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• Wardrobe malfunction leads to suspect's arrest

  21-10-2017 20:47
  GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga- A Georgia felony suspect tried to make a run for it, but her pants kept her from escaping an arrest.WSB reported that Dayana Maldonado tried to escape police, after authorities scanned her license plate and discovered she was wanted on several charges. When police tried to stop Maldonado's vehicle, she sped off into a bus maintenance yard, exited her vehicle and tried to flee on foot. Police captured the suspect
  
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• Toddler in critical condition after hit by car, man arrested

  21-10-2017 19:01
  BATON ROUGE - A toddler was transported from the scene of an accident after she was hit by a car, an EBRSO spokesperson told WBRZ Saturday.According to sources, the 18-month-old was hit by a vehicle in the 6700 block of Perimeter Drive.An East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office spokesperson confirmed Barry Laphand was charged with first degree vehicular negligent injuring. They say he was backing out a driveway when he ran over the child, acknowledging he had consumed alcohol before driving.
  
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• Toddler in critical condition after hit by car

  21-10-2017 19:01
  BATON ROUGE - A toddler was transported from the scene of an accident after they were hit by a car, an EBRSO spokesperson told WBRZ Saturday.According to sources, the 18-month-old was hit by a vehicle in the 6700 block of Perimeter Drive.The toddler was transported in "very critical" condition.This is a developing story. Check back for details.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Baton Rouge man accused of sexually assaulting, robbing ex-girlfriend

  21-10-2017 17:03
  BATON ROUGE- A man was charged with multiple misdemeanors and felonies after he allegedly locked his ex-girlfriend out of her bedroom when she refused to have sex with him. Brandon Baham, 24, took his ex-girlfriend's cell phone and locked her out of her bedroom after she refused to have sex with him. When Baham allowed her back into the room, he hit the victim in the face with a bag of Cheetos after she asked him to leave her home a second time. Acco
  
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• Students narrowly escape school bus fire

  21-10-2017 15:03
  CHARLOTTE, NC - Over a dozen high school students narrowly escaped a fire after their bus exploded on the ride home. South Mecklenburg High School students were riding home from school Thursday afternoon when the bus driver heard a clicking sound. When the driver started to smell smoke, he ordered all the children off right before the front of the bus burst into flames. One of the students, Timoni Rushing told ABC News she was terrified during the incident.&a
  
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• Explosion at Mississippi shipyard leaves employee critical

  21-10-2017 14:33
  PASCAGOULA, Miss. - An employee at a Mississippi shipyard has been hurt after an explosion at the facility.  WLOX-TV reports the incident at Ingalls in Pascagoula happened Friday morning.  Ingalls spokesman Bill Glenn says a shipfitter was performing hot work in a unit when the incident happened about 8:30 a.m. Family members tell the television station the employee suffered wounds over 78 percent of his body. Glenn says the employee has been transported to U
  
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• President Trump to release never before seen JFK assassination files

  21-10-2017 14:21
  WASHINGTON D.C.- President Donald Trump announced that he will allow the release of classified FBI documents about the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy.The classified JFK documents were scheduled to be released on Oct. 26, but it was unclear whether Trump would allow their publication. In a tweet this morning, Trump announced that he would not stand in the way of the release if no other information surfaced. Subject to the receipt of further information, I will be allowin
  
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• Family of slain Glen Oaks student questions his death

  21-10-2017 13:57
  BATON ROUGE- One day after the death of Carl Lovely, family and friends told WBRZ they want justice.Carl Lovely was found gunned down in a park near Glen Oaks High School late Thursday night. The family said they found the 17-year-old's belongings scattered around the park when they went searching for clues. Lovely's mother, Leanne Mizell, told WBRZ she still can't believe her son is gone. "I keep looking out my door thinking he's coming home, and he
  
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• Family of slain Glen Oaks student question his death

  21-10-2017 13:57
  BATON ROUGE- One day after the death of Carl Lovely, family and friends told WBRZ they want justice.Carl Lovely was found gunned down in a park near Glen Oaks High School late Thursday night. The family said they found the 17-year-old's belongings scattered around the park when they went searching for clues. Lovely's mother, Leanne Mizell, told WBRZ she still can't believe her son is gone. "I keep looking out my door thinking he's coming home, and he
  
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• Mississippi could sue solar panel maker that owes $74.8M

  21-10-2017 13:26
  JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi officials are considering whether to sue a solar panel maker that recently announced it will be closing its Hattiesburg plant.  Mississippi Development Authority spokeswoman Tammy Craft says the authority has referred the case to Attorney General Jim Hood for action, a step the agency has taken previously when talks between a company and the state break down.  Stion spokesman Frank Yang says the company owes Mississippi the entire
  
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• Trump celebrates IS defeat in Raqqa

  21-10-2017 13:07
  STERLING, Va. - President Donald Trump says the end of the Islamic State "is in sight" after the militant group was driven out of Raqqa, its self-declared capital in Syria.  Trump says in a statement that the recapture of Raqqa by the Syrian Democratic Forces is "a critical breakthrough in our worldwide campaign to defeat ISIS."  He says it'll soon be time to transition to a new phase in which the U.S. will continue to support local security forces and "advan
  
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• LSU gets grant to study exercise in drinkers with HIV/AIDS

  21-10-2017 13:00
  NEW ORLEANS - An LSU Health professor has $390,000 to study whether exercise can help avert insulin resistance, pre-diabetes and other metabolic disorders in heavy drinkers with HIV.  Louisiana State University Health New Orleans says the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism awarded the two-year grant to Dr. Patricia Molina, head of physiology.  HIV infection once almost always became full-blown AIDS, which is usually fatal.  A
  
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• Deadline near for flood aid program for Louisiana businesses

  21-10-2017 12:29
  BATON ROUGE - The deadline is approaching for small businesses impacted by last year's floods to apply for interest-free, partially forgivable recovery loans.  The Restore Louisiana Small Business Program, financed by federal aid dollars, won't take applications beyond Oct. 31.  Loans range from $10,000 to $150,000 for small businesses and nonprofits in the 51 parishes that had damage from the March and August 2016 floods. Twenty percent of the loan is forgiv
  
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• 20 years for New Orleans man in cocaine trafficking case

  21-10-2017 12:27
  NEW ORLEANS - A New Orleans man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on federal charges involving cocaine trafficking.  Acting U.S. Attorney Duane Evans says in a news release that 40-year-old Lazandy Daniels was sentenced Thursday after his conviction in a three-day trial.  Daniels was found guilty of charges including conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Evans says Daniels was involved in a conspiracy with a Houston cocaine supplier. The scheme involved sh
  
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• Five living ex-presidents attend Texas hurricane relief concert

  21-10-2017 12:26
  AUSTIN, Texas - All five living former U.S. presidents are attending a concert in a Texas college town, raising money for relief efforts from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria's devastation in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.  Democrats Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter and Republicans George H.W. and George W. Bush are putting aside politics during a show featuring country music band Alabama in College Station on Saturday night. &
  
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• Early morning fire destroyed BR business

  21-10-2017 09:48
  BATON ROUGE – An electrical fire destroyed a convenience store overnight.Firefighters found flames shooting from the roof of the Z Food Mart on N Sherwood Forest north of Florida around 5 o'clock Saturday morning. Fire crews were able to control the fire and extinguish it but not before flames tore through the business.Investigators said the fire started around the front of the building.  *********************Follow the publisher of this post on Twitter: @treyschmaltzPermalin
  
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