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• LSU to reinstate some Greek life activities as hazing investigation continues

  21-09-2017 21:07
  BATON ROUGE - Some Greek life activities at LSU will be reinstated this weekend, as the investigation into a student's death as a possible hazing incident continues.According to a release from the Office of Greek Life at LSU, the passing of Maxwell Gruver inspired them to revisit their policies and ensure the safety of all students on the campus."The passing of Maxwell Gruver was tragic and unexpected," the statement read. "Since there were no signs, we could not be sure that our policies and s
  
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• Judge makes ruling in Rouzan subdivision lawsuit

  21-09-2017 20:31
  BATON ROUGE - Developers of the Rouzan subdivision were ordered to pay property owners $96,000, after they successfully took them to court when homes were built on their property.Judge Janice Clark also ruled that the defendants must restore a 30 foot servitude of passage, and that all restoration should be accomplished or completed on or before January 21, 2018.Landowners took the issue to court more than ten years ago, saying the issue has caused them severe mental anguish. Attorneys represen
  
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• Vandals damage stadium under construction at local high school

  21-09-2017 18:42
  BATON ROUGE - Authorities are investigating after vandals busted out windows at a local high school's under-construction stadium overnight.Andre Bell lives right across the street from Istrouma High School, and he's been watching the construction at the new athletic stadium."I watched them put the light up," Bell said. "I want to hear the speaker system say 'first and ten' or 'touchdown.'"But some time between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, someone broke several windows at the stadium. T
  
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• 61-year-old Mississippi woman mauled by dog dies

  21-09-2017 17:45
  PHILADELPHIA, Miss. - A Mississippi woman attacked by a pit bull earlier this month has died.  WTOK-TV reports Neshoba County Sheriff Tommy Waddell says 61-year-old Connie Storey died Wednesday at a hospital in Jackson, 12 days after the attack.  Waddell says Storey was mauled by a "family pet" Sept. 8. She apparently went out to feed her son's pit bull when the dog suddenly attacked her.  Storey's son called 911. First responders called for
  
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• Homeowner says independent contractors created life-threatening issues in her home

  21-09-2017 17:19
  BATON ROUGE - A homeowner has a warning for others tonight after she says independent contractors did shoddy work in her home and it's now preventing her from moving back in following the August 2016 flood.At first glance, Angela Clapper's renovated home may look beautiful. But if you take a closer look you'll see that door frames are off-kilter, nails sticking out of the trim, drywall isn't screwed in, wires run rampant, and she's living in a fire hazard."Obviously all this stuff needs to be r
  
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• Police chief: 'A lot of concerns' after shooting of deaf man

  21-09-2017 17:01
  OKLAHOMA CITY - The police chief of Oklahoma City says he plans to meet with advocates for the hearing- and speech-impaired following the fatal shooting of a deaf man.  Police Chief Bill Citty said Thursday that the fatal shooting of 35-year-old Magdiel Sanchez has raised "a lot of concerns" about training for officer interaction with people who have hearing or speech problems.  Citty says officers who responded to a hit-and-run accident Tuesday night encount
  
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• Four-year-old shoots self while reaching for candy in grandma's purse

  21-09-2017 15:32
  TAMPA, Fla. - A 4-year-old Florida girl has died after accidentally pulling the trigger of a gun when she reached into her grandmother's purse for candy.  Yanelly "Nelly" Zoller died Sept. 14 at the Tampa home of her grandparents, Michael and Christie Zoller.  Her 22-year-old father Shane Zoller told the Tampa Bay Times on Wednesday that she just wanted candy.  Tampa police told the newspaper they are investigating the case, but have no reas
  
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• MISSING: 16-year-old girl last seen in Denham Springs

  21-09-2017 14:36
  LIVINGSTON PARISH- Louisiana State Police have issued a Level II Endangered Missing Child Advisory on behalf of the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office for a missing 16-year-old girl.Authorities say the teen was last seen at 7:10 p.m. Friday in the 20000 block of Saun Drive in Denham Springs.The girl, Mackenzie Pape, is described as a white female with dirty blonde wavy/straight medium length hair. She is said to be 5'3'' and weighs 120 pounds. She was last seen wearin
  
