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• Tenant wants out of lease after multiple flooding mishaps

  13-10-2017 17:14
  BATON ROUGE - There's a lot to look over when you sign a lease on an apartment but one woman says she's got to go no matter what she signed. She claims the landlord has been irresponsible when it comes to maintaining a safe living environment.When you walk in Tammy Bordelon's apartment, it appears normal. As you walk around she tells a story that might have you squirming."This entire room was wet," she said.A carpet drying fan was recently turned off and the carpet's been shampooed and dried. E
  
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• LSU pays tribute to football legend Y.A. Tittle in Tiger Stadium locker room

  13-10-2017 17:08
  BATON ROUGE - The LSU football team has revealed a special tribute to football legend Y.A. Tittle following ahead of this weekend's match-up against Auburn.The LSU Football Facebook page shared photos of a locker dedicated to Tittle in the home team's locker room. The locker comes complete with authentic recreation of the jersey, helmet and cleats Tittle wore in the 1940s.Tittle passed away Sunday night at the age of 90.He was a two-time All-SEC quarterback for the Ti
  
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• Police: Man arrested for following woman, fondling himself at LSU library

  13-10-2017 16:46
  BATON ROUGE - Police arrested a man Wednesday after he allegedly followed a woman into an LSU library and began inappropriately touching himself.LSU Police responded to Middleton Library Sunday after receiving a report of a woman being stalked on campus. The victim told police she had been walking just outside of the library when she walked past a man, later identified as 20-year-old Brendan Price, who appeared to be fondling himself. She says she he
  
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• Ex-New Orleans mayor asks judge to throw out corruption conviction

  13-10-2017 16:35
  NEW ORLEANS - Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has asked a federal judge to throw out his corruption conviction, citing a recent Supreme Court decision making it more difficult to convict public officials of bribery.Acting as his own attorney, Nagin filed a motion Wednesday "to vacate, set aside or correct" his 10-year sentence for bribery, "honest-services" wire fraud, conspiracy to commit bribery and money laundering and filing false tax returns.  Nagin argues tha
  
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• Crews respond to house fire on Sherwood Street

  13-10-2017 15:45
  BATON ROUGE - Firefighter are responding to a house fire on Sherwood Street Friday.The fire was reported around 3:30 p.m. Friday in the 4400 block of Sherwood Street. Little information is available at this time.A News 2 unit is on the scene.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.Permalink| Comments
  
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• District erases 'To Kill a Mockingbird' from lesson plan

  13-10-2017 15:15
  BILOXI, Miss. - 'To Kill a Mockingbird' is being removed from a junior-high reading list in a Mississippi school district.  The Sun Herald reports that Biloxi administrators pulled the novel from the 8th-grade curriculum this week. School board vice president Kenny Holloway says the district received complaints that some of the book's language "makes people uncomfortable."  Published in 1960, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee deals with racial in
  
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• Two teens arrested after local high school student shot with BB gun

  13-10-2017 14:37
  BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office says two teens were arrested after it received reports of a student being shot with a BB gun at Istrouma High School Friday morning. According to the sheriff's office, the EBRSO School Drug Task Force responded to the school around 11:23 a.m. Friday. There, officers discovered that a female student had been shot with a BB gun sometime this morning.Investigators learned the incident occurred on a school bus as student
  
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• WANTED: Thieves swipe wallet at Livingston Parish restaurant, go on spending spree

  13-10-2017 14:07
  DENHAM SPRINGS - Authorities are seeking thieves who were seen stealing a wallet from an unsuspecting victim's purse before immediately going on a spending spree.According to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office, the theft occurred around 6 p.m. Saturday. Investigators examined surveillance footage which showed the theft at a Livingston Parish restaurant. The sheriff's office says three suspects, a man and two women, can be seen taking a seat behind the victim. After
  
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• Louisiana sends thousands of donations to hurricane victims in Puerto Rico

  13-10-2017 13:59
  BATON ROUGE - Governor John Bel Edwards says the state of Louisiana is responsible for sending 100 pallets of donated goods to victims of Hurricane Maria.The governor thanked residents across the state in a release Friday, saying that Louisiana was responsible for sending hundreds of thousands of diapers, baby wipes, and other essential items.Parishes across the state have been collecting items for the past two weeks in an effort to assist Hurricane Maria survivors struggling
  
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• WATCH: Woman car-jacked while pumping gas; good Samaritan stops thief

  13-10-2017 13:43
  ALLEN PARK, MI- Police in Michigan are seeking a suspect after a thief attempted to car-jack a woman while she was pumping gas.Michigan authorities released a surveillance video of the attempted theft this past week. The video shows the man walking up to the victim's vehicle as she pumped gas. The suspect then hopped into the car and fired up the engine.As he attempted to drive away, the woman jumped into the passenger seat of the vehicle and tried to stop him.The suspect got all the w
  
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• Ex-Miss Kentucky USA fights prison search before drug arrest

  13-10-2017 13:21
  LIMA, Ohio - The attorney for a former Miss Kentucky USA who's accused of smuggling drugs into an Ohio prison says she shouldn't have been searched.  Authorities say 28-year-old Kia Hampton, of Louisville, Kentucky, was found with a balloon filled with marijuana at the prison in Lima in late May.  Her attorney argued Thursday that authorities shouldn't have been given a warrant that allowed the strip search.  The Lima News reports a prison i
  
