Baton Rouge news

• Parents believe Central's top-rated schools are too strict on residency following flood

  25-10-2016 21:41
  
  CENTRAL - Parents of some Central Community School System students are frustrated with the strict school board, expressing how difficult it’s been to abide by the residency rules when they’ve recently flooded.Jessica Vandermark, a parent of two Central students, said after her flooded and relocated for weeks.Now, the family is back inside Central district boundaries but Vandermark is having trouble with the school board.“I could have chosen anywhere to relocate afte
  
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• Oversize load to slow traffic on the Westside for the next week

  25-10-2016 21:29
  
  PLAQUEMINE- Westside drivers are in for some delays due to wide loads being moved through Plaquemine for the next week.Oversized vessels will be transported from a shipyard across from the Iberville Parish Multipurpose Center on Bayou Road the Shintech Plaquemine facility off Highway 1 south of the city. Transports will begin at 9 a.m. and will come with temporary lane closures. The first transit happens Wednesday.Oversized hauls will happen everyday from Wednesday, October 26 through Thursday,
  
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• Google Fiber halts expansion plans as chief steps down

  25-10-2016 20:20
  
  SAN FRANCISCO - Google's parent company is halting operations and laying off staff in a number of cities where it once hoped to bring high-speed internet access by installing new fiber-optic networks.The company also announced that Craig Barratt, a veteran tech executive who led the ambitious - and expensive - Google Fiber program, is stepping down.In a statement, Barratt said Google Fiber will continue to provide service in a handful of cities where it's already operating. But it will put furth
  
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• Chancellor search at SUNO extended; vote postponed

  25-10-2016 19:47
  
  BATON ROUGE - Three days before its system board planned to choose a new chancellor for Southern University New Orleans, a vote has been delayed so the board can seek more candidates.System President-Chancellor Ray Belton did not immediately give a reason for Tuesday's decision. NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reports at an Oct. 13 advisory committee meeting, Belton expressed concern that there were only two finalists to consider.Belton said in a statement that Lisa Mims-Devezin will remain interim
  
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• US official: Non-state actor likely to blame for cyberattack

  25-10-2016 19:42
  
  WASHINGTON - National Intelligence Director James Clapper says it appears that a "non-state actor" was behind a massive cyberattack last week that briefly blocked access to websites including Twitter and Netflix.Clapper says investigators are gathering a lot of data and preliminary indications are that a non-state actor is to blame. But he says he wouldn't want to completely rule out whether a nation state might have been behind it or not.Clapper spoke Tuesday at the Council on Foreign Relations
  
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• Academy graduates 39 students, to join law enforcement agencies

  25-10-2016 19:20
  
  BATON ROUGE - The Capital Area Regional Training Academy (CARTA) graduated 39 students from 18 different agencies from across the state Tuesday morning.
  With completion of the academy it means the graduates finished 12 weeks of training that covers all aspects of law enforcement from using weapons to physical training in order to do the job.
  Colonel Lawrence McLeary of the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office says, "These young people want to come out and make a change in the community and this is
  
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• What to know about voting following the flood

  25-10-2016 17:50
  
  BATON ROUGE - A few things have changed this election, following the August flood. Polling places are moved and the state's trying to help voters replace missing or destroyed voter ID cards.There are dozens of new polling locations after some schools, churches and fire stations took on water.The Secretary of State's office reports about 65 precincts in Ascension, Livingston and East Baton Rouge parishes are moving. Just in East Baton Rouge Parish, 32,000 voters were sent new voter ID ca
  
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• What Louisiana Democrats, Republicans agree on

  25-10-2016 15:32
  
  The two political parties have found a little common ground.
  
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• Catholics shouldn't spread ashes, church writes in new guidelines

  25-10-2016 15:07
  
  THE VATICAN - Catholics should not scatter their cremated remains, rather store them in a church-approved place new guidelines outlined Tuesday.Still, however, the church maintains the deceased should be buried - calling cremation a "brutal destruction" of the body. But, ABC News reported via the Associated Press, the changes give Catholics church-approved ways to conserve ashes for the increasing numbers of Catholics who choose cremation for economic, ecological or other reasons.The Vatican's C
  
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• Cause of massive apartment fire may never be found

  25-10-2016 14:12
  
  BATON ROUGE - Local fire investigators said while they are certain there was no human involvement in a massive apartment fire, the cause remains undetermined because of the destruction.The Cobblestone Apartments caught on fire on October 6. Two buildings were destroyed along with as many as five vehicles. Three other buildings in the complex were damaged by the intense heat of the flames. Two other buildings at a neighboring complex were also damaged.The St. George Fire Department said Tuesday,
  
