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• "Big Red Heart" stands as reminder of gun violence in Baton Rouge

  11-02-2017 21:58
  
  BATON ROUGE - Radio Host Stephanie Anthony reads the names of residents killed by gun violence live over the air on WTQT.In 2016, Anthony had to read the names of over 40 people."It really drives home that these are human beings and how many it is," Anthony said. "We have to explore the many facets of gun deaths in East Baton Rouge Parish and strategically eliminate them so when we come to a time when we have no gun violence programs because there's no need for them."Precious H
  
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• Officials: Paradis pipeline fire contained, missing worker presumed dead

  11-02-2017 21:14
  
  PARADIS - Officials say the fire at the Phillips 66 Partners Paradis Pipeline Station is contained and continues to burn at a reduced size. 
  However, Responders have not yet been able to access the area closest to the fire to search for Josh Helms, an employee that is still unaccounted for. Officials believe the Helms is deceased based on the information they've gathered so far.Helms, of Thibodaux, joined Phillips 66 with the acquisition of the River Parish system last November, and had
  
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• Baton Rouge man arrested for indecent behavior with juvenile, sexual battery

  11-02-2017 20:56
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police have arrested a man for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old girl on multiple occasions.Baton Rouge Police reported to a Ochsner hospital in Nov. 2016 after learning that the girl had allegedly been diagnosed with an STD from having sexual intercourse with an adult male. Police arrested 24-year-old Austin Bickham of Baton Rouge after he was named by the victim. According to the victim, they first had sex in Sept. 2016 while she was staying at a hou
  
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• Rights group files petition to join suit against travel ban

  11-02-2017 20:14
  
  SAN FRANCISCO, Ca. - An immigration rights group has filed a petition to join a lawsuit by Washington and Minnesota states against President Donald Trump's executive order banning travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries.The Northwest Immigrant Rights Project filed the petition Friday in U.S. District Court in Seattle.The group last month filed a federal class-action lawsuit against Trump's order on behalf of two U.S. citizens and a legal resident trying to reunite with their children
  
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• Shreveport student arrested, accused of having gun at school

  11-02-2017 19:48
  
  SHREVEPORT - A teen is facing charges after he was reportedly found with a gun at a Caddo Parish high school.KSLA-TV reports Shreveport police were called to C.E. Byrd High School just after noon Thursday on a tip in the investigation into the shooting death of 15-year-old Antonio Newsom.While interviewing students, police discovered that a 17-year-old was in possession of a loaded .45-caliber gun inside a jacket he was wearing.Detectives took the weapon and the student was taken to the police s
  
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• US withdraws stay request in transgender bathroom case

  11-02-2017 18:29
  
  DALLAS, Tx. - President Donald Trump's administration is stepping back from a request made by the Obama administration in an ongoing lawsuit over bathroom rights for transgender students in public schools.The Department of Justice on Friday withdrew a motion asking that a temporary injunction blocking Obama administration guidance on the issue only apply to the states suing the federal government.Texas and 12 other states are challenging the guidance, which directs public schools to allow transg
  
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• Catholic charities welcome Iraqi refugee family to Baton Rouge

  11-02-2017 17:59
  
  BATON ROUGE - Catholic Charities and volunteers from St. Aloysius Catholic Church were on hand Saturday afternoon to greet an Iraqi family of five as they arrived at the Baton Rouge airport.They join other family members CCDBR resettled last year.The family initially fled to Turkey after receiving death threats and applied to the United Nations for refugee status, triggering the 2-year long vetting process. They passed rigorous vetting from the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, the Depar
  
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• Baby sitter pleads guilty in Colorado bank robbery

  11-02-2017 17:44
  
  GREELEY, Colo. - A baby sitter accused of using two children in her care to rob a Colorado bank has pleaded guilty to theft, forgery and attempted robbery.The Greeley Tribune reports Rachel Einspahr was sentenced to six years in prison after entering her plea Friday.Einspahr was charged with robbing a bank in the town in Severance last May. Authorities say she had two sisters in her car when she went to a drive-up lane and passed a note to a teller saying an armed man was in the back seat threat
  
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• St. Martin deputies seeking suspects in Dollar General robbery

