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• Baton Rouge police killer angered by system that 'protects all cops'

  30-06-2017 23:33
  
  Gavin Long left suicide note before he ambushed officers in Baton Rouge, new report says
  
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• Police identify victim in deadly motorcycle crash on US 190

  30-06-2017 21:26
  LIVONIA - Police say one person died in a crash on US 190 in Livonia Friday night.Police Chief Brad Joffrion said the accident happened near a Chevron gas station on US 190 around 8:45 p.m.Police say a motorcycle driven by 20-year-old Harley Leadingham of Fort Polk struck the rear of a pickup truck near the gas station. According to police, Leadingham sustained fatal injuries in the crash despite wearing a helmet. He was pronounced dead at the scene.The driver of the pickup truck was tr
  
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• Governor Edwards vetoes OLOL Mid City clinic funding

  30-06-2017 21:16
  
  BATON ROUGE - Governor John Bel Edwards vetoed $12.5 million in funding for a planed urgent care center and clinic in Mid City.The funding was originally part of the state's construction budget for the Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center's planned clinic and urgent care. In a veto message, Edwards said he used his line-item veto to strike $77 million in proposed projects.The funding for the medical center would have paid for planning and construction of the clinic, according to Business
  
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• McConnell says he'll stick with his health bill

  30-06-2017 21:02
  WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has rejected President Donald Trump's advice to first repeal President Barack Obama's health care law and then replace it later with something else.
   McConnell says the current health care bill remains challenging but "we are going to stick with that path."
   Trump tweeted earlier Friday that if Republicans could not reach a consensus on the current bill, they "should immediately REPEAL, and then REPLACE at a later date!" Sever
  
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• DoD delays transgender enlistments by 6 months

  30-06-2017 20:14
  
  WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is giving the military chiefs another six months before they begin allowing transgender individuals to enlist in the armed services.
   Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White says Mattis made the decision Friday.
   A Mattis memo obtained by The Associated Press says he wanted to give the services time to ensure the change won't affect the readiness and lethality of the force.
   His decision endorses an agreement hammered out last week by
  
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• Driving drunk is not just an issue on the road

  30-06-2017 19:27
  
  BATON ROUGE - Driving drunk is not just an issue on the road.
   The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says agents will look for impaired boat operators as part of Operation Dry Water from Friday through Sunday.
   Officials say alcohol can impair a boater's judgment, balance, vision and reaction time.  Lt. Col. Sammy Martin, in a news release, said he's asking people to treat a boat the same way they would a vehicle.
   Louisiana had 24 boating fatalit
  
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• Three juveniles arrested for vehicle burglaries in Baton Rouge

  30-06-2017 19:01
  
  BATON ROUGE - Three juveniles have been arrested in connection to a series of burglaries in East Baton Rouge Parish, according to shreiff's deputies.EBRSO officials say the three juveniles were booked for their part in a series of car burglaries in the Jefferson and Tiger Bend areas, stealing numerous items totalling more than $30,000 in value.Detectives charged the juveniles with two counts of aggravated burglary, 18 counts of simple burglary, and theft of firearms.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Louisiana senator finds health care frustration at town hall

  30-06-2017 18:19
  
  BATON ROUGE - A town hall meeting held by U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy to talk about flood recovery in Louisiana's capital city was at times derailed by people trying to pressure the Republican to vote against the Senate GOP's proposed health rewrite.  Cassidy is a doctor who worked for years in Louisiana's charity hospital system. He was noncommittal Friday about the health bill. He said he wasn't sure what the final draft of the legislation might look like, as negotiations continue
  
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• Homeowner arguing with Entergy over right of way runoff

  30-06-2017 17:06
  
  BATON ROUGE - A homeowner says Entergy transmission lines next to her home are the source of her flood issues.Sue Marino says the rainwater flows from Entergy's right of way onto her property. It flows like a river, washing away dirt and exposing her tree roots. She lives off Coursey, near Stumberg in Baton Rouge. Her house is at the end of a street behind a car wash.Marino tells 2 On Your Side she wrote Entergy a letter about the issue and after two and a half months, Entergy told her it was no
  
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• I-10 east closure scheduled for July 7-10 to install repaired interstate bridge

