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• Crews responding to possible drowning on Fieldcrest Drive

  04-07-2017 21:44
  
  BATON ROUGE - EMS responded to a possible drowning on Fieldcrest Drive Tuesday night.Authorities say the it was reported in the 11000 block of Fieldcrest Drive around 9:30 p.m.CPR was performed on the victim who was then loaded onto a stretcher and taken to the hospital. This is a developing story. We will update it with more information as it becomes available.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Crews respond to possible drowning on Fieldcrest Drive

  04-07-2017 21:44
  
  BATON ROUGE - EMS responded to a possible drowning on Fieldcrest Drive Tuesday night.Authorities say the it was reported in the 11000 block of Fieldcrest Drive around 9:30 p.m.CPR was performed on the victim who was then loaded onto a stretcher and taken to the hospital. This is a developing story. We will update it with more information as it becomes available.Permalink| Comments
  
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• One hospitalized after crash on Mississippi River Bridge

  04-07-2017 21:08
  
  BATON ROUGE - One person has been hospitalized after a crash on the Mississippi River Bridge Tuesday night.Authorities say one person was taken to a hospital with minor injuries after the incident in the westbound lanes of the bridge, which connects Baton Rouge and Port Allen. Multiple others involved in the crash reportedly refused medical treatment.At 10:17 p.m., DOTD announced all lanes have cleared. Congestion continues to stretch past Dalrymple Drive on I-10. This is a dev
  
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• US, S. Korea respond to North with missile launch

  04-07-2017 20:23
  
  WASHINGTON - In a direct response to North Korea's missile launch, U.S. and South Korean soldiers fired "deep strike" precision missiles into South Korean territorial waters on Tuesday, That from U.S. military officials in Seoul.  The U.S. Eighth Army said the missile firings were a show of force meant to demonstrate U.S.-South Korean solidarity.  The U.S. asserted Tuesday that North Korea's latest missile launch was indeed an intercontinental ballistic missil
  
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• Authorities: 5-year-old killed while brothers play with gun

  04-07-2017 20:20
  
  LOUISVILLE, Miss. - Mississippi authorities say a 5-year-old boy was killed when a gun went off while he and his 6-year-old brother played with it.  Winston County Coroner Scott Gregory tells The Clarion-Ledger the boys' father and grandfather were asleep after working night shifts when the gun went off Tuesday afternoon.  He says the gunshot woke them, and they thought someone had lit a firecracker indoors.  News media report the accident ha
  
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• Auschwitz Memorial condemns congressman's gas chamber video

  04-07-2017 17:25
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Officials at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum have criticized a Louisiana congressman for narrating part of a five-minute video from inside a former gas chamber at the Nazi concentration camp in Poland.  Louisiana news outlets report that U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins posted the video Saturday. In it, the Republican says the killings took only about 20 minutes and show why the U.S. military "must be invincible."  A post on the Auschwitz Memori
  
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• Toddler latest to die in rash of area drownings

  04-07-2017 17:22
  
  PONCHATOULA – A two-year-old child died at a hospital after being found unresponsive in a pool Saturday.First responders were called to where the child was found around 3:30 p.m. July 1. Authorities were able to get the child's heart beating again, though, the child did not survive after being rushed to the hospital.Police said there is an investigation into how the child got into the pool. A specific location was not revealed."This tragic incident is being handled with great care and
  
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• 18-year-old arrested after 100 mph chase in stolen vehicle on Airline Highway

  04-07-2017 16:32
  
  BATON ROUGE - A high-speed, early-morning chase ensued on the Fourth of July after police spotted a vehicle that was reported stolen.According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, the chase began after officers spotted 18-year-old Jurail Kijuan Camel in a stolen vehicle on Dallas Drive around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday.Police say an officer turned on his vehicle's lights and sirens, trying to initiate a traffic stop. After the officer activated his lights, Camel disregarded a stop sign on Beamo
  
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• LSU sends out alert after armed robbery attempt on campus

  04-07-2017 16:25
  
  BATON ROUGE - A campus wide text alert and email went out to students and faculty at LSU in the wee hours of the morning on Tuesday after a suspect flashed a silver handgun at a victim on campus.
  The alert stated an armed robbery was reported at Highland Road and Dalrymple Drive. That's one of the busiest intersections on campus. According to the university, the suspect took off and headed east and didn't manage to take anything from the victim.
  Kira Dobson regularly exercises on campus, and was
  
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• List of 4th of July celebrations in and around the Baton Rouge area

  04-07-2017 16:04
  
  Check below for a full list of Fourth of July events in Baton Rouge and its surrounding areas.FIREWORKS ON THE MISSISSIPPI9 p.m. WBRZ's Fireworks on the Mississippi sponsored by the USS Kidd and the Baton Rouge clinic is an evening-long event. If you can't make it to the river, WBRZ.com will stream the fireworks show HERE and the show will also be streamed live on the WBRZ Channel 2 Facebook page. The live stream will start shortly before 9 T
  
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• 19-year-old allegedly chokes woman, strikes her with jumper cables in front of children

  04-07-2017 15:49
  
  BATON ROUGE – A 19-year-old was arrested on Monday after he struck a woman with jumper cables in front of her children and threatened to set her house on fire. The Baton Rouge Police Department arrested 19-year-old Jarvis Nicholas on charges of aggravated battery, domestic abuse battery with child endangerment and two counts of attempted aggravated arson. Police responded to a home in the 900 block of N. 49th Street in reference to an assault around 11 a.m. on Monday.
  
