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• US appeals travel ban ruling to Supreme Court

  14-07-2017 21:09
  
  HONOLULU - The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court for greater freedom in limiting visitors to the United States from six mostly Muslim countries and refugees from around the world.The Justice Department filed an emergency appeal with the high court late Friday that seeks to undo a Hawaii judge's ruling from a day earlier. That ruling diluted President Donald Trump's restrictions on refugees and visitors from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.The administration bypassed t
  
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• Cyclists complete journey in honor of law enforcement

  14-07-2017 20:25
  
  BATON ROUGE - Law enforcement officers from across the country descended on Baton Rouge Friday, the culmination of a six-day, 500 mile bike ride. Texas Brotherhood Ride's journey, in memory of officers killed in Dallas and Baton Rouge last summer, ended with a ceremony at BRPD headquarters on Airline Highway. Tim Dunn, a firefighter in Houston, who participated in the ride, says the group completed this ride "simply to honor and show support for the families, coworkers and the
  
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• More police patrols wanted in Scotlandville after elementary school break-in

  14-07-2017 18:37
  
  BATON ROUGE – Residents are asking for more police patrols after a neighborhood school was burglarized in Scotlandville. Ryan Elementary is located in an old-established neighborhood in Scotlandville and is closed for the summer. However, the scene was busy on Thursday night when police, sheriff's deputies and K-9 units were searching for who broke into the school. A source says someone broke into the school and triggered an alarm. Robert Lee Watkins, who liv
  
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• Two-year Jones Creek Road improvement project wrapping up

  14-07-2017 17:54
  
  BATON ROUGE - It's a project that's been planned since the early 1990's.Construction on Jones Creek Road is wrapping up today, with people in the Shenandoah area saying it's about time.The improvements have widened the road from Coursey all the way to Tiger Bend.Work began in 2015, and the improved road has five concrete lanes, two in each direction, with a center turn lane. The old one was paved with asphalt with just three lanes in total.New features include multiple turn lanes at each interse
  
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• Mayor Broome to develop EBR storm water drainage plan

  14-07-2017 17:27
  
  BATON ROUGE – Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome released a request to develop a parish storm water master plan as a part of an ongoing effort to address drainage issues in East Baton Rouge Parish. The plan is also to help prevent the effects of natural disasters such as the August 2016 flood. Officials say the plan calls for a review of existing drainage systems within the parish, along with an evaluation of drainage on a regional basis by working with representatives from
  
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• Women rescued from burning car by Washington Parish deputy, then arrested

  14-07-2017 17:13
  
  WASHINGTON PARISH – Two women were rescued from a burning car by a Washington Parish deputy and then arrested on Friday morning. The incident took place in the Lee's Creek Road area as Washington Parish Sheriff's Office Deputy Ronnie Manning spotted smoke as he was driving near Quave Road. The deputy turned around and drove down the road to find an overturned car on fire in the edge of the woods. Screams were heard from the burning car. Manning discovered two women tr
  
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• Crews respond to reports of 16-year-old shot on N. 30th Street

  14-07-2017 16:38
  
  BATON ROUGE – Emergency crews responded to the 600 block of N. 30th Street where a 16-year-old was reportedly shot. Sources say the victim is in stable condition. The incident occurred on Friday around 4:30 p.m. No further details have been released at this time. This is a developing story and will updated as more information becomes available. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Week-long communications outage frustrates many

  14-07-2017 16:17
  
  GREENSBURG- Top leaders in St. Helena Parish are shopping around for another telecommunications company after a widespread outage left them without access to basic functions for almost a week.
  A fiber optic line managed to get cut, according to the St. Helena Parish Sheriff's Office. That knocked out vital communications at the dispatch center, froze operations at the parish's only hospital, and left banks and businesses doing things the old-fashioned way with a pen and paper.
  "One of our most i
  
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• City-Parish Litter Response Team cleans up near LSU lakes

  14-07-2017 15:39
  
  BATON ROUGE – The City-Parish Litter Response Team has been working throughout East Baton Rouge Parish to help clean up the area, with the most recent location being at Stanford and LSU avenues. The City-Parish received reports of litter in the canal at the location and on West Lakeshore Drive, near the LSU lakes. Officials say the canal flows behind several gas stations and restaurants before it enters Bayou Duplanier and it also sits in a residential area with a high volume
  
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• DOTD: Nicholson Drive bridge to reopen in five weeks

  14-07-2017 14:48
  
  BATON ROUGE – The bridge on Nicholson Drive, near Brightside Drive and before Gardere Lane, will reopen in five weeks, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announced on July 14.  The bridge closed on July 10 for crews to assess damage and to make emergency repairs. The bridge is scheduled to be replaced in early 2018, however a routine inspection found the timber-supported bridge has severe deterioration in most of its structure, which r
  
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• Trump administration to appeal travel ban ruling to Supreme Court

  14-07-2017 13:39
  
  HONOLULU- Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the Trump administration will appeal the latest travel ban ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court.  A federal judge in Hawaii on Thursday further narrowed how President Donald Trump's travel ban for certain foreigners and refugees can be applied.  The administration is choosing to bypass the San Francisco-based appeals court that has ruled against it in the case and return to the high court. Last month, the justices part
  