  30-06-2017 16:22
  
  ASCENSION – I-10 east will be closed near Sorrento beginning July 7 to install a repaired section of an interstate bridge. Both eastbound lanes of I-10 will be closed where it intersects with US 61 in Ascension Parish near Sorrento. Additionally, the US 61 on-ramp to I-10 east will be closed. The lanes and ramp will be closed from Friday, July 7 at 9 p.m. through Monday, July 10 at 5 a.m., weather permitting. According to DOTD, the closure is necessary to install the
  
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• Staring speed limit to increase Monday

  30-06-2017 16:12
  
  BATON ROUGE – The newly resurfaced and widened Staring Lane will get a newer, higher speed limit, the city announced Friday.The speed limit will be increased to 45 mph. In 2014, the speed limit was lowered after people complained that 40 mph was too fast. It's currently at 35 mph.The speed limit went from 35 to 40 after the construction project widened Staring. But, after complaints it dropped to 35 again.The city said it will now be 45 mph starting Monday, July 3, from Perkins Road to
  
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• Owner of St. Helena strip club arrested in raid

  30-06-2017 15:56
  
  ST. HELENA -  The St. Helena Parish Sheriff's Office arrested two men following a raid at a strip club on Thursday night. Deputies and agents from the Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control raided Bobby Vaughn's Oak Ridge Lounge at 43379 Highway 16. The raid was the result of an undercover operation between the St. Helena Sheriff's Office and East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office.The club owner, 39-year-old James Vaughn, was arrested for two counts of obscenity, two counts
  
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• $77 million stripped from state construction budget

  30-06-2017 15:21
  
  BATON ROUGE - Gov. John Bel Edwards has stripped $77 million in proposed projects from Louisiana's state construction budget, saying the state can't afford all the items lawmakers packed into the bill.  Edwards used his line-item veto authority to remove 36 projects around the state from the $3.8 billion construction budget passed in a special legislative session that ended two weeks ago.  The veto message was posted on the Legislature's website Friday.&nb
  
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• New documents detail more about federal raids in Livingston, Baton Rouge

  30-06-2017 15:12
  
  BATON ROUGE – Federal authorities stormed a quiet Livingston Parish neighborhood and an apartment complex in early morning raids focused on drugs, WBRZ has learned through sources and new jail records obtained Friday.A day earlier, the Drug Enforcement Agency – a federal law enforcement group that targets drug crimes – revealed it executed several search warrants early Thursday with the assistance of local sheriff's deputies. The DEA would not elaborate on its inves
  
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• Denham Springs man dies in crash on I-55 in Ponchatoula

  30-06-2017 15:10
  
  PONCHATOULA – A Denham Springs man was killed during a crash on Interstate 55, southbound, near LA 22, in Ponchatoula early Friday morning. According to Louisiana State Police, the crash claimed the life of 22-year-old Alexander James Breaux of Denham Springs. State Police say the crash occurred as Breaux was driving a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado on the interstate in the right lane. For reasons still under investigation, Breaux's truck crashed into the back of a 2015 Fre
  
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• BREC input meetings will be held for new BR Zoo location, Greenwood regional park

  30-06-2017 14:40
  
  BATON ROUGE – BREC will hold community meetings to collect public input across the parish on the proposal to create a regional park at Greenwood and to find another location for the Baton Rouge Zoo. The BREC Commission will vote on taking the next step in the process at its meeting on Aug. 24 at 5 p.m. The community input meetings will allow residents the opportunity to review potential amenities at both locations, ask questions, share their opinions and vote on ideas
  
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• At least 2 people shot inside NYC hospital; gunman at large

  30-06-2017 14:37
  
  NEW YORK - Police say at least two people have been shot at a New York City hospital and the gunman is still at large.  The gunfire broke out at 2:50 p.m. Friday inside the Bronx Lebanon Hospital in the Bronx.  Television images showed the hospital surrounded by police cars and fire trucks. Police could be seen on the roof of the building, at one point, with their guns drawn.  Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center describes itself as the largest volu
  
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• 1 doctor dead, several fighting for lives after NYC hospital shooting

  30-06-2017 14:37
  
  NEW YORK - New York City's mayor says one doctor is dead and several others are fighting for their lives after a gunman opened fire at a city hospital.  Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke at a news conference Friday, hours after a doctor with a rifle concealed in his lab coat started shooting inside Bronx Lebanon Hospital.  Police say five of the injured were seriously wounded, and one had a gunshot wound to the leg.  Police Commissioner James O'Neil
  
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• LIVE: See traffic map; Heavy congestion Friday afternoon

  30-06-2017 14:27
  
  BATON ROUGE – Heavy delays complicated the drive Friday due to issues related to holiday travel wrecks.I-10 East was heavily congested after it was closed in Ascension Parish. Around lunch, State Police were dealing with a crash where someone died. The wreck happened around the Prairieville exit and caused a traffic jam into Baton Rouge – nearly reach the Mall of Louisiana.Delays were also heavy on I-12 East through the middle of Livingston Parish – congestion was b
  
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• Arrests made in sobriety checkpoint on Harding Blvd.

