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• WANTED: Thieves steal equipment from flood-damaged home in Livingston Parish

  08-08-2017 21:09
  HOLDEN - Detectives with the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office are seeking two suspects who were captured on surveillance video as they stole property from a flood-damaged home.Deputies were called to the home off of Highway 441 in Holden on August 3. The sheriff's office says two thieves stole multiple items from the flood-damaged house, which is in the middle of the rebuilding process. Cameras in the area captured the suspects as they made off with a 30-gallon air compresso
  
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• Trump says North Korea will be met by 'fire, fury' if threats continue

  08-08-2017 20:32
  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says that North Korea "had best not make any more threats to the United States" or "they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen."  Trump issued the warning during a briefing on opioid addiction at his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey.  A Japanese defense paper and a U.S. media report said Tuesday that North Korea may have successfully produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can fit inside its
  
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• One year after flood, Park Forest Elementary reopens just in time for school year

  08-08-2017 20:03
  BATON ROUGE - The school bell will ring for thousands of students across the Baton Rouge area Wednesday.For some schools damaged by the flood, preparations will go right down to the last minute.Although final touches are being completed, Park Forest Elementary is more than ready to welcome their incoming students in the morning, just as Principal Alicia Franklin promised her students a year ago.“After the flood, we had a decline of about 100 to 150 students,” Franklin said.T
  
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• Resignations, calls for firing after New Orleans flooding

  08-08-2017 18:15
  NEW ORLEANS - A New Orleans official has announced plans to retire and the city's mayor wants other people fired days after torrential rains flooded the city.  Local media report that Executive Director Cedric Grant of the Sewerage and Water Board on Tuesday announced that he will retire in the fall, saying in a statement that he learned parts of the city's drainage system "did not operate as they should have" during Sunday's storms.  He blamed agency staff f
  
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• WATCH: Father and son fend off two armed robbers at Texas business

  08-08-2017 17:25
  ARLINGTON, Tx. - Police in Texas have released surveillance video showing two business owners fighting off a pair of armed suspects.According to WFAA, Khurrum Monga said he thought there might be trouble the moment two men walked into their cell phone store in Arlington."You could see the back packs and instead of pulling a phone out, he pulled a gun," Monga said. Arlington Police released surveillance video of the robbery. One of the suspects jumps over the counter a
  
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• Landlords could get state money to repair flood-damaged homes

  08-08-2017 16:57
  BATON ROUGE- The state is loaning out millions of dollars to landlords trying to repair flood-damaged property. If landlords meet the requirements they won't have to pay the money back, according to Louisiana Housing Corporation director Robby Bizot.There are several programs designed to help a diverse group of rental properties.Bizot says they're mainly targeting affordable housing but market rate units qualify, too.For more information, applicants are asked to call 225-763-8700.Perma
  
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• Glen Campbell, superstar entertainer of 1960s and '70s, dies

  08-08-2017 15:50
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Glen Campbell, the grinning, high-pitched entertainer who had such hits as "Rhinestone Cowboy" and spanned country, pop, television and movies, has died. He was 81.  Campbell's publicist Sandy Brokaw says the singer died Tuesday morning in Nashville. No cause was immediately given. Campbell announced in June 2011 that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and that it was in its early stages at that time.  Campbell was one of the bi
  
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• Disney to pull movies from Netflix, will start its own streaming service

  08-08-2017 15:27
  Disney has announced plans to pull all of its movies from Netflix as it prepares to launch its own dedicated streaming service.The company announced the move during its latest earnings report on Tuesday. The affected movies include both Marvel and Disney titles. It will also be making a "significant investment" in exclusive movies and television series for its own streaming platform.Disney will also will launch an ESPN video streaming service in early 2018, including MLB, NHL and MLS content.Di
  
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• New flashing yellow turn signal introduced in Ascension Parish

  08-08-2017 14:38
  ASCENSION PARISH- Drivers in Ascension Parish should be on the look out for a new flashing signal on traffic lights.The Louisiana Department of Transportation says it is implementing a new yellow flashing arrow signal to provide safer and more efficient left turns for local drivers. A arrow has been installed at the intersection of U.S. 61 and LA 621.The new flashing yellow arrow means drivers need to "yield" and turn with caution. The new arrows are being installed around the
  
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• New flashing yellow turn arrow installed in Ascension

  08-08-2017 14:38
  ASCENSION PARISH- Drivers in Ascension Parish should be on the look out for a new flashing signal on traffic lights.The Louisiana Department of Transportation says it is implementing a new yellow flashing arrow signal to provide safer and more efficient left turns for local drivers. A arrow has been installed at the intersection of U.S. 61 and LA 621.The new flashing yellow arrow means drivers need to "yield" and turn with caution. The new arrows are being installed around the
  
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• North Korea has a small nuclear warhead

  08-08-2017 14:34
    WASHINGTON  - The Washington Post is reporting that U.S. intelligence officials assess that North Korea has successfully produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can fit inside its missiles.  That would mean North Korea has passed a crucial threshold on the path to becoming a full-fledged nuclear power.  The Post story, citing unnamed U.S. intelligence officials, said the confidential analysis was completed last month by the U
  
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• Dog dies on United flight after long delay, family says

  08-08-2017 14:34
  HOUSTON, Tx. - A Texas family claims their dog died on Sunday while in the cargo hold of a United Airlines jet that was delayed on a Houston tarmac for two hours.The Rasmussen family of Houston says Lulu, their 5-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, was cleared to fly by a veterinarian days before the flight."We are still waiting for answers, but what we do know is that our flight was delayed on the runway in Houston for more almost two hours," the family wrote in a Faceboo
  
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• Police: Man drives to jail after shooting his wife

  08-08-2017 14:12
  GULFPORT, Miss. - Authorities say a Mississippi man shot his wife during an argument outside of a medical clinic and then drove to jail to turn himself in.  The Sun Herald reports 47-year-old Jerome Verdell Jefferson is accused of shooting his wife while they were arguing outside of the Memorial Physicians Clinic on Monday afternoon.  Gulfport police Sgt. Josh Bromen says when officers arrived at the scene, they found the woman suffering from a gunshot wound.
  