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• Economy split in Louisiana cities in 2016

  21-09-2017 14:12
  NEW ORLEANS- Louisiana's eight metropolitan areas included two of the nation's fastest growing economies and two of its fastest shrinking in 2016.Lake Charles' economy grew 8.1 percent, fastest in the nation according to numbers released Wednesday by the U.S. Commerce Department. That growth was boosted by nondurable goods manufacturing, tied to oil and chemical refining. Alexandria grew 7 percent, fourth fastest nationwide, boosted by natural resources and mining, a sector including oil and ga
  
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• EBRSO: 44-year-old has sex with runaway teen, drops her off at gas station

  21-09-2017 14:10
  BATON ROUGE - Authorities have arrested a man after he allegedly had sex with a 15-year-old girl and then left her at a West Baton Rouge gas station.According to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office, 44-year-old Jermaine Booker was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly had sex with the runaway teen and then drove her to a gas station in the trunk of his car.Deputies say Booker met the victim at an apartment complex in July and brought her to a local motel. There, deputies say he had s
  
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• Man arrested for stabbing roommate in the head after argument over rent

  21-09-2017 13:46
  COVINGTON- Officers from the Covington Police Department responded to a stabbing Thursday night after two men got into a argument over rent.Officers responded to a residence in the 500 block of East Magee Street at 11: 15 p.m. At the scene, officers found multiple subjects outside the residence, including the victim. The victim was suffering from a stab wound to the head.Witnesses at the scene identified the person who stabbed the victim as Timothy Logan. Authorities say the two men had reporte
  
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• Students taken to hospital after school bus crash in Hammond

  21-09-2017 13:22
  HAMMOND - A school official says multiple people were hospitalized after a crash involving a school bus Thursday morning.According to Superintendent Mark Kowle says the crash happened around 7 a.m. Thursday on Airport Road. The bus was carrying about 42 Hammond High students at the time of the crash.The superintendent says a 'handful' of people were taken to the hospital, however the injuries did not appear to be serious.The rest of the students were taken to school. 
  
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• Multiple taken to hospital after school bus crash in Hammond

  21-09-2017 13:22
  HAMMOND - Authorities say multiple people were hospitalized after a crash involving a school bus Thursday morning.According to Superintendent Mark Kowle says the crash happened around 7 a.m. Thursday on Airport Road. The bus was carrying about 42 Hammond High students at the time of the crash.The superintendent says a 'handful' of people were taken to the hospital, however the injuries did not appear to be serious.The rest of the students were taken to school. Permali
  
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• Trump talks North Korea, signs new order

  21-09-2017 13:14
  NEW YORK - President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are discussing the ongoing crisis with North Korea.  Trump and Abe met Thursday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.  Trump praised Abe for "doing a great job for Japan" and then said they had "discussed in great detail" the threat posed by North Korea's nuclear weapons program.  Abe, through a translator, echoed the president and said that pressure
  
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• Police: 5-year-old struck, killed while crossing street Wednesday

  21-09-2017 13:08
  DENHAM SPRINGS - Police say a young child was fatally struck by a vehicle while crossing the street Wednesday.According to the Denham Springs Police Department, 5-year-old Malachai Rushing had just gotten food from an ice cream truck when he tried to cross Maryland Street. Police say Rushing stepped out from behind the truck and into the path of an oncoming Toyota Tundra. Rushing was later pronounced dead.Police do not suspect that the driver was speeding or impaired,
  
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• Louisiana House leader: Surplus should refill rainy day fund

  21-09-2017 13:07
  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's House speaker wants to use the lion's share of a $100 million-plus state surplus expected from the last budget year to repay the "rainy day" fund, which was used during the year to pay agency expenses.  Lawmakers took $99 million from the fund, rather than make deep cuts, to plug an anticipated budget gap in the 2016-17 financial year that ended June 30. But apparently the income forecast for that year had been too conservative.  A s
  
