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• John Bel Edwards calls on Troy Brown to resign from Louisiana Senate

  09-08-2016 22:06
  
  Brown has been charged with domestic violence twice in 10 months.
  
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• Sen. Troy Brown won't resign despite domestic violence charges

  09-08-2016 21:15
  
  "As far as my Senate seat and stepping down, that has not been in my thoughts."- Troy Brown
  
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• Michael Phelps wins 200-meter butterfly for his 20th Olympic gold medal

  09-08-2016 20:42
  
  RIO - Michael Phelps made up for one of the few losses in his Olympic career.
      
  Now, he's got an even 20 gold medals.
      
  Phelps avenged his defeat at the 2012 London Games by winning the 200-meter butterfly on Tuesday night, holding off Japan's Masato Sakai by a mere four-hundredths of a second.
      
  The victory clearly delighted Phelps, who held up one finger, then sat on a lane rope and egged on the roaring c
  
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• Louisiana must do whatever it can to embrace the one-percenters

  09-08-2016 19:30
  
  Louisiana is already bending over backwards to keep Saints owner Tom Benson happy. Why should he be the only one? Let's share the wealth.
  
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• Green, not gold, color of the day at Olympic diving pool

  09-08-2016 17:54
  
  RIO - Green, not gold, was the color of the day at the Olympic diving venue.China won its third consecutive gold medal on Tuesday, but the buzz was about the color of the water in the diving pool — a murky green.That was in stark contrast to the pool's light blue color the previous day and also that of the clear water in the second pool used for the water polo competition at Maria Lenk Aquatic Center.British diver Tom Daley, who earned bronze in men's synchronized 10-meter on Monday, t
  
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• U.S. women's 'Final Five' wins gold in team final in Rio Olympics

  09-08-2016 17:20
  
  RIO – The U.S. women's gymnastics team won the gold for a second consecutive Olympic games at the 2016 Rio Olympics Tuesday.The team consisted of 20-year-old Gabby Douglas, 22-year-old Aly Raisman, 16-year-old Laurie Hernandez, 19-year-old Madison Kocian and 19-year-old Simone Biles. Both Douglas and Raisman were a part of the 2012 London Olympic team.The gymnasts ended the team competition with a score of 184.897 which was more than eight points clear of silver medalist Russi
  
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• School zones go in effect Wednesday

  09-08-2016 16:49
  
  BATON ROUGE – Police are warning drivers that all school zones across the city will be in full effect and strictly enforced starting Wednesday.The 20 mph school zones will be in effect between 6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. then again from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. unless otherwise noted.Drivers traveling near Dalton Elementary School and Celerity School should note that school zones near those schools will have differing times. Also, classes at some private schools in Baton Rouge will also resume this we
  
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• BR coffee maker says Walmart pulling product from shelves

  09-08-2016 16:18
  
  BATON ROUGE - The owner of Baton Rouge based River Road Coffees says Walmart is pushing for efficiency at the expense of local brands after the coffee maker’s product was pulled from store shelves over the weekend.Owner Ian Melancon said he wasn’t even notified by the corporation when all of his company’s products disappeared from the shelves of most Baton Rouge area Walmarts over the weekend.Melancon said he made several calls to contacts at local stores as well as
  
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• Police officer arrested, accused of trying to set wife afire

  09-08-2016 16:00
  
  CHURCH POINT - A Church Point police officer is in custody after allegedly trying to set his wife on fire.The Church Point Police Department says 28-year-old Terrance Garrick Jr. was arrested Saturday on charges of aggravated battery with a dangerous weapon, domestic abuse battery and attempted second-degree murder.KATC-TV reports Garrick is being held at the Acadia Parish Jail on a $120,000 bond and is on leave without pay. Officials say Garrick's job future will be discussed at the city's next
  
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• Louisiana receives $19.5 million FEMA disaster recovery grant

  09-08-2016 15:37
  
  BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Department of Health has received more than $19.5 million to assist communities throughout the state that are still recovering from the severe flooding that occurred this past spring.The grant, called the Disaster Case Management grant is from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Louisiana Office of Community Development-Disaster Recovery Unit.The grant will fund disaster management activities in 26 state parishes that are eligible for FEMA assist
  
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• Man in in critical condition after train strikes log truck

  09-08-2016 15:09
  
  LIVINGSTON – One man is in critical condition after a train struck a log truck in Livingston Parish Tuesday afternoon.Sources tell WBRZ's Brett Buffington that the driver of the truck was transported from the scene via helicopter and flown to a Baton Rouge hospital. He suffered a head injury in the crash and is in critical condition.Authorities have not released any more information about the incident at this time. A WBRZ News 2 crew is en route to the crash scene.This is a developing
  
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• Walk through of new Lee High School