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• Change machine stolen from car wash in early morning theft

  08-08-2017 14:04
  BAYOU BLUE - Authorities are seeking possible suspects in an early morning theft after a change machine was pulled from a concrete wall at a Bayou Blue gas station.According to the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office, investigators responded to a car wash on LA 316 after receiving a report that a change machine had been stolen. Detectives believe a large hammer was used to remove the entire box from a brick wall early Monday morning.It is estimated that several hundred dollars in change
  
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• Over 100 people have contracted salmonella from papayas from Mexico

  08-08-2017 13:05
  DES MOINES, Iowa- U.S. health officials say more people have contracted salmonella by eating papayas from a farm in southern Mexico.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 109 people in 16 states have caught the illness from eating papayas traced to the Carica de Campeche farm in Campeche, Mexico. Nearly half of the cases have been in New York and New Jersey, which had 36 and 26, respectively. Virginia has had 11 cases, Pennsylvania has had seven and Maryland has had six.Connec
  
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• UPDATE: Like a new car, school buildings smelled funny but now cleared for class

  08-08-2017 12:50
  ST. AMANT – School officials believe an odor in some unused temporary classroom structures was caused by summer heat exacerbating the release of smells associated with new materials.In a note to parents this weekend, the school district said odors smelled inside what's called “T-buildings” at Galvez Middle, Galvez Primary, Lake Elementary and St. Amant High have mostly disappeared. Previously, the buildings were being ventilated with special equipment.The situation
  
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• Istrouma High starts school year off with a bang

  08-08-2017 12:38
  BATON ROUGE - Students at Istrouma High head back to class Wednesday and they begin the new school year with a few old traditions.It started Tuesday afternoon at Krispy Kreme on Plank Road. East Baton Rouge Parish Superintendent Warren Drake bought a box of donuts and rang the bell to commemorate another year before heading to campus to welcome students back with the beating of a bass drum."We're getting ready to ring the bell not only for Istrouma High Schoo
  
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• Assumption man arrested for alleged first degree rape

  08-08-2017 12:30
  BELLE ROSE – A man has been arrested and charged with first degree rape in connection to an incident involving a juvenile. According to a news release, the Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office arrested 20-year-old Terrance Dupaty.Sheriff’s deputies responded to a complaint of a rape which allegedly occurred in a north Assumption Parish home.  The complainant told Assumption Parish detectives that the suspect entered her bedroom and was overpowered by Dupaty.&
  
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• Man found shot at Florida Blvd. shopping center

  08-08-2017 09:33
  BATON ROUGE – Pizza store workers found a man shot and called 911 after an incident Tuesday morning, sources told WBRZ.The man was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries around 8 o'clock from a shopping center on the 12000 block of Florida Boulevard. The situation surrounding the shooting is not clear but there was only one victim.Police are investigating.Check back for important updates.  ****************Follow the publisher of this post on Twitter: @treyschmal
  
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• Fatal shooting in Mississippi

  08-08-2017 08:13
  CORINTH, Miss.- A Mississippi man has been charged with murder after fatally shooting another man after an altercation.Authorities said 34-year-old Domonick Thompson was charged with several offenses, including first-degree murder in the death of 35-year-old Donald Taylor. Corinth police Chief Ralph Dance said Thomas and Taylor were involved in an altercation just before midnight Saturday.Dance said the victim saw Thompson coming and tried to hide behind a car. Authorities say Taylor was later
  
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• Autopsy: Man killed by blunt-force injuries to head

  08-08-2017 07:26
  BATON ROUGE – A man was found dead in a Louisiana apartment Sunday morning from blunt-force injuries to his head, authorities said.East Baton Rouge Coroner Dr. Beau Clark said on Monday that 22-year-old Tercero Jhoel Brisuela suffered skull fractures and bruises of the brain.The Advocate reports Brisuela was found dead at an apartment Saturday around 10 a.m.
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• Louisiana governor reaches out to business for budget ideas

  08-08-2017 06:37
  BATON ROUGE - Gov. John Bel Edwards is starting his outreach effort to solicit ideas for patching a more than $1 billion hole in next year's state operating budget.
   Edwards spokesman Richard Carbo says the governor will meet Tuesday with business leaders from around Louisiana to discuss ways to close the mid-2018 gap when temporary taxes expire.
   Edwards then will begin regional meetings with lawmakers next week, hoping to draw support for ideas that will keep the state from
  
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• East Baton Rouge School System provides contact information for parents looking to get more information on bus routes

  08-08-2017 05:50
  BATON ROUGE- Parents looking to find out more information about their child's bus route, and times can contact the following:225-330-4714225-330-4667225-302-5238225-330-4763225-330-4749225-330-4756225-302-5210225-330-4745225-302-5652225-302-5210225-300-4745225-302-5652Permalink| Comments
  
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• East Baton Rouge School System provides contact information for bus routes

  08-08-2017 05:50
  BATON ROUGE - The countdown is on. In a matter of hours, the bell will ring, and students will pack the halls of dozens of schools.Before that happens, the busses will line the streets. The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board wants to make sure parents know what routes their students will be on. They have provided a host of hotline numbers that parents can call to solve any bus route issues.All provided numbers will have someone assist your needs:225-330-4714225-330-4667225-302-523822
  
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