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• 3-year-old dies after shooting in St. Martin Parish

  02-11-2017 21:58
  ARNAUDVILLE - Deputies are investigating a shooting that left a 3-year-old dead.According to a St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office spokesperson, the shooting occurred in the 1000 block of Kennedy Drive around 7:20 p.m.A 3-year-old male victim was airlifted from the scene to a local hospital and was listed in critical condition. Deputies announced around 10:30 p.m. the child had passed away.An investigating into the shooting is ongoing.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Firefighters on scene of house fire on Lula Avenue

  02-11-2017 21:44
  BATON ROUGE - Firefighters responded to a fire at a home on Lula Avenue Thursday evening.The fire was reported around 9:30 p.m. around the 2800 block of Lula Avenue.Smoke could be seen coming from the top of the home.Details are limited at this time.WBRZ News 2 has a crew on scene.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Louisiana lottery says $5,000 winning ticket expires soon

  02-11-2017 20:45
  BATON ROUGE - Time is running short for the person holding a $5,000 winning Louisiana lottery ticket to get the prize.
   The Louisiana Lottery Corp. said Thursday that no one has stepped up to claim the Mega Millions prize won during a June 9 drawing. That winning lottery ticket was purchased at the Tiger Truck Stop in Gross Tete.
   Winners have to come forward within 180 days after a drawing. The prize will expire Dec. 6 at 5 p.m.
   Lottery President Rose Hudson said th
  
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• Victim stabbed in the leg on Geronimo Street

  02-11-2017 20:27
  BATON ROUGE - Paramedics responded to a reported stabbing on Geronimo Street Thursday evening.Sources tell WBRZ the victim was stabbed in the leg. They said the victim's injuries "didn't sound bad."This is a developing story. Check back for updates.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Female victim injured in Port Allen stabbing

  02-11-2017 20:14
  PORT ALLEN - Emergency crews responded to a reported stabbing on South 12th Street Thursday evening.The stabbing was reported around 8 p.m. near South 12th Street and Avenue B.Officers on scene told WBRZ the victim was female. Her condition was unknown, but crews said she was stable.It was unclear whether anyone was taken into custody.Details are limited at this time.WBRZ News 2 has a crew on scene.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Anthony Daisy sworn in as interim mayor of New Roads

  02-11-2017 19:28
  NEW ROADS - Anthony Daisy was sworn is as interim mayor of New Roads Wednesday, following former mayor Robert Myer's resignation earlier in the month.Daisy previously acted as mayor pro-tem before entering the new position. He will act as mayor until the end of 2018.Myer took a plea and quit amid malfeasance in office charges. He was the second consecutive mayor to be indicted on public corruption charges."We're looking to move forward with that and come up with strategies, ideas, and suggestio
  
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• Report: Retired veteran declines award at Saints game; says award 'tainted' by NFL actions

  02-11-2017 18:23
  NEW ORLEANS – A retired Navy officer set to be honored at a Saints game Sunday declined the award, citing controversy over the National Anthem at football games.According to a report from WWL, former Commander John Wells, a disabled veteran and Executive Director of Military Veterans Advocacy, said he could not accept the Peoples Health Champion Award while protests are continuing at NFL games. Wells made the announcement in a released Thursday."Although I am touched and hono
  
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• Thousands expected to visit St. John Paul II relic at Christ the King Church

  02-11-2017 17:53
  BATON ROUGE- Thousands are flocking to LSU's campus to see a relic of St. John Paul II is at Christ the King Catholic Church..For the next three days worshippers can visit the relic of St. John Paul II. The traveling relic is a white and gold book of the gospel containing some of the pope's blood.Thousands of people are expected to gather and pray around the relic.The next stop for the relic will be Holy Rosary Catholic Church in St. Amant.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Catfishing schemes and what to look out for

