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• Body of man missing 5 months found; death blamed on Matthew

  28-04-2017 20:56
  
  FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - The body of a North Carolina man missing since November has been identified by police as a victim of flooding caused by Hurricane Matthew.
      
  A statement from the Fayetteville Police Department on Friday said detectives identified the man as 49-year-old Rodney Terrell Williams. His body was found near an apartment complex on April 21.
      
  According to police, Williams was last seen during the torrential rains from the
  
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• Trump will zero in on trade agreements during 100th day

  28-04-2017 20:11
  
  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will order a comprehensive study of the nation's trade agreements Saturday to determine whether America is being treated fairly by its trading partners and the 164-nation World Trade Organization.
      
  Trump's latest executive order will be signed on his 100th day in office. The last week has been a flurry of activity as Trump and his team have tried to rack up accomplishments before reaching that symbolic mark.
    
  
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• Louisiana bank failure is costliest since financial crisis

  28-04-2017 19:50
  
  Banking regulators are seizing New Orleans-based First NBC Bank in the costliest bank failure since the financial crisis.
      
  Louisiana regulators seized the bank Friday and handed it to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which expects to spend $1 billion to mop up the mess.
      
  First NBC is the fourth federally insured bank to fail this year.
      
  The FDIC is selling $1.6 billion in deposits and $1 billion in a
  
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• 28 New Orleans police recruits graduate

  28-04-2017 19:47
  
  NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Police Department has added 28 new recruits to its ranks.
      
  They graduated Friday from the city's police training academy.
      
  The New Orleans Advocate reports that the recruits took their oath of office following a ceremony that featured Police Superintendent Michael Harrison, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu and Entergy CEO Charles Rice.
      
  The recruits trained eight hours a day
  
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• Group to meet at Triple S to discuss peaceful response to Sterling decision

  28-04-2017 18:20
  
  BATON ROUGE – Lawmakers, clergy and activists will gather Saturday in an effort to encourage peace ahead of an expected announcement by the federal government related to the shooting death of Alton Sterling by Baton Rouge Police last year.The effort this weekend is spearheaded by state lawmaker, Rep. C. Denise Marcelle. Marcelle will host the event at the Triple S Food Mart where Sterling was shot on North Foster Drive at 2 p.m. Saturday.“We decided to get out in front of thi
  
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• Former executive director of LWC, Curt Eysink, dies

  28-04-2017 18:10
  
  BATON ROUGE – Curt Eysink, former Louisiana Workforce Commission executive director, former journalist and former cabinet member of former Governor Bobby Jindal, died on Friday.Jindal gave the following statement regarding Eysink's death:"Curt was a good man and a good friend.  Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.  He was passionate about serving Louisiana, especially in helping our people get good paying jobs.  He transformed the Louisiana Workforce
  
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• Sheriff's deputy breaks up carpool line fight among adults

  28-04-2017 17:47
  
  PRAIRIEVILLE – A sheriff's deputy had to settle a dispute among some angry adults stuck in the carpool line at an Ascension Parish school Wednesday afternoon.While no one was arrested or injured, the school district reported the issue to parents in the form of an email that was released to WBRZ Friday.According to the message to parents, two adults argued while in the carpool line at Oak Grove Primary School. One adult threatened to use a gun. No gun was seen or used, the school system
  
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• More victims, more charges pending for contracting company

  28-04-2017 17:34
  
  BATON ROUGE - Another contractor with ties to TWG Contractors has a warrant out for their arrest.Dean Stiller, who is listed as an officer of the company is facing a residential contractor fraud charge. The warrant filed in East Baton Rouge Parish, says Stiller intentionally failed to possess the required license for home improvements or residential construction required. Sources say, Stiller no longer works for TWG Contractors.Company owner Michael Simmers is also facing charges for contractor
  
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• Inmate reportedly had gun inside area prison