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• Child hit, injured at Baton Rouge bus stop Thursday morning

  21-09-2017 12:20
  BATON ROUGE – An elementary student was hit by a car while trying to get on a school bus Thursday morning.The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office said the 11-year-old was crossing the street to board the bus when he was struck by a vehicle. The child suffered minor injuries in the crash and is expected to recover.The car ran the stop arms of a bus in the Woodlawn area. Authorities told WBRZ, the bus was stopped on Antioch near Woodlawn Acres with its lights flashing when the driver pass
  
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• Child hit, injured at Baton Rouge bus stop this morning

  21-09-2017 12:20
  BATON ROUGE – An elementary student was hit by a car while trying to get on a school bus Thursday morning.The child was slightly injured, but will fully recover, sources said.A car ran the stop arms of a bus in the Woodlawn area. Authorities told WBRZ, the bus was stopped on Antioch near Woodlawn Acres with its lights flashing when the driver passed the bus and hit the child.As of this post, there was no information released about charges against the driver of the vehicle.************
  
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• Trump vows more sanctions over North Korea's nuclear buildup

  21-09-2017 12:10
  NEW YORK- President Donald Trump says the U.S. will impose additional sanctions on North Korea over the communist country's nuclear weapons buildup.Asked Thursday about new punishment for the North, Trump said: "We will be putting more sanctions on North Korea."Trump told the U.N. General Assembly this week that the U.S. will have no choice but to "totally destroy" North Korea if the North continues to threaten the U.S. and its allies, including Asian neighbors South Korea and Japan.Trump spoke
  
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• Concerns over outdated flood maps prompt possible building moratorium in EBR

  21-09-2017 09:25
  BATON ROUGE - Amid concerns of outdated flood maps governing building codes in East Baton Rouge, Metro Councilman Buddy Amoroso is looking to place a moratorium on subdivisions and rezoning for developments with property larger than about an acre.Specifically, Amoroso seeks to temporarily ban developments with a property that exceeds 50,000-square-feet. An acre is about 43,000. The moratorium would be for properties in flood zones A, AE, AH, and AO and not apply to plans on property zoned PUD,
  
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• One confirmed dead in early morning crash on Highway 959

  21-09-2017 09:23
  EAST FELICIANA- Authorities are working the scene of a deadly crash that took place this morning.Louisiana State Police say a driver ran into the back of a log truck, and they have confirmed one person is dead.The accident took place on Highway 959 just west of McKnight Road in East Feliciana Parish.Permalink| Comments
  
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• 62-year-old killed after crashing into log truck on Highway 959

  21-09-2017 09:23
  EAST FELICIANA- Authorities are working the scene of a deadly crash that took place this morning.Louisiana State Police say a 62-year-old Roy Tate of Clinton was traveling southbound on Highway 959 when he crashed into the back of a log truck. Tate was pronounced dead at the scene.The accident took place just west of McKnight Road in East Feliciana Parish.Impairment is not suspected to be a factor in the crash but a toxicology sample will be taken from both drivers fo
  
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• Off-duty Slidell PD officer killed in motorcycle accident

  21-09-2017 08:35
  SLIDELL- Louisiana State Police are investigating a crash that took the life of an off-duty Slidell Police Department officer.Slidell Police Lieutenant Ray Dupuy was killed in a motorcycle accident late Wednesday afternoon.Slidell Police Chief Randy Fandal described Dupuy as “a dedicated public servant who served and protected the citizens of Slidell for over two decades.”Authorities say drivers should be vigilant and watch for motorcycles while driving. They say in many cas
  
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• Child hit in face by foul ball at New York Yankees game