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• KKK leader denied bail for firing weapon at Virginia rally

  13-10-2017 13:15
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A Baltimore Ku Klux Klan leader charged with firing a pistol during a violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville has been denied bail despite his claim that he acted in self-defense.  Richard Wilson Preston is accused of firing a weapon within 1,000 feet of a school during the August rally.  The Daily Progress reports Preston told a judge Thursday that he drew his pistol twice: first when he was threatened by a man he thought wa
  
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• 2nd grader stabbed by knife he took on school bus Friday morning

  13-10-2017 12:44
  BATON ROUGE – A nine-year-old was stabbed on a school bus Friday morning, WBRZ has learned.The boy's mother said a copy of the incident reported suggested her son had a knife in his backpack and while on the bus, another student was able to take it and stabbed her son in the leg. The boy had minor injuries. He was taken to the hospital.According to the mother, the students attend Up Elementary, a charter school not associated with the public school district. The school expelled the ch
  
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• Jones Creek residents against proposed subdivision, developer requests extension

  13-10-2017 12:41
  BATON ROUGE - Acres of land in the Jones Creek neighborhood adjacent to the Country Manor subdivision have been the topic of controversy between residents who live there and a developer who wants to build hundreds of homes. A fight over the land started months ago, when a developer proposed the Lakes at Jones Creek subdivision and many neighbors were completely against it.Jackie Harsch enjoys living in her quiet neighborhood and is opposed to the development because of her fea
  
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• Homeless man shot and killed while cleaning parking lot Friday morning

  13-10-2017 12:37
  UPDATE: Police have identified the victim in this morning's shooting as 51-year-old Leonard Williams. Police say he was shot multiple times while cleaning the parking lot.*****BATON ROUGE – One person died in an overnight shooting, Baton Rouge Police revealed Friday.The name of the victim has not been released. Police were still investigating the shooting as of this post.Gunfire left the person dead around 1 o'clock Friday morning at Cousin's Food Mart on Airline Highway near
  
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• As LSU prepares for Auburn, fans see lower tailgating turnout

  13-10-2017 12:31
  BATON ROUGE- Those gathering around Tiger Stadium Friday night for tailgating, say they've noticed lower turnout for pre-game activities."It's been a late arriving crowd, tailgater Charles Smith said. "The crowds in the stadium have been marginal at best and if you look online you see there's a lot of tickets still for sale."Some blame LSU's disastrous homecoming game against Troy University two weeks ago."LSU has some young players so hopefully they get some discipline," said tailgater Callie
  
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• Firefighters notice smoke, find house on fire in Ogden Park

  13-10-2017 09:01
  BATON ROUGE - Firefighters stumbled upon a house fire after leaving another call Friday morning.Firefighters noticed smoke and found a home on Ogden Drive across from Baton Rouge High ablaze.  Firefighters said there was heavy fire on the first floor of the two-story home.They quickly got the fire under control.The homeowner was able to escape unharmed.The cause is undetermined.Permalink| Comments
  
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• 2 dead, 10 injured in attempted NC prison break

  13-10-2017 06:39
  Two prison employees were killed and 10 others hospitalized with injuries after an attempted prison break in North Carolina, officials said.The North Carolina Department of Public Safety on Thursday night identified the fatalities as correctional officer Justin Smith, 35, who provided security in the Correction Enterprises Specialty Sewing Plant. He had worked as a correctional officer since 2012. The other fatality was correction enterprises manager Veronica Darden, 50, who supervised inmates
  
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• Little known condition sweeping the country today

  13-10-2017 05:15
  While there are numerous accounts through history as to why Friday the 13th is feared, there is no doubting that the fear is real. It even has a name—friggatriskaidekaphobia or paraskevidekatriaphobia. The origins of those two words are both Norse and Greek. “Frigg” is the origin of Friday and the Norse goddess of wisdom. “Triskaideka” is the greek word for 13. “Paraskevi” translates to Friday in Greek and &ldquo
  
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• NOPD officer shot and killed Friday morning

  13-10-2017 04:31
  NEW ORLEANS - An NOPD officer was shot and killed by a suspect following a stop in New Orleans East around midnight Friday.The incident occurred near the intersection of Tara Lane and Lake Forest Boulevard."Our officer has expired," said Superintendent Michael Harrison. The name of the officer has not been released. "This hurts. I can't begin to tell you how much this hurts."
  Harrison said four officers made an observation that caused them to exit the police vehicle when a suspect opened fire,
  
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• New Orleans officer killed Friday, leaves wife, 2 kids

  13-10-2017 04:31
  NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans police say the officer shot and killed while on patrol early Friday was 29 years old and leaves a wife and two children, aged 5 and 2.He's identified as Officer Marcus McNeil, a three-year veteran assigned since July 2015 to the eastern New Orleans district where he was killed.  Police Superintendent Michael Harrison said at a 3:30 a.m. news conference that McNeil was shot when he and three other officers on routine patrol got out of their ca
  
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