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• WATCH: 4th of July fireworks display sparks massive fire in Arizona

  04-07-2017 14:46
  
  PARKER, Ariz. - A fire started under a Fourth of July fireworks display held by an Arizona casino Monday night.Video recorded Monday night shows the moment the display went awry. As the show comes to an end, huge flames can be seen erupting from the area where the fireworks were being launched.Workers at BlueWater Resort & Casino, where the event was being held, said they were just as surprised by the incident as the visitors."Fireworks at BlueWater were great, then the desert started burnin
  
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• Stolen USPS truck, 5 vehicles found at 'chop shop' in New Orleans

  04-07-2017 14:46
  
  NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans Police Department detectives recovered several stolen vehicles, including a U.S. Postal Service truck, from a "chop shop" in the area. A USPS flatbed truck was reported stolen during a burglary of a postal service facility, according to NOPD. Detectives also located five vehicles that were reported stolen, along with two pieces of construction equipment and two commercial trailers. The vehicles were recovered during a search warrant of a "cho
  
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• WATCH: Police rescue dog from hot car in Florida

  04-07-2017 14:44
  
  BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. - Police in South Florida rescued a dog that was left in a hot car on Monday. According to the Boynton Beach Police Department, officers responded to the parking lot located near a Bank of America after receiving a call from a concerned citizen around 10:30 a.m. Monday.When police arrived, they found a pit bull locked in a powered off car with the windows rolled up. Police then went from store to store for several minutes, trying to locate the owner.After officers we
  
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• More mosquitoes with West Nile virus found in West Baton Rouge Parish

  04-07-2017 13:39
  
  PORT ALLEN – More mosquitoes infected with the West Nile virus were found in West Baton Rouge Parish this weekend. According to West Baton Rouge Mosquito Control, eight samples tested positive for the virus after 52 samples were submitted for testing last week.Spray truck operations are being conducted this week in the areas of parish where infected mosquitoes were found. Last week, WBRZ showed the spray operations that were being conducted in the parish in preparation for the
  
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• Man hid wife's body in freezer for 8 years to collect Social Security

  04-07-2017 13:15
  
  SUN CITY CENTER, Fla. - Authorities in Florida say the heirs of a man who hid his wife's body in a freezer so he could continue collecting her Social Security benefits have repaid the government for the money he took.  The U.S. Attorney's Office said in a news release the heirs sold Allan Dunn's condo in Sun City Center, a retirement community south of Tampa, and paid $15,743 to the Social Security Administration.  Prosecutors say Margaret Dunn died at home in
  
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• Man tries to remove bees with fireworks, burns down garage

  04-07-2017 13:11
  
  GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A Michigan man who tried to use fireworks to remove a bees' nest from his garage ended up burning the building down instead.  MLive reports crews responding to the home in Grand Blanc Township on Monday saw fireworks shooting into the sky from the burning garage. No one was injured.  Grand Blanc Fire Chief Bob Burdette says the homeowner was trying to use a smoke bomb to get a bees' nest out of the garage.  Homeo
  
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• 5-year-old dies after falling from 4th-floor window in Massachusetts

  04-07-2017 13:04
  
  BROOKLINE, Mass. - Police in Massachusetts say a 5-year-old girl has died after falling more than 30 feet from the fourth-floor window of an apartment building and landing on concrete.  Brookline Police say the girl had been playing with friends in the suburban Boston apartment when she fell Monday afternoon. Authorities say adults were in the apartment at the time of the fall and the window had a screen.  The girl was taken to Children's Hospital in Boston wi
  
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• WBRZ's Annual 4th of July Fireworks on the Mississippi

  04-07-2017 12:53
  
  BATON ROUGE – Tuesday night, fireworks exploded over the Mississippi River as the annual 4th of July tradition continues.WBRZ's Fireworks on the Mississippi sponsored by the USS Kidd and the Baton Rouge clinic is an evening-long event. Festivities started at 4 p.m. Tuesday. The fireworks display went off at nine o'clock Tuesday night.The display, produced by David Spear’s team at J&M Displays, went on for about 22 minutes and featured close to 200 firework shells.This mar
  
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• Watch tonight's fireworks show on the Mississippi River live

  04-07-2017 12:53
  
  BATON ROUGE – Tuesday night, fireworks will explode over the Mississippi River as the annual 4th of July tradition continues.WBRZ's Fireworks on the Mississippi sponsored by the USS Kidd and the Baton Rouge clinic is an evening-long event. Festivities start at 4 p.m. Tuesday. The fireworks display goes at nine o'clock Tuesday night.The display, produced by David Spear’s team at J&M Displays, is set to go on for about 22 minutes and features close to 200 firework shells.Th
  
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• Remember the 4th of July on the False River that went viral?