  09-08-2016 14:52
  
  BATON ROUGE – After two years of construction, Lee High School will open its door to students for the new school year.Some students were so excited that they were already using the gym when WBRZ's Natalia Verdina got a tour of the new facility."We're very excited," one Lee High Junior said. "It looks like a college," he said.That is the same feel the school is going for, according to Lee High School principal Nanette McCann."Our mission is for students to find the path of what they wan
  
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• La. public school science standards review starts next week

  09-08-2016 14:44
  
  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's top school board is launching a wide-ranging review of the state's science standards for public schools.The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education on Tuesday agreed to a list of 85 people who will serve on the review committee and its workgroups, made up largely of educators from local school systems around Louisiana.The committee will do its work at meetings planned across the state, with the first one scheduled next week in Baton Rouge.Superintendent of Education
  
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• Early morning fire at apartment complex displaces residents

  09-08-2016 14:23
  
  BATON ROUGE – An early morning fire displaced 15 to 20 residents at an apartment complex in the 2000 block of Jasper Street.The St. George Fire Protection District and Baton Rouge Fire Department responded to the complex around midnight where flames were on parts of the roof when units arrived.The fire took two and a half hours to bring under control, according to the St. George Fire Department.One dog was found unresponsive on the scene, but was resuscitated. Two firefighters were inj
  
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• Firefighters put out SUV on fire at levee as manhunt continues

  09-08-2016 13:44
  
  BATON ROUGE - A manhunt remains underway for a man who bailed out of his vehicle at the end of a police pursuit near the Mississippi River early Tuesday afternoon.Multiple law enforcement agencies were on the scene by land, water and air to look for the suspect at the intersection of River Road and McKinley Street.Firefighters were called to the scene to put out the flames that engulfed an abandoned vehicle near the center of the search efforts.Police said the chase began at Highland Road and Ni
  
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• Accused heroin dealer faces murder charge after overdose death

  09-08-2016 13:19
  
  SLIDELL - Police in Slidell have arrested a man on a second degree murder charge after he allegedly sold heroin to a man who overdosed and died last year.Slidell Police arrested Joseph Laue on Monday and booked him on one count of second degree homicide and two counts of distribution of heroin.In August 2015, Slidell Police said they were called to a home in regards to an unresponsive man. At the scene, they found Albert Marant dead from an apparent drug overdose. An autoposy later determined th
  
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• State Police prepares for new Cadet Class

  09-08-2016 13:10
  
  BATON ROUGE – On Nov. 6, a new group of State Police Cadets will begin their training process to being a Louisiana State Trooper.Candidates for the Cadet Class #95 are currently in the final stages of the hiring process. During the 22-week long training process at the Louisiana State Police Training Academy, cadets will be trained in crash investigation, emergency vehicle operations, impaired driving detection, traffic incident management and leadership skills.The newly graduated Troop
  
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• Illegal immigrant arrested on child pornography charges

  09-08-2016 13:10
  
  BATON ROUGE – The Cyber Crime Unit of Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry's office arrested an illegal immigrant on child pornography charges.Telesforo Lopez-Silva was arrested on three counts of child pornography and booked into the Calcasieu Correctional Center. Silva's arrest was the result of a joint investigation between the Louisiana Bureau of Investigations Cyber Crime Unit, Homeland Secuiry Investigations, and the Sulphur Police Department."Criminals who victimize our State'
  
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• BRPD officer praised for saving life after Monday home invasion

  09-08-2016 13:06
  
  BATON ROUGE – A Baton Rouge Police officer is being praised Tuesday after her quick thinking saved a life after a home invasion.The incident happened 2 a.m. Monday on Taylor Street in Baton Rouge. According to Baton Rouge Police, officer Cynthia Bethel arrived at the scene and found a victim with two gunshot wounds to both legs and losing blood.BRPD said Bethel’s quick thinking allowed her to slow the bleeding until EMT arrived.“Ofc. Bethel did not hesitate to take
  
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• House Speaker Paul Ryan wins GOP nomination to run again

  09-08-2016 12:58
  
  JANESVILLE, Wis.- House Speaker Paul Ryan has defeated a longshot Republican primary challenger who had been praised by Donald Trump.Ryan beat businessman Paul Nehlen (NEEL'-uhn) in Tuesday's Wisconsin primary. Nehlen had been courting Trump supporters and won praise from the Republican presidential nominee last week. But Trump endorsed Ryan days later.Ryan had largely ignored Nehlen in what had been a sleepy primary before Trump thanked Nehlen on Twitter for his comments defending Trump. Nehlen
  
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• Woman wanted for using stolen credit card at Walmart

  09-08-2016 12:55
  
  BATON ROUGE – East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Detectives are looking for a woman wanted for using a stolen credit card.According to police, the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office received a complaint in July from a man who stated that his American Express credit card was stolen out of his vehicle while at a friend's home. According to reports, the man did not know the credit card was missing until he received a fraud alert from American Express on his cell phone.The credit card was used at a
  