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• Alfred Angelo Bridal dress shop closes all stores suddenly; brides angry

  14-07-2017 13:36
  
  Brides are angry after Alfred Angelo Bridal, a nationwide manufacturer and retailer of bridal gowns with a store in Baton, decided to suddenly close all of its stores on Thursday night. The only Alfred Angelo store in Baton Rouge is in Towne Center. One woman called WBRZ to voice her frustration and others have been reported seen outside of the store in Towne Center demanding answers. According to an ABC news station in Baltimore, all of the Alfred Angelo Bridal locati
  
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• Louisiana lawmakers cancel veto session in overwhelming vote

  14-07-2017 13:25
  
  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana lawmakers won't be holding a veto session this month to consider overriding Gov. John Bel Edwards' rejections of eight bills from their regular legislative session.  Both the House and Senate overwhelmingly voted to cancel the veto session. It takes only a majority vote of one chamber to scrap the gathering.  Senate spokeswoman Brenda Hodge said Friday that 38 of 39 senators turned in their forms to cancel the session. House spokesman C
  
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• Sink hole more than 200 feet wide opens in Florida neighborhood

  14-07-2017 13:18
  
  LAND O' LAKES - A Florida home has been swallowed up by the ground in an area where a previous sinkhole had happened.  Officials in Pasco County say the hole was the size of a small swimming pool when crews arrived Friday morning, but it quickly grew to over 200 feet (60 meters) wide and 50 feet (15 meters) deep. By 9:30 a.m., the home had fallen into the sinkhole.  Kevin Guthrie of the county's emergency management office told reporters the residents weren't
  
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• Hole the size of a small pool opens in Florida neighborhood

  14-07-2017 13:18
  
  LAND O' LAKES - Authorities in Florida are evacuating residents of several homes after a hole the size of a small swimming pool opened in the ground.  Pasco County spokesman Doug Tobin said in an email that a boat is falling into the hole, which opened up on Friday morning north of Tampa in Land O'Lakes.  Tobin says surrounding homes are being evacuated and that emergency management officials are heading to the scene.  No further details were
  
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• CATS bus involved in crash on Airline Highway Friday

  14-07-2017 13:09
  
  BATON ROUGE – Authorities responded to a crash involving a CATS bus Friday morning.Dispatchers warned medical crews there could be as many as six patients. Police, fire and EMS were sent to the crash scene around 11 o'clock.The wreck happened at the corner of Airline Highway and Prescott.Specifics have not been released. Check back for updates.  Monitor traffic conditions HERE.******************Follow the publisher of this post on Twitter: @treyschmaltzPermalink| Comments
  
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• BRFD investigating house fire on N. 43rd Street

  14-07-2017 12:52
  
  BATON ROUGE – The Baton Rouge Fire Department is investigating a house fire that occurred on Thursday night in the 1300 block of N. 43rd Street. Firefighters responded to the fire around 11 p.m. to find flames coming from the rear of the house. Crews were able to bring the fire under control about 30 minutes later. According to BRFD, the house received smoke and fire damages with an estimated cost of $50,000.  Red Cross, BRPD, and Entergy were on scene to ass
  
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• Man shot multiple times during early morning Donaldsonville shooting

  14-07-2017 12:43
  
  ASCENSION – The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting that occurred in Donaldsonville early Friday morning. According to the sheriff's office, deputies responded to reports of someone shot around 1:30 a.m. at the intersection of St. Patrick and 2nd Street. A man was found at the location suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to an area hospital where he is being treated for his injuries, the sheriff's office says. 
  
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• 'Walking Dead' stuntman dies after accident on set

  14-07-2017 08:50
  
  ATLANTA - A stuntman on the popular AMC show "The Walking Dead" has died from injuries sustained in an on-set accident. According to Entertainment Weekly, New Orleans native John Bernecker, 33, fell more than two stories onto a concrete floor suffering a head injury. The accident occurred on Wednesday. Bernecker was transported to a hospital where he died early this morning. He was known for his work on films such as "Logan" and "Olympus Has
  
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• Beyonce introduces newborn twins Sir and Rumi Carter

  14-07-2017 06:26
  
  Beyonce has finally debuted her twins a month after they were born.
   The singer posted a picture of herself holding the babies on Instagram late Thursday night and wrote in the caption, "Sir Carter and Rumi 1 month today." She didn't mention the babies' genders.
   Beyonce is wearing a flowing garment with a long veil in the photo and standing in front a flowered arch with the sea behind her.
   Beyonce announced the pregnancy in February, and rumors have swirled about the
  
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• Louisiana's inshore shrimp season to close Friday

  14-07-2017 06:05
  
  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's spring inshore shrimp season will close at 6 p.m. Friday.
   The closure affects the Louisiana/Mississippi state line westward to the eastern shore of the Mississippi River and from Freshwater Bayou canal westward to the Louisiana/Texas state line except for: Lake Pontchartrain, Chef Menteur and Rigolets Passes, Lake Borgne, the Louisiana portion of Mississippi Sound, and the open waters of Breton and Chandeleur Sounds.
   Data collected by Louisiana Wildl
  
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