  28-04-2017 16:55
  
  ST. GABRIEL – Sources described a shakedown of the state-run prison for men in Iberville Parish as a futile effort to find a reported, smuggled weapon.Multiple sources discussed the situation with the WBRZ News 2 Investigative Unit Friday but state corrections officials said no gun was found. A state prison system spokesperson brushed off reports of the gun as unnecessary alarm, and said a routine sweep of the prison Thursday turned up no gun.Sources said an inmate reported seeing a gu
  
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• One person shot on Tiger Bend Road

  28-04-2017 16:20
  
  BATON ROUGE – Crews are responding to a shooting in the 15000 block of Tiger Bend on Friday afternoon.Sources say that at least one person has been shot in the leg and also hit in the head with a gun.A News 2 crew is on the way to the scene.This story will be updated as more information becomes available.Permalink| Comments
  
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• One person attacked on Tiger Bend Road

  28-04-2017 16:20
  
  BATON ROUGE – Crews are responding to an attack in the 15000 block of Tiger Bend on Friday afternoon.Sources say that at least one person has been pistol-whipped.A News 2 crew is on the way to the scene.This story will be updated as more information becomes available.Permalink| Comments
  
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• NSA to stop collecting some internet communications

  28-04-2017 15:15
  
  WASHINGTON - The National Security Agency says it will no longer collect certain communications moving on the internet simply because they mention a foreign intelligence target.The move is being applauded by privacy advocates.The agency says it will now limit such collection to internet communications sent directly to or from a foreign target. The NSA says the change reduces the chance of sweeping up communications of U.S. citizens or others not involved in direct contact with a foreign intellig
  
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• Car hits 5 Florida students after they got off school bus

  28-04-2017 15:08
  
  POINCIANA - Sheriff's officials say they've arrested a former Mississippi law enforcement officer driver accused of fleeing after hitting five children when they got off a school bus in central Florida.Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said during a Friday news conference that two children were critically injured when the car hit them Thursday afternoon. He says 48-year-old John Camfield injured a pregnant woman when he hit her car before being arrested by an off-duty sheriff's deputy.The school bu
  
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• George HW Bush released after latest Houston hospital stay

  28-04-2017 14:29
  
  HOUSTON - Former President George H.W. Bush has been released from a Houston hospital where he received treatment for a mild case of pneumonia and chronic bronchitis during a two-week stay.Bush spokesman Jim McGrath said in a statement that the 92-year-old Bush was discharged from Houston Methodist Hospital on Friday.McGrath says Bush is "pleased to be home."Bush was admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital on April 14 for treatment of a persistent cough. Doctors determined he had pneumonia. After
  
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• 53-year-old man struck, killed by car in Amite

  28-04-2017 14:00
  
  AMITE – Louisiana State Police say a pedestrian was killed after struck by a vehicle on LA 16 in Amite.The crash claimed the life of 53-year-old Raymond Smith of Franklinton.According to Louisiana State Police, the crash occurred around 1 p.m. on April 27 as 26-year-old Marcela Irene Miller was driving a Ford Escape westbound on LA 16. Smith was working with a lawn maintenance crew at a private residence adjacent to LA 16.Smith was working on the shoulder of the roadway near the fog li
  
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• Residents near landfill say it's affecting their health

  28-04-2017 13:18
  
  BATON ROUGE - People who live near the Ronaldson Landfill say they've experienced health issues ever since it became a flood debris dump site.Residents say commotion from the dump trucks driving through neighborhoods and horrible smells are just a few of the reasons they're fed up."In the evening time, you've got fumes coming from it," resident Clyde Lynch said. "I will be sitting in my back yard, ,and you can smell natural gas.""Between four and five miles, even all up in Baker and in North Zac
  
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• BRPD fighting with FEMA to replace flood-damaged squad cars

  28-04-2017 13:11
  
  BATON ROUGE - Some Baton Rouge police officers say they are driving in squad cars that could break down any minute.BRPD says the August flood totaled more than 90 police cars. Now, the city is fighting with FEMA to replace some of the vehicles."It puts us at a disadvantage," BRPD spokesperson L'Jean McKneely said.THe police department was already struggling with replacing an aging fleet, including patrol cars in service since 2006."We were already in a poor situation, in which we had cars that n
  
