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• Three LSU basketball players accused of shooting at people with paintball guns

  28-06-2017 21:36
  
  BATON ROUGE - Three LSU basketball players received summons after reportedly shooting at people walking on campus with paintball guns.Galen Alexander, Mayan Kiir, and Wayde Sims were issued summons by LSUPD on June 16, according to LSUPD. According to LSU newspaper The Reveille, officers responded to a report that someone walking along Dalrymple Drive was shot with paintballs in front of the Music and Dramatic Arts building.LSU basketball coach Will Wade released a statement in reference to the
  
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• INVESTIGATIVE UNIT: Slaughter Police department in turmoil

  28-06-2017 18:52
  
  SLAUGHTER - The Police Department in the Town of Slaughter is in turmoil tonight, after the Chief and the majority of his department called it quits. All of this follows stories by the Investigative Unit that showed Slaughter Mayor Robert Jackson had a quota system where he wanted Police Officers to write 40 tickets per month. Officers said they would not enforce it. Chief Walter Smith said once almost everyone walked out, he decided it was time to leave too. With a mass exodus
  
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• Smoking ban snuffed out... for now; Council delays making anti-smoking decision

  28-06-2017 18:03
  
  BATON ROUGE – A bizarre conversation about banning smoking in bars and restaurants in Baton Rouge was deferred – meaning, it was not decided Wednesday and will instead be discussed later.Casinos expressed issues over the proposal since it was set to ban smoking in gaming facilities, too. Opponents of the proposal suggested there would be a drop in revenue if the ban passed. Similar sentiments were echoed in New Orleans when city officials banned smoking there.Though, supporte
  
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• No end in sight for construction on Twin Oaks Bridge

  28-06-2017 17:27
  
  ZACHARY - The Twin Oaks Bridge in Zachary has been closed since 2015 when it failed a routine inspection by the state.The city has to foot the bill to fix it, and locals say it feels like they just forgot about it.It's part of a bigger problem in East Baton Rouge Parish, with nearly two dozen bridges around town that need work done.Payton Richardson drives from Zachary to Baton Rouge daily and says he's seen no work done in two years.“They've done absolutely nothing to make progress on
  
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• Home warranty company not providing results homeowner expects

  28-06-2017 17:26
  
  PRAIRIEVILLE - A homeowner with a home warranty can't seem to get her air conditioner fixed. It's been out for two weeks and inside her home it's north of 80 degrees.Dawn Sorapuru thought getting a home warranty through American Home Shield would protect her, but instead she says it's hurting her. She pays a monthly warranty premium of $47 each month and expects results.Multiple fans, portable A/C units and window units are blowing on full blast around the Prairieville house. Earlier this month,
  
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• Video shows burglars going door-to-door in Ascension Parish subdivision

  28-06-2017 17:12
  
  ASCENSION PARISH - Deputies are seeking two burglars who were seen trying to break into vehicles in an Ascension Parish subdivision.According to the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office, the two men attempted to break into several vehicles in the Greystone Subdivision sometime between Monday and Tuesday.Surveillance footage from one of the homes shows the two going from home to home as they try to break into locked vehicles.Anyone with information is urged to contact the Ascension Parish S
  
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• D.A. to reveal details of July 2016 ambush on officers Friday

  28-06-2017 16:52
  
  BATON ROUGE – An expansive review of the ambush of officers that left three dead and others injured last year will be revealed by the district attorney in an upcoming news conference.Sheriff's deputy Brad Garafola and Baton Rouge Police officers Montrell Jackson and Matthew Gerald were murdered by a man who targeted police on Airline Highway. The gunman was shot and killed in a heroic effort by officers.District Attorney Hillar Moore has spent the last months reviewing the attack and w
  
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• 3 dead, including 2-year-old, after police chase ends in violent crash in New Orleans

  28-06-2017 16:44
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Three people are dead, including a 2-year-old child, after a chase involving Louisiana State Police ended in a violent crash Wednesday.According to WWL, a news partner of WBRZ, the apparent chase involving Louisiana State Troopers turned deadly when the pursued vehicle crashed on Chef Menteur Highway.Police say the chase ensued after police tried to make a traffic stop over license plate number that was reported stolen.According to state police, troopers attempted to box t
  
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• Police: Murdered bicyclist was randomly targeted; suspects still at large

  28-06-2017 15:51
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police say a bicyclist was randomly chased down and murdered on a Baton Rouge roadway, and the suspects are still at large.According to police, 39-year-old Wilbert Bell Jr. was shot and killed in the 2700 block of Lockwood Avenue on June 15.Police say Bell was chased on the roadway and shot multiple times. According to L'Jean McKneely with BRPD, it's believed the suspects approached Bell as he was riding his bike along the roadway. "He dropped th
  