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• Louisiana's fall shrimp seasons open Aug. 15, Aug. 22

  09-08-2016 12:55
  
  BATON ROUGE  - The opening dates for the 2016 Louisiana fall shrimp season are scheduled later this month.The portion of state inside waters from the Mississippi/Louisiana state line westward to the Atchafalaya River Ship Channel Buoy Line open at 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 15.The portion of state inside waters from the Atchafalaya River Ship Channel Buoy Line westward to the Louisiana/Texas state line are scheduled to open at 6 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 22.The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries C
  
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• Iberville board approves contract with new superintendent

  09-08-2016 12:28
  
  PLAQUEMINE - The Iberville Parish School Board has unanimously approved a three-year contract for the district's new superintendent, Arthur Joffrion.Joffrion is set to earn a minimum base salary of $165,250 annually starting Wednesday until Aug. 8, 2019. The board also agreed Monday night to pay him an additional $1,100 a month, in lieu of providing him with an automobile, and another $100 each month to provide him with a cellphone, laptop and other electronic devices.Joffrion brings to the dist
  
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• State treasurer issues warning about unclaimed property scam

  09-08-2016 12:17
  
  BATON ROUGE - State Treasurer John Kennedy is warning that a new scam is targeting people by pretending that a national organization has their unclaimed property.The treasurer's office said Monday that letters have been sent to people claiming to be from the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators.The letters ask people to buy a stamp in order to claim a sweepstakes award that ended up as unclaimed property. They warn the sweepstakes award proceeds will be divided between the n
  
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• Person of interest sought in I-10 East crash that flipped tanker truck

  09-08-2016 12:14
  
  BATON ROUGE - Troopers released images of a person of interest in a crash that kept I-10 through Baton Rouge closed for more than 12 hours last Friday.State Police have been looking for a suspect who allegedly fled the scene after a two-vehicle crash on I-10 East past Siegen Lane that overturned a tanker truck. The truck was carrying isobutane gas, and the interstate remained shut down for hours as emergency crews responded to the scene. The driver of the tanker truck sustained minor injuries. T
  
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• Dolphin snatches iPad of woman taking its photo at SeaWorld

  09-08-2016 12:04
  ORLANDO, Fla. - A woman trying to take a picture of a dolphin at SeaWorld in Florida with an iPad apparently got a bit too close because it snatched the device right out of her hands.Video shot by another parkgoer shows the dolphin reaching over the side of the viewing tank at SeaWorld Orlando, where visitors can touch the dolphins. After the dolphin grabs the iPad and tosses it into the water, the woman retrieves the device and then quickly walks away.A voice can be heard over a loudspeaker say
  
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• Detective reveals new details of deadly Raising Cane's robbery

  09-08-2016 09:19
  
  GRETNA - A Kenner Police detective unleashed new and graphic details about the events of the morning when Raising Cane’s store manager Taylor Friloux was stabbed to death at a Monday preliminary hearing in a Gretna courtroom.WWL-TV reported that Detective Brad Ricke described how surveillance cameras captured one of the suspects, identified as 23-year-old Joshua Every, as he stabbed Friloux in the restaurant parking lot. Friloux is seen grabbing her chest before Every pushes her into t
  
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• No injuries reported after school bus rear-ended in Livingston Parish

  09-08-2016 08:46
  
  WALKER - Only bumps and bruises were reported after a school bus was hit from behind on Tuesday morning.Livingston Parish Schools Superintendent Rick Wentzel said the bus had dropped high school students off and was bound for North Corbin Junior High in Walker when it was struck from behind.12 students were on board at the time of the wreck, but none were taken to the hospital from the scene.The superintendent notes that every bus driver is drug tested after an accident. He confirmed there have
  
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• LOOP starts service to 3 crude oil storage tanks

  09-08-2016 08:29
  
  PORT FOURCHON - Louisiana Offshore Oil Port has started operations at three new above-ground crude oil tanks located at its Clovelly hub, adding 1.1 million barrels of storage capacity and giving the facility a total 10.1 million barrels of above-ground storage.
  The tanks began service about 3 months ahead of schedule and will help LOOP meet market demands.
  Earlier this year, LOOP began selling storage space to traders who needed a place to park their crude while waiting for oil prices to recove
  
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• FULL DETAILS: heavy rain threat this week

  09-08-2016 06:21
  
  On Monday, high resolution forecast models accurately predicted that the afternoon hours would be quiet—contrary to forecasts from global models and even that of our weather team. For Tuesday, high resolution models, global models and our forecasts all expect scattered action in the afternoon hours. Today won’t be far from typical, where some see sun and others pick up a shower or storm. A more unsettled pattern will take shape Wednesday into the weekend.Today and Tonight: Sc
  
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• 4 things that could change Louisiana's budget situation soon

  09-08-2016 00:02
  
  Donald Trump is one factor.
  
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