  21-09-2017 07:56
  BRONX, New York- A 2-year-old girl was hit in the face with a 105 mile-an-hour foul ball at Yankee Stadium during a New York Yankees game Wednesday afternoon."She's doing alright, just uh keep her in your thoughts," the victim's father said.The foul ball went off the bat of Todd Frazier.Here is a video of Frazier after the little girl was hit.Little girl hit by a line drive at #Yankees game. Todd Frazier looked really shaken up by the incident. Scary moments pic.twitter.com/1vJ5lZmYg4&
  
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• Jimmy Kimmel ramps up battle against GOP health care bill

  21-09-2017 07:31
  LOS ANGELES- Jimmy Kimmel used his late-night platform to continue his assault on the GOP health care bill, firing back at critics including U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy and "Fox & Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade.The ABC star on Wednesday was following up on his monologue from Tuesday, when he said the bill Cassidy is co-sponsoring in failed the "Jimmy Kimmel test," a phrase Cassidy coined in May after Kimmel announced his newborn son underwent heart surgery for a birth defect.The Louisiana Repub
  
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• Woman's body found in garbage bags in New Orleans

  21-09-2017 07:24
  NEW ORLEANS- Authorities in Louisiana say a woman's body has been found wrapped in garbage bags.News outlets report the unidentified woman's body was found in New Orleans on Sept. 19 around 5 p.m.New Orleans police spokesman Aaron Looney says detectives found the body in the grass near the corner of Chef Menteur Highway and Old Gentilly Road while responding to a call concerning possible human remains.The NOPD and the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office would not say whether the body appeared to ha
  
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• Woman's body found in garbage bags in Louisiana

  21-09-2017 07:24
  NEW ORLEANS- Authorities in Louisiana say a woman's body has been found wrapped in garbage bags.News outlets report the unidentified woman's body was found in New Orleans on Sept. 19 around 5 p.m.New Orleans police spokesman Aaron Looney says detectives found the body in the grass near the corner of Chef Menteur Highway and Old Gentilly Road while responding to a call concerning possible human remains.The NOPD and the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office would not say whether the body appeared to ha
  
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• Trump to look at even stricter cap on refugees

  21-09-2017 06:49
  WASHINGTON- President Donald Trump is expected to turn his attention in coming days to U.S. refugee policy.He's got until the end of next week to decide how many refugees to admit in the budget year that starts Oct. 1.He's already slashed the refugee cap once. He's now weighing even further limits. Cabinet officials are divided on that question.The Homeland Security Department has been pushing for a reduction from the 50,000 cap set by Trump earlier this year.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Louisiana man arrested; failed to pay state sales tax

  21-09-2017 06:30
  BATON ROUGE- A Louisiana man faces felony charges for an alleged fraud scheme that cost the state thousands of dollars in sales taxes.The Louisiana Department of Revenue, in a news release Wednesday, said Melvin J. Ziegler, Jr., owner of Cash Control Systems, LLC, failed to remit about $121,396 in state sales taxes that he collected on equipment sales between January 2011 and September 2015.Ziegler was arrested Wednesday on a charge of criminal penalty for failing to account for state tax monie
  
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• Next New Orleans FBI head coming from Intelligence section

  21-09-2017 06:21
  NEW ORLEANS- An official in the FBI's directorate of intelligence will be the next head of the FBI's New Orleans office.A news release Wednesday said Eric Rommal has been a deputy assistant director in the intelligence directorate since 2016.He will report to New Orleans in November, when Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey Sallet takes over the Chicago field office. Sallet has been in New Orleans since 2015.Rommal joined the FBI in 1997 in the Savannah resident agency of the Atlanta Division.The F
  
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• Woman accused of stealing IDs to get $150K in FEMA money

  21-09-2017 06:15
  BATBATON ROUGE- A Louisiana woman is accused of using stolen IDs to apply for $150,000 in disaster unemployment assistance after the August 2016 floods in Louisiana.The U.S. Attorney's Office in Baton Rouge says a federal grand jury indicted 47-year-old Renata Foreman of Independence on six counts Wednesday, including wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.The indictment alleges that she obtained identity information from about 62 people and used three stolen IDs to submit about 55 fraudulent
  
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