  02-11-2017 17:37
  BATON ROUGE - It's a scam that involves tricking someone into a relationship online for financial gain."They're looking for money," said Donna Hoven. "They make their living this way by stealing money from innocent people."Catfishing is when online predators pretend to be someone else and hide behind someone else's identity. It's something Hoven says she's been learning about first hand since she says a catfisher friended her on Facebook."It took him about three days to tell me that he loved me
  
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• Gas station surveillance shows kidnapped woman escaping trunk of car

  02-11-2017 15:23
  CLANTON, AL- Surveillance video shows a kidnapped woman's harrowing escape from the trunk of her captor's vehicle while stopped at a gas station. According to the Chilton County Sheriff's Office, the woman was asleep at home when an intruder, identified as Timothy Wyatt, entered her house around 2:30 a.m. The victim claims Wyatt got on top of her and started choking her. He then demanded money, tied her hands behind her back, and forced her into a blue Ford Taurus.Dep
  
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• Sign changes at top of former Shaw building

  02-11-2017 14:54
  BATON ROUGE – The sign atop the high-rise building off Essen Lane near I-10 has changed.It's the third time in the building's history the fixture at the top has been removed and a new one added. Now, a rectangle sign recognizes the building's new tenant – Aptim, an asset company focusing on power, industrial, oil and gas, commercial and government operations. Originally, the Shaw letters hung from the top and then CB&I after it acquired the Baton Rouge-based Fortune 500
  
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• Boil water advisory issued for parts of Hammond

  02-11-2017 14:39
  HAMMOND - The Tangipahoa Water District has issued a temporary boil order for parts of Hammond Thursday. Officials issued the order due to a line break and a loss in water pressure. Samples will be taken to the Department of Health for testing and residents should be given an update by Friday.Until then, the boil advisory is in effect for the following areas: Happywood Rd to Billville Rd, including General Ott Estates, Robinwood Subdivision, Victoria Oaks Subdivision and Jeffe
  
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• Officials considering lower speed limit along Lodbell Blvd.

  02-11-2017 14:36
  BATON ROUGE- Soon, the speed limited could be lowered along a busy stretch of roadway in Baton Rouge.It's on Lobdell Boulevard from Greenwell Springs to Florida. Right now, the speed limit is 50, but the city wants it down to 40 or 45 miles per hour.Currently, there's construction on the road as the asphalt is redone. Once that is finished, traffic engineers will start gathering data they need to decide on the speed limit change.Someone who supports the change is Sidney Lewis."Yeah 50 is too fa
  
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• Campus police investigate pellet gun incidents at Southern University

  02-11-2017 13:58
  BATON ROUGE – Southern University warned students and others about possible pellet gun incidents where at least three people received minor injuries recently.Police posted on its crime report site HERE, a student was hurt Wednesday around 1:30 in the morning. Two others were hurt Sunday, police said. Specifics about what happened were not released.Each incident happened in the north campus residential area.“Security and patrols have been increased throughout the campus to en
  
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• EBRSO headquarters moved due to flooding

  02-11-2017 13:57
  EAST BATON ROUGE- The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office headquarters has moved out of it's flooded building.The headquarters closed Wednesday due to severe flooding as a result of a busted main pipe. The flooded building is located at 9800 Jimmy Wedell Drive.A sheriff's office spokesperson says repairs could take months.EBRSO criminal and traffic records will be available for the public to purchase beginning tomorrow at 222 St. Louis on the second floor of th
  
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• Former middle school coach convicted in rape and killing of 10-year-old Missouri girl

  02-11-2017 13:53
  SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A former middle school football coach was found guilty on Thursday of snatching a 10-year-old girl from a quiet Missouri neighborhood in front of horrified witnesses and then raping and killing her.Jurors convicted Craig Wood of first-degree murder in the February 2014 death of Hailey Owens. Jurors will hear more arguments before deciding whether to recommend the death sentence.Wood’s attorney, Patrick Berrigan, didn’t dispute that Wood killed Ha
  
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• Groups want protections restored for Louisiana black bear