  30-06-2017 14:20
  
  BATON ROUGE – Law enforcement conducted a sobriety checkpoint Thursday night in the 3100 block of Harding Boulevard. The checkpoint was conducted from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. Friday. A total of 612 vehicles were screened. The following arrests were made :- Four individuals arrested for driving while intoxicated- One person arrested for possession of firearm by juvenile- Two individuals arrested for possession of a firearm with a CDS- One person arrested for resisti
  
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• Deputies looking for missing mother and son

  30-06-2017 14:14
  
  PORT ALLEN – Sheriff's deputies in West Baton Rouge are asking for help locating a woman and her young son.Shanniah Snell and her child, Darryl Branch III, were last seen on Friday, June 16th. It was not immediately clear the circumstances around their disappearance, but authorities asked for people who may see the mom and her child to contact them immediately.Snell may be driving a white, 2009 Honda Accord with LA plate ZYD 402.Tips can be reported to the WBR Sheriff's Office at 225-3
  
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• Venus Williams will play at Wimbledon

  30-06-2017 13:11
  LONDON - Venus Williams' publicist tells The Associated Press the five-time Wimbledon champion will play at the tournament after a police report emerged in Florida saying the tennis star caused a car crash that led to the death of a passenger in another vehicle.  Stephanie Jones says in an email on Friday that Williams is in London, where the year's third Grand Slam tournament is scheduled to begin Monday.  Palm Beach Gardens police say witnesses told investig
  
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• New Coca-Cola museum opens in Mississippi

  30-06-2017 12:43
  
  CORINTH, MS - A new Coca-Cola museum free to the public has recently opened in Mississippi.                  Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports that Coke floats from an old-fashioned soda fountain were served to the crowd at the museum's grand opening on Monday in Corinth. It houses memorabilia that is from beyond roughly 100 years ago.  Corinth Coke Chairman Sandy Williams says t
  
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• State workers to get raises, redesigned pay scales

  30-06-2017 12:17
  
  BATON ROUGE - Thousands of Louisiana state employees will see boosted paychecks under a reworked pay scale backed by Gov. John Bel Edwards. The plan carries a $48 million annual price tag, but aims to reduce the millions lost to high turnover in critical, front-line jobs.  The civil service department announced Thursday that Edwards had approved the plan.  The redesigned pay scales take effect Jan. 1, when 38,000 rank-and-file employees receive a 2 percent pay
  
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• Search warrant startles suspect, fires at SWAT

  30-06-2017 07:43
  
  BATON ROUGE - East Baton Rouge Sheriffs were executing a no knock search warrant on a home when the suspect started shooting at them. According to police documents, EBRSO SWAT members were looking for Roderick Harris. After entering the house, shots were fired at the members from another room. SWAT members reached the bedroom where they found Harris who left without further resistance. A stolen handgun was found in the bedroom. Detectives determined t
  
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• Man arrested in connection to Amarillo Street shooting

  30-06-2017 07:13
  
  BATON ROUGE - Baton Rouge police have arrested a man witnesses say shot someone in the leg Thursday evening on Amarillo Street. According to arrest documents, Kentrell Payton was later seen not far from the crime scene wearing the same clothes described by witnesses. Payton was walking down the street with a counterfeit $20 bill and a baby bottle filled with the liquid street drug known as "lean." He denied shooting the victim, but d
  
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• Tree falls on vehicles, causes gas leak

  30-06-2017 06:04
  
  BATON ROUGE - Baton Rouge fire crews are on the scene of a possible gas leak.It appears a fallen tree broke a gas line off Plank Rd. near Denham St. around 3 o'clock Friday morning.According one man who lives near the incident, he and a group of people were inside a home talking when they heard a loud noise.The tree fell on a vehicle and trailer. Deante Profit told News 2, two people were inside the vehicle at the time, but are okay. No one was inside the trailer at the time. This is a developin
  
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