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• RV fire slows traffic on I-10 Tuesday

  25-10-2016 13:15
  
  GONZALES - A large camper fire closed lanes of I-10 in Ascension Parish after lunch Tuesday.Twitter user @jonsmith4040 shared a picture of an older-model RV engulfed in flames. The fire seemed to have burned up the entire front part of the camper but smoke was pouring from either end. In a tweet sent to WBRZ, the individual reported the fire was on the side of I-10 East near the Burnside exit.State traffic cameras showed eastbound traffic was stopped at the exit but the fire was out of view of t
  
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• Vehicle on fire closes right lane of I-110 SB at Chippewa

  25-10-2016 13:11
  
  BATON ROUGE - Commuters may want to take an alternate route Tuesday as the right lane is blocked on I-110 southbound at Chippewa because a vehicle is on fire.News 2's Ashley Fruge is monitoring the roadways. We will have updates on WBRZ.com and Twitter.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Flood victims get pick of $3 million worth of clothes, toys and other items

  25-10-2016 13:01
  
  BATON ROUGE - More than $3 million worth of items - from clothing by Aeropostale to to toys and other items from various companies - will be given away to flood victims this weekend.Organized by K.I.D.S./Fashion Delivers, State Representative "Ted" James and the Urban League of Louisiana, Red Stick Retail Shop opens Thursday at Cortana Mall. People who can show their ID and FEMA disaster letter will be able to search through items and take them home until Sunday, October 30."Ou
  
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• Louisiana constitutional amendments are on your ballot: Here's what you need to know

  25-10-2016 13:00
  Here's a rundown of the six constitutional amendments you will see on your ballot Nov. 8 and what they mean.
  
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• Flood damaged Livingston highway reopened

  25-10-2016 12:14
  
  DENHAM SPRINGS - One of the last roads still closed from the flood reopened this week.DOTD announced Tuesday, the bridge over West Colyell Creek was repaired and open. La. 1027 - or Burgess Avenue - was closed from Lockhart Road to Peak Lane after the flood damaged the bridge over the creek.Down stream, the bridge over the same creek on Highway 190 was also damaged and repaired following the August disaster.Click HERE to monitor traffic incidents in real-time via WBRZ's advanced traffic tracking
  
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• Fan falls leaving Broncos game, condition unknown

  25-10-2016 07:02
  
  DENVER - A fan fell from 30 to 50 feet leaving Sports Authority Field at Mile High after the Denver Broncos game on Monday night.The fan was transported to the hospital and his or her condition was unknown, according to Denver Fire. The Denver Post said it happened at about 9:44 p.m. local time and emergency personnel responded to a 911 call for help.The incident occurred near the north end of the stadium following the Broncos' 27-9 win over the Houston Texans.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Man dead, 2 children hurt after jump from New Jersey bridge

  25-10-2016 06:56
  
  WANAQUE, N.J. - A man who jumped off a New Jersey highway bridge with his two children is dead, and the children are injured.State police say the man jumped from an overpass into a wooded area near the Wanaque River on Monday night.The unidentified man was pronounced dead at the scene. His two children were taken to a hospital. Their conditions were not immediately available.Authorities say they found the man's car near the bridge.It's unclear why he jumped. The investigation is ongoing.Permalin
  
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• Dozens of police trainees killed in attack in Pakistan

  25-10-2016 06:55
  
  QUETTA, Pakistan - At least 59 people are dead following an hours-long attack by a group of militants, including suicide bombers who stormed a Pakistani police academy in the southwestern city of Quetta.Officials say most of the dead are police trainees.No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but authorities are blaming the Taliban and al-Qaida-linked groups.Permalink| Comments
  
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• 4 killed on river rapids ride at Australian theme park

  25-10-2016 06:53
  
  SYDNEY - Investigators in Australia say four people were killed today while on an amusement park ride at Dreamworld in Queensland.Officials say the two women and two men were on a river rapids ride, which takes people in circular rafts along a fast-moving, man-made river.Investigators say two people were thrown from the ride and two others were caught inside and trapped under water or caught up in the machinery.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Backup dancer for Beyonce, Rihanna vanishes, police probing

  25-10-2016 06:51
  
  NORTH BERGEN, N.J. - Police in New Jersey say they're investigating a report that a backup dancer who has performed with Beyoncé, Rihanna and Missy Elliott has gone missing.Police in North Bergen have posted a notice of Shirlene Quigley's disappearance on the department's Facebook page.Police say Quigley's landlord saw the 32-year-old Saturday afternoon leaving her North Bergen Township residence. They say another person reported seeing Quigley near the Port Authority Bus Terminal in
  
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