  04-07-2017 12:38
  
  NEW ROADS – As an area favorite festivity takes to the water Tuesday, we can't help but remember the time the Boat Parade on the False River made one man internet famous.Christian Walther became a viral hit after he appeared in a news report and the graphic accompanying his interview read “patriotic expert." Walther was one of the hundreds of people who attended a recent 4th of July Boat Parade on False River but he was arguably the most memorable."I'm out here, I got my Budw
  
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• BRFD investigating cause of house fire on South Riveroaks Drive

  04-07-2017 12:34
  
  BATON ROUGE – The Baton Rouge Fire Department is investigating the cause of a Monday night house fire in the 9000 block of South Riveroaks Drive.Firefighters responded to the house around 11 p.m. to find smoke coming from the roof. The fire was contained to the attic shortly after. According to BRFD, the house sustained about $30,000 worth of damages. There are no reports of injuries and Red Cross was called to the scene to assist the resident of the home. BR
  
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• Christie ends shutdown, but beach pictures left an imprint

  04-07-2017 12:24
  
  TRENTON - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has signed his final budget after a three-day state government shutdown that included a viral photo of him lounging on a state beach that was closed to the public because of a budget impasse.  The Republican governor signed the $34.7 billion budget early Tuesday and sounded an unapologetic tone over the aerial photos snapped by NJ.com that showed him at the state governor's residence at Island Beach State Park.  The pic
  
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• Video captures massive house fire; Neighbors start clothing drive after blaze

  04-07-2017 12:17
  
  PONCHATOULA – Neighbors spent the 4th of July holiday gathering items for a family who lost everything when their home was burned to a shell of brick.Fire crews worked for hours battling the blaze in the Landing neighborhood, east of the Tangipahoa River about six miles from downtown Sunday night. Video recorded by neighbors showed a giant inferno – double the size of the house – swallowing up everything in the home. By the time the fire was extinguished, only a few
  
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• Putin-Trump meeting to be Friday in Germany

  04-07-2017 12:12
  
  MOSCOW - The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin's first meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump will take place Friday in Germany. Russian news agencies say Putin's foreign affairs adviser, Yuri Ushakov, said Tuesday that the two leaders will meet on the sidelines of the G-20 summit being held in Hamburg.  He wouldn't give any further details.Ushakov has previously said the two would likely discuss the fight against terrorism, the war in Syria and the crisis in Ukra
  
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• North Korea's latest missile launch lands in Japan Sea, flies longer than previous ones

  04-07-2017 08:35
  
  North Korea conducted what may be its most successful missile test yet on Tuesday, firing an intermediate-range weapon that could be powerful enough to reach Alaska. It's Pyongyang's latest step in a push for nuclear weapons capable of hitting any part of the United States.
  
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• Fireworks and sizzling by the grill

  04-07-2017 06:40
  
  Typical summer heat and humidity will persist through the week. Rain chances will stay low, gradually increasing Thursday through the weekend.THE FORECAST: Today and Tonight: If you have outdoor plans for the fourth, they should be in good shape. Temperatures will again run into the low 90s with plenty of humidity so keep a pool or air conditioning and a cold beverage nearby if possible! Skies will be partly to mostly sunny, but should a stray shower develop, the area will be free of any rain by
  
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• LSU sends text alert about reported armed robbery

  04-07-2017 06:31
  
  BATON ROUGE - LSU sent out a text alert early Tuesday morning about an armed robbery suspect.Very little information was released around 4:25 a.m., but according to the alert there was a reported armed robbery on Highland Rd. near Dalrymple Dr.The only description of the suspect released is that it was a male wearing dark clothing and a dark cap.He fled the area on foot heading east.The information is also posted on the university's website.This story will be updated as more information is made
  
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• US marks Independence Day with pomp, dazzle, hot dog contest

  04-07-2017 06:21
  
  NEW YORK - Americans are celebrating their country's birthday with big-time fireworks, small-town parades and the quirky spectacle of competitive hot dog eating.
   In New York, throngs are expected to watch the annual Macy's fireworks blowout and the Nathan's Famous frankfurter-chomping contest on Coney Island on July Fourth.
   In Washington, President Donald Trump is observing his first Independence Day in office by hosting a White House picnic for military families, followed by
  
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• Arson blamed on late night house fire on Enterprise St.

  04-07-2017 05:59
  
  BATON ROUGE - Fire investigators are calling a house fire that started late Monday night an arson fire.Firefighters responded to the 5200 block of Enterprise St. just after 11 o'clock.Crews were able to quickly put the flames out, but not before causing thousands of dollars in damage.Investigators aren't sure who was living in the home or if they had permission to be there.Exactly how the fire started is under investigation.Permalink| Comments
  
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