  11-02-2017 17:23
  
  ST. MARTINVILLE - The St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office is searching for two suspects who robbed a Dollar General Friday night.Deputies responded to a robbery at the Dollar General in the 5000 block of Old Spanish Trail around 10 p.m.  It was learned that two armed black males threatened clerks and a customer before robbing the store.Both suspects left the store and jumped into a vehicle before driving off towards New Iberia.The first suspect was a black male
  
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• Florida golfer uses putter to escape gator's jaws

  11-02-2017 16:36
  
  NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. - A Florida golfer made the shot of his life with a putter when he used it to escape an alligator that had grabbed him by the ankle.Tony Aarts used his putter to jab the gator in the eyes before the alligator let him go.WINK-TV reports that Aarts was playing at the Magnolia Landing Golf & Country Club in the Fort Myers area last Wednesday when he heard a splash while approaching the fourth hole.He says the gator grabbed his right ankle and he ended up on his back befor
  
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• Krewe of Orion rolls through Baton Rouge Saturday night

  11-02-2017 16:06
  
  BATON ROUGE – The Krewe of Orion’s 17th annual Mardi Gras parade will roll in downtown Baton Rouge on Saturday at 6:30 p.m.The parade theme for 2017 is “It’s Good to be the King”.Parade goers will be treated to a line of exciting, colorful traditional lighted and tractor-pulled floats. Following the parade theme, “It’s Good to be the King”, floats will be decorated to depict a well known “king”. &
  
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• President Trump approves Louisiana disaster relief declaration

  11-02-2017 15:21
  
  BATON ROUGE - Governor John Bel Edwards announced Saturday that President Donald Trump has approved the federal disaster declaration for Orleans and Livingston Parishes following the tornadoes in South Louisiana. Severe storms swepted through much of Southeat Louisiana Tuesday, causing damage to nearly 800 homes in several parishes. The National Weather service also said six confirmed tornadoes touched down in the region."I want to thank President Trump for his quick assistance
  
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• Woman steals car, attempts to sell it for heroin

  11-02-2017 15:11
  
  BATON ROUGE - Deputies arrested a woman Friday after she stole a vehicle and unsuccessfully tried to sell it for heroin.According to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office, 24-year-old Caitlin Androne of Baton Rouge took the victim's vehicle without permission Sunday. Whenever Androne returned to the victim's home without the vehicle, she claimed she left it at the "repair shop". A witness said she later saw a male known as "Quan", a known associate of Androne, driving the victim's vehic
  
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• Man arrested after allegedly raping teen for several years

  11-02-2017 14:40
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police have arrested a man after a 14-year-old girl revealed that he spent the past several years raping her on a regular basis. The victim was being interviewed by authorities in November when she revealed that 34-year-old Ivy Miller of Baton Rouge had been raping her since she was 11 years old. She said the first sexual assault occurred when he came into her room one night and told her to undress.According to the victim, the last rape occurred on Oct. 22, 2016. She also
  
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• Arkansas rallies to beat LSU 78-70

  11-02-2017 11:44
  
  BATON ROUGE - Dusty Hannahs and Daryl Macon scored 17 points each and Arkansas rallied from a nine-point halftime deficit to defeat LSU 78-70 on Saturday night.The Razorbacks (18-7, 7-5 SEC) trailed by as many as 14 points in the first half and took control of the game with outstanding 3-point shooting. After making just three shots from behind the arc in the first half, Arkansas made seven after halftime.Hannahs made four of his five 3-pointers after halftime with all four makes coming in the f
  
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• Border collie, Trick, wins agility at Westminster dog show

  11-02-2017 11:09
  
  NEW YORK - A border collie named Trick has won the Westminster Kennel Club agility contest with a flash of a run through a canine obstacle course.Trick topped a field of 50 finalists to take the title Saturday night with her owner and handler, John Nys (NYZE') of Pascoag, Rhode Island.A former shelter dog named Crush won a separate title for the top mixed-breed dog in the competition. She's owned and handled by Aryn Hervel of American Canyon, California.The animals complete on a timed course of
  
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• Read this brutally honest obituary

  11-02-2017 09:39
  
  HOUSTON – Family of a dead Texas man either were truly happy he died or have a scornful sense of humor.The original obituary for Leslie Ray “Popeye” Charping reads less like an ode to his life and more like a rejoice of his passing.“With Leslie's passing he will be missed only for what he never did; being a loving husband, father and good friend.  No services will be held, there will be no prayers for eternal peace and no apologies to the family h
  
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