  02-11-2017 13:50
  NEW ORLEANS- Some environmental groups say they plan legal action to force federal officials to return the Louisiana black bear back to a list of threatened species.Officials announced removal of the bear from the list in March 2016 - a move opposed by some conservationists.The Washington-based Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility released copies Thursday of its letter to the Interior Department, announcing plans to sue unless the department's Fish and Wildlife Service restores fed
  
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• Police officer dresses as Batman to surprise students on Halloween

  02-11-2017 13:40
  SPOKANE, WA - A policeman surprised students at an elementary school when he showed up dressed as Batman, complete with a cop car disguised as the Batmobile.Officer Scott Hice with the Spokane Police Department spent all weekend decorating his patrol car with his dad. He even cut out Batman logos to make it look realistic for the children.Hice surprised 6th-graders at Whitman Elementary who graduated from a gang-resistance education program on Halloween. When the other grades heard the news tha
  
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• No canal yet, but we'll get bridges for the Comite Diversion Canal soon

  02-11-2017 13:29
  BATON ROUGE – A huge step toward anything resembling a canal will be made soon, officials expect, when three groups agree to fund bridge work for roads that travel over the future Comite River Diversion Canal.The Amite River Basin Commission – the agency in charge of the long-delayed and ever-controversial project to move flood water from the Comite to the Mississippi – is working on a financial agreement that also involves the Army Corps and the La. DOTD. The thre
  
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• Central drainage project surpasses halfway mark

  02-11-2017 13:19
  CENTRAL - Local officials say the City of Central is more than halfway through its efforts to curtail flooding in the area.According to the city website, six of the nine planned work packages have been completed as of this week. Work on parts of Sanders Bayou, Draughan Creek, Beaver Bayou, and Shoe Creek have been completed. Crews are now working on Blackwater Bayou and the remainder of Beaver Bayou.The project began back in August and may be completed ahead of schedule, before the end
  
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• Northshore teacher admits to biting 2-year-old student's face

  02-11-2017 13:17
  COVINGTON - A teacher at a St. Tammany Parish private school was arrested Wednesday after she allegedly bit down on a small child's face.According to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office, 28-year-old Heather Marcotte is charged with felony cruelty to a juvenile after the incident.The sheriff's office says the victim's parent called authorities after she picked up her 2-year-old child from Northlake Christian School last week and noticed a bite mark on his cheek.&am
  
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• Pointe Coupee Police Jury president dies after battle with cancer

  02-11-2017 13:10
  POINTE COUPEE PARISH - The Pointe Coupee Police Jury's office has confirmed the death of its longtime president, Melanie Bueche.The office says Bueche passed away overnight. Bueche had been battling cancer.Funeral arrangements are pending.Check back for updates.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Settlement talks continue in suit over 13-year-old oil leak

  02-11-2017 13:09
  BATON ROUGE- A company that has failed to stop a 13-year-old oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is asking for more time to negotiate a settlement that could allow it to recover millions of dollars it set aside for work to end the leak.  A court filing Thursday says Taylor Energy Co. representatives and U.S. officials have met four times in the past year to discuss possible terms of a settlement that would resolve its lawsuit against the federal government.  Justi
  
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• Child sex offenders to be named as such in US passports

  02-11-2017 13:03
  WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is moving to require the passports of registered child sex offenders to identify them as such.  The State Department said this week it will revoke existing passports of registered child sex offenders and require them to apply for a new one that carries a notice saying the bearer "was convicted of a sex offense against a minor." It said the same notice will be printed in the passports of sex offenders applying for a passport for the first t
  
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• Crime at Angola Rodeo under investigation

  02-11-2017 12:38
  ANGOLA - A man serving a life sentence for murder is under a new investigation for some kind of crime at the Angola Rodeo, authorities say.Both the Department of Corrections and the West Feliciana Sheriff’s Office were tight-lipped about the case involving Laderrick Davis.Ken Pastorick, spokesman for the Department of Corrections, acknowledged that “an alleged incident is under investigation.”West Feliciana sheriff’s spokeswoman Erin Foster said
  