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• Police find kids hanging out at popular bar, many arrested during sting

  28-06-2017 15:29
  
  BATON ROUGE – An increase in underage activity in and around a popular bar area has authorities concerned.Thirty-seven people were arrested in a recent three-week sting in Tigerland, Baton Rouge Police said in a news release, with the effort focused on Reggie's Bar on Bob Pettit.“During [the sting]… officers noticed an increase in the number of individuals under 18 years of age in the parking lot on Monday nights,” police said.In addition, authorities are
  
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• Entergy receives approval to build new Lake Charles power plant

  28-06-2017 15:15
  
  BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Public Service Commission voted Wednesday to approve construction of a new Entergy power plant in Lake Charles.Entergy said it expects to issue full notice to begin construction by August 1. The plant, which is scheduled to be in service by June 2020, will cost $872 million to build including transmission and other project-related costs and contingency."This plant will not only provide needed generating capacity for the fast-growing region, but it&am
  
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• VIDEO: Strangers buy car for man who walked miles to work

  28-06-2017 15:05
  
  DALLAS, Tx. - A Texas man's three-mile daily walk to work has inspired a group of strangers to collect enough money to buy him a car.Andy Mitchell spotted 20-year-old Justin Korva walking to the suburban Dallas taco restaurant where he works and offered him a ride. According to ABC News, Korva told Mitchell he was trying to better himself and saving up for a car.Korva's story inspired Mitchell and some of his friends to secretly set up a donation box at a local restaurant.The group surp
  
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• Boil order lifted in East Feliciana Parish

  28-06-2017 14:51
  
  EAST FELICIANA - A boil order has been lifted for a small water system in the parish.The order was issued Sunday morning for District 7. Customers supplied with water by District 7 Water were advised to boil water before using it.The water system said the initial order was due to an issue with its lines.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Edwards: Louisiana Medicaid payment skewed under Senate bill

  28-06-2017 14:42
  
  BATON ROUGE - Gov. John Bel Edwards says Louisiana would be uniquely penalized in the calculation of federal spending on state Medicaid programs in the Senate GOP's proposed health law rewrite.  The Democratic governor said Wednesday the per-capita payment calculator proposed for Medicaid spending uses a formula that would downplay an enrollment boost in Louisiana's program due to Medicaid expansion.  Edwards has widespread problems with the bill, which has be
  
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• 2 weeks after shooting, Congressman Scalise 'in good spirits'

  28-06-2017 14:42
  
  WASHINGTON - According to reports, Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise continues to make progress two weeks after he was shot while attending practice for a charity baseball game.According to ABC News, Scalise is "in good spirits" and meeting with family and friends Wednesday. On Friday, Scalise was released from the intensive care unit of a Washington D.C. hospital.The report says Scalise is also remaining in touch with with his sta
  
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• VIDEO: Maryland firefighters revive dog saved from burning home

  28-06-2017 14:24
  
  PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY - Maryland firefighters were able to revive a dog they rescued from a burning home Monday.Firefighters with the Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department were en route to a different call around 7:15 a.m. when they noticed smoke emerging from a home on the way to the call, Battalion Chief Donny Fletcher told ABC News.When firefighters entered the home, the first thing they did was search for anyone inside, Fletcher said."We search for humans. We search for dogs. We search f
  
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• Louisiana woman sentenced for shooting, killing son

  28-06-2017 14:20
  
  SHREVEPORT - A Louisiana woman has been given the maximum sentence for manslaughter after prosecutors say she fatally shot her 22-year-old son.  KTBS-TV reports 48-year-old Dora Blake was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Tuesday by Bossier District Judge John Robinson.  Bossier District Attorney Schuyler Marvin says the Minden woman was so drunk she couldn't remember killing her son when she shot him in the back of the head as they drove home from a birthday
  
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• Louisiana's 1st black female state trooper dies at age of 68

  28-06-2017 14:14
  
  LAFAYETTE - Louisiana State Police say the first black woman to become a state trooper has died.  Trooper Brooks David, a state police spokesman, says funeral services were scheduled Wednesday in Lafayette for 68-year-old Joyce Stephanie Isaac Thibodeaux, who died June 21.  David said in an email that he doesn't know her cause of death.  He says Thibodeaux retired in 1997 after 21 years as a detective in the gaming division. She entered the L
  
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• Catfish spill leaves stinky mess on Mississippi highway