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• Police:19-year-old charged with DWI after crash near LSU

  28-04-2017 13:07
  
  BATON ROUGE – A 19-year-old woman was charged after police say she drunkenly crashed into another vehicle near LSU's campus in December.Summer Nichole Stevens, 19, was charged with first-degree vehicular negligent injuring, first offense DWI, reckless operation and running a red light.According to the arrest warrant, the crash happened around 11 p.m. on December 1 near the intersection of Stanford Avenue and Morning Glory Avenue. Investigators say Stevens was driving southbound on Stan
  
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• Kentucky student injured in machete attack at university coffee shop

  28-04-2017 12:44
  
  LEXINGTON - Officials say a student has been injured, another person is in custody and a university has canceled classes following a machete attack at a university coffee shop in central Kentucky.Lexington police Sgt. Jervis Middleton told the Lexington Herald-Leader it happened Friday morning at Transylvania University. He said the assailant was armed with a machete and knives and is thought to be a former student.Fire department Battalion Chief Joe Best said the victim was taken to the hospita
  
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• LSP: Man sent nude photos to Louisiana TV stations

  28-04-2017 12:38
  
  BATON ROUGE – State Police say a Lake Charles man was arrested after sending nude photos to employees at two Louisiana television stations.Clint Everett Ashworth, 38, was charged with two felony counts of cyberstalking Thursday. He was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.According to the arrest warrant, two employees at another Baton Rouge television station received a Facebook message from Ashworth that included a photo a white man’s genitals on August 13.In March
  
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• WATCH: Stoic Kansas employee hands over cash with gun in his face

  28-04-2017 09:55
  
  KANSAS CITY – Security video from a sandwhich shop in Kansas City captured the incredible reaction of an employee robbed at gunpoint Wednesday night.According to the Kansas City Police Department, the crime happened at a Jimmy John's location around 9:15 p.m. Wednesday. Police say an unknown black man wearing a light blue hooded sweatshirt entered the store, placed an order and demanded money from the register.Video shows the employee calmly open the register and remove the cash while
  
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• Chicago O'Hare security chief fired weeks after United flub

  28-04-2017 08:24
  
  CHICAGO - The head of security at Chicago's airports has been fired, just weeks after a passenger was dragged from a United Airlines plane by security officers at O'Hare International Airport.The Department of Aviation said in a statement Thursday that Jeffrey Redding "has been terminated from his duties" at O'Hare and Midway airports. No reason was given.Redding wasn't immediately available for comment late Thursday.Redding was overseeing the investigation into the forcible removal of 69-year-o
  
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• Alex Jones loses primary custody; ex-wife gets joint custody

  28-04-2017 07:07
  
  AUSTIN - A jury has stripped right-wing radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones of having primary custody of his children and awarded joint custody to his ex-wife.The Austin American-Statesman reports that state District Judge Orlinda Naranjo also announced Kelly Jones will decide where their three children will live.The Travis County jury deliberated all Thursday afternoon and late into the night before returning its verdict.In closing arguments, Kelly Jones' attorney told jurors the radi
  
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• Louisiana Cat to expand facility, add 60 jobs

  28-04-2017 07:02
  
  NEW IBERIA - Louisiana Machinery Company has announced they'll add 60 jobs and expand its operations in New Iberia.A Louisiana Economic Development news release says the company, known as Louisiana Cat, announced Thursday that the jobs will be added over the next five years, with salaries averaging $60,000.Louisiana Cat rebuilds and services engines and related equipment for marine, oil and gas, industrial and utility companies at the Port of Iberia.Gov. John Bel Edwards says this expansion is a
  
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• Police responding to early morning shooting on Winnebago Street

  28-04-2017 06:01
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police are responding to a reported shooting in the 2600 block of Winnebago Street that happened early Friday morning.Shots were fired around 1:30 a.m. One woman was reportedly shot and transported to the hospital.Details are limited at this time. Refresh this page for details and check Facebook and Twitter for alerts.Permalink| Comments
  
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