shot their way into the back of th
  
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• Johnson & Johnson agrees to $117M settlement over pelvic mesh devices

  17-10-2019 13:22 via wbrz.com
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Johnson & Johnson has agreed to a $117 million multistate settlement over allegations it deceptively marketed its pelvic mesh products, which support women's sagging pelvic organs.  Ohio's attorney general said an investigation found J&J, the world's biggest health products maker, violated state consumer protection laws by not fully disclosing the devices' risks.  Numerous women who had the once-popular, hammock-like devices impla
  
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• Pence says Turkey agrees to cease-fire in Syria

  17-10-2019 13:04 via wbrz.com
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence says that Turkey has agreed to a cease-fire in Syria.  Pence spoke after a high-level delegation of U.S. officials met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, Turkey.  Pence says there will be "a pause in military operations for 120 hours" to allow the U.S.-allied Syrian Kurds to withdraw.  The vice president says the U.S. and Turkey have "mutually committed to peaceful resolutio
  
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• Louisiana man arrested in 1989 deaths of 2 women

  17-10-2019 13:02 via wbrz.com
  ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) - An arrest may have cleared a missing persons' case that dates to 1989.  News outlets report a tip to the case's original investigator - Rapides Parish Sheriff's Major Mark Baden - led to Tuesday's arrest of 71-year-old Robert Brunson Blair, who's being held on $2 million bond. He faces two first-degree murder charges involving the disappearances of 34-year-old Isabelle Mansell Blair - his wife - and 31-year-old Marian Elizabeth Coutee. It's unknown if he
  
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• Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office asks for help in locating man

  17-10-2019 09:33 via wbrz.com
  LIVINGSTON PARISH - The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office is asking for assistance in locating a man named John Bailey in connection with the theft of a vehicle. Authorities say Bailey may have recently relocated to an area outside of Livingston Parish. Anyone with information is encouraged to call (225) 686-2241 ext. 1.More information can be found on the Sheriff's Facebook post below. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Waitr reduces price of delivery fee

  17-10-2019 08:16 via wbrz.com
  Following news of Watir CFO, Jeff Yurecko's decision to step down, the company is looking for ways to remain competitive in the online food delivery market.One avenue they're pursuing is a reduction of their delivery fee, bringing it down from $6 to $4.The Advocate says Waitr's New Orleans location began experimenting with even lower fees — from $6 to $2.98 — in early October as it expanded into that market.In an emailed statement, the company said, "We expect that the custo
  
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• Tropical storm likely along Gulf Coast

  17-10-2019 07:52 via wbrz.com
  MIAMI (AP) - The National Hurricane Center says thunderstorms and showers off the coast of Mexico are likely to develop into a storm that will threaten the U.S. Gulf Coast by this weekend.  Forecasters say there's an 80% chance that the area of low pressure located in the Bay of Campeche will develop into a tropical or subtropical storm as early as Thursday night.  It's expected to move northeastward from the Mexican coast toward the Big Bend area of Florida.
  
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• EBR detectives nab man accused of defrauding a 2016 flood victim

  17-10-2019 07:40 via wbrz.com
  BATON ROUGE - A man accused of taking advantage of a 2016 flood victim has been arrested on charges of contractor fraud.After speaking with a woman who lost $4K to a man claiming to be a contractor, detectives with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office apprehended 60-year-old James Wallace and charged him with residential contractor fraud and contracting without a license. The woman says she met Wallace in December of 2016 and he presented himself as a contractor. He agreed to c
  
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• Baton Rouge Fire Department arrests man on charges of arson

  17-10-2019 07:11 via wbrz.com
  BATON ROUGE - A Baton Rouge man has been accused of breaking into an apartment and setting it on fire.On Oct. 7, the Baton Rouge Fire Department arrested 22-year-old Ajani James London for allegedly breaking into a woman's apartment through a window and setting fire to her clothes by putting them in the oven.The apartment's occupant wasn't home when it happened.But she says London sent her several texts, saying he'd destroyed her apartment.He also sent her a Facetime message during the incident
  
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• LIVE UPDATES: Thursday commute

  17-10-2019 07:10 via wbrz.com
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• Blue Bell releasing Christmas Cookies Ice Cream

  17-10-2019 06:34 via wbrz.com
  Blue Bell is releasing one of its most requested flavors beginning Thursday: Christmas Cookies Ice Cream.It's a combination of chocolate chip and snickerdoodle with red sprinkles and a green icing swirl throughout.In addition to Christmas Cookies, Blue Bell also has Peppermint, Spiced Pumpkin Pecan and the newest flavor Salted Caramel Cookie available for the holidays. For more information on Blue Bell's latest flavors, visit: https://www.bluebell.com/get-the-scoop/.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Southern University Police arrest man in connection with a rape that occurred on campus

  17-10-2019 06:29 via wbrz.com
  BATON ROUGE - Police have arrested a man in connection with a rape that occurred on Southern University's campus. A female victim says she went out with friends on Oct. 27 and upon returning home, felt ill.She called 20-year-old Rodman Lavalais and asked if he would stay with her because she felt 'weird, weak, and wobbly.' She says she reiterated that she was not interested in having sex.Despite this, Lavalais allegedly told her to 'stop faking like she was drunk' and proceede
  
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• A Cool Start to your Thursday

  17-10-2019 06:19 via wbrz.com
  THE FORECAST:Today and Tonight: Mostly cloudy skies today, which will keep temperatures well below average through the day. Highs will top out near 71° through the afternoon with light winds out of the northeast. Clouds will continue tonight, helping temperatures slowly cool near 57° overnight.  Up Next:  Temperatures continue to slowly warm through the weekend, before showers and storms move through into the start of the workweek.The Tropics: We are c
  
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• Police arrest man in connection with Coursey Blvd. Burger King shooting

  17-10-2019 05:23 via wbrz.com
  BATON ROUGE - Police have arrested a man for allegedly shooting a former co-worker.According to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office, Keith Jermaine Franklin had been an employee of a Burger King on Coursey Blvd.On Thursday, Oct. 10, Franklin went to work and found out he was going to be terminated. His former manager says he left the restaurant and returned an hour and a half later, acting 'suspiciously.'Franklin allegedly went to the rear of Burger King's parking lot and shot at one
  
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• Tulane plans big book festival between Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest

  17-10-2019 05:14 via wbrz.com
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Tulane University has announced plans for a major book festival to be held annually between Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest.
    
  The first New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University will be March 19-21. A news release says more than 40 authors have signed on so far, including Fox News Channel commentator Donna Brazile, humorist Roy Blount, Jr., novelist John Grisham and New Yorker staff writer Malcolm Gladwell.
    
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• Shooting in North Baton Rouge leaves one person injured

  17-10-2019 04:18 via wbrz.com
  BATON ROUGE - A shooting near Hollywood Street in North Baton Rouge has left one man injured.The Baton Rouge Police Department confirms that the victim's injuries appear to be non-life threatening. Police believe the victim was shot while he was in the 2600 block of Amarillo Street and once injured, drove to Hollywood Street. Details related to the incident are limited and will be provided as authorities continue with their investigation.  Permalink| Comments
  
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