  28-06-2017 14:11
  
  COLUMBUS, Miss. - It might be the most quintessentially Mississippi traffic mishap ever.  In a state where catfish farming is a big industry, a truck driver spilled catfish parts on a highway - and kept driving.  The Commercial Dispatch reports nobody was injured in the spill Tuesday near the northern Mississippi city of Columbus. But, Mississippi Department of Transportation had to cover their noses as they cleaned the stinky, slimy mess.  K
  
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• Louisiana pizza icon dies

  28-06-2017 13:49
  
  OAK GROVE, Louisiana – The founder of a Louisiana-based pizza chain known for its iconic “Sweep the Kitchen” pizza has died, media outlets in Monroe reported Wednesday.Johnny Huntsman, founder of Johnny's Pizza, died after a long illness, according to the Monroe News Star. Hunstman was 77.Hunstman created the pizza joint 50 years ago, building his pizza empire into numerous stores in Louisiana and other states. While there are only two locations in Baton Rouge and o
  
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• East Feliciana teacher accused of striking student found not guilty

  28-06-2017 13:19
  
  EAST FELICIANA PARISH - A teacher at an East Feliciana middle school has been found not guilty of simple battery after he was accused of striking a student during school hours.According to the East Feliciana Clerk of Court, Jaworski White had a bench trial Tuesday before Judge William Carmichael and was found not guilty.White was arrested by Clinton Police on March 15 and charged for slapping a student. Sources say the incident happened at East Feliciana Middle School a week ea
  
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• Pothole work on I-12 slows westbound traffic

  28-06-2017 12:40
  
  BATON ROUGE – Crews filling potholes on I-12 slowed traffic Wednesday morning.Two lanes of I-12 headed toward Baton Rouge from Livingston Parish were closed as crews patched holes on the highway. The lane closures were rolling – meaning traffic was allowed back in the lanes once crews finished one spot and moved to the next one.Click HERE to monitor traffic flow live via WBRZ's advanced traffic-tracking technology.  ****************Follow the publisher of this post o
  
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• Surveillance video released in Lockwood Avenue murder

  28-06-2017 12:00
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police are optimistic that newly released surveillance video will lead to a break in the murder investigation of 39-year-old Wilbert Bell Jr. Wilbert was shot multiple times on June 15 at the intersection of Lockwood Avenue and Chippewa Street. Police have no leads at this time and believe that this killing may have been a spur of the moment crime."We don't actually know what led to this shooting," Sgt. L'jean McKneely said. "We
  
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• Two more arrests made in French Quarter mugging

  28-06-2017 06:35
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Police in New Orleans have arrested the third and fourth suspects in connection with the beating of two tourists which occurred over the weekend.According to NOPD, 20-year-old Rashaad Piper was booked early Wednesday morning. Police say 18-year-old Nicholas Pogozelski was arrested thanks to an anonymous  tip.They are two of four men accused of attacking two men from Boston as they walked down Bienville St. to their hotel around 9 p.m. Saturday. D
  
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• 3rd suspect arrested in French Quarter beating

  28-06-2017 06:35
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Police in New Orleans have arrested a third suspect in connection to the beating of two tourists Saturday night.Rashaad Piper, 20, was booked early Wednesday morning. He's one of four men accused of attacking two men from Boston as they walked down Bienville St. to their hotel around 9p.m. Saturday. Dejuan Paul, 21, and Joshua Simmons, 18, surrendered to authorities earlier this week. The fourth suspect, Nicholas Polgowski is still on the run.The brutal beating was caught
  
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• Toddler and two adults shot in Shreveport shootings

  28-06-2017 06:12
  
  SHREVEPORT -Three adults and a toddler are being treated at a Shreveport hospital after being shot in two separate overnight shootings.The most recent happened around 12:30am Wednesday in the 1800 block of Jewella Avenue. Officers at the scene told our Shreveport news partner KTBS, the adults and a toddler were found with gunshot wounds.They were taken to a local hospital for treatment.  Police say the toddler was shot twice, but is expected to make a full recovery.  Right now,
  
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• Hundreds without power following early morning crash

  28-06-2017 06:00
  
  BATON ROUGE - Crews with Entergy are working in north Baton Rouge to restore power to hundreds of homes off Plank Rd.According to crews on the scene, the power could be out for several more hours.
  Power was knocked out around 2:50 a.m. Wednesday following a crash on Plank Rd. near Sycamore St.No word if anyone was hurt.According to Entergy's power outage map, close to 400 people are still without electricity.At its peak, some 1,300 people were in the dark.Permalink| Comments
  
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