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• 2 Rings! Astros' Carlos Correa makes post-title proposal

  02-11-2017 12:25
  LOS ANGELES - Carlos Correa and Daniella Rodriguez both left Dodger Stadium with rings.  The Astros shortstop proposed to his girlfriend on television moments after Houston earned its World Series title with a 5-1 victory in Game 7 on Wednesday night.  The proposal from her boyfriend of over a year completely surprised Rodriguez, a former Miss Texas. She had no idea Correa was contemplating the next step, or that he had been urged to do it by his mother.&
  
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• Suspect in Tuesday Amelia shooting turns himself in

  02-11-2017 11:49
  UPDATE: Hakeemia Bias turned himself in to authorities. ST. MARY PARISH- Authorities are looking for the suspect in a shooting case that left one man dead on Tuesday.Detectives from the St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office are looking for 23-year-old Hakeemia Bias.Authorities found evidence that Bias confronted the victim, 23-year-old Christopher Singleton, and fired a handgun striking Singleton.The shooting took place on Friendship Alley in Amelia.Bias is wanted for second-degree
  
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• Serious injuries reported in Hooper Rd. crash

  02-11-2017 11:46
  BATON ROUGE- One person has been taken to the hospital after their vehicle overturned Thursday morning.According to authorities, the incident took place in the 5200 block of Hooper Rd. The victim reportedly sustained a severe arm injury. Check back for details. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Suspect arrested in Colorado Walmart shooting that left three dead

  02-11-2017 11:26
  The man wanted for a deadly shooting at a Walmart in Colorado on Wednesday night has been arrested after an hours-long manhunt, police said. The suspect, identified as 47-year-old Scott Ostrem, was taken into custody this morning, according to the Thornton Police Department. He was considered "armed and dangerous" while on the run, police said.UPDATE: Walmart homicide suspect Scott Ostrem has been taken into custody pic.twitter.com/q9EPq5f4ZH— Thornton Police Dept (@ThorntonPolice) No
  
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• APSO sheriff ensures safety following threat against high schools

  02-11-2017 11:23
  DUTCHTOWN - Ascension Parish Sheriff Jeff Wiley said he is investigating threats made by a Dutchtown High School student "regarding some action the school took against her earlier," Thursday.In a Facebook post Thursday evening, said the threats concerned students and parents at Dutchtown High School and St. Amant High School."The Ascension Parish Schools officials handled it quickly, efficiently and aggressively and identified the student who posted it and took administrative action," Wiley wro
  
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• Ex-Trump campaign official withdraws nomination for Ag post

  02-11-2017 11:21
  WASHINGTON- A former Trump campaign official who has been linked to the Russia investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller has withdrawn his nomination for an Agriculture post.Sam Clovis says in a letter to President Donald Trump dated Thursday that he does "not want to be a distraction or a negative influence." Clovis cites what he calls "relentless assaults on you and your team" that "seem to be a blood sport."This week, it was revealed that Clovis had communications with George Papadopou
  
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• Authorities looking for burglary suspect in Oct. 22 incident

  02-11-2017 09:22
  BATON ROUGE- Detectives from the Baton Rouge Police Department are looking for a suspect they say burglarized a residence on Brightside Drive.The incident took place on October 22 at a residence in the 1600 block of Brightside Drive.Investigators believe the suspect stole an undisclosed amount of miscellaneous merchandise from the residence.Anyone with information on the suspect is encouraged to contact the Burglary Division at 389-3824 or Crime Stoppers at 344-7867.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Trump calls for death penalty for NYC terror suspect, considers him an 'enemy combatant'

  02-11-2017 09:07
  President Donald Trump called for the New York City terror suspect to get the death penalty in a late-night tweet Wednesday just hours after Sayfullo Saipov was charged with providing support to ISIS and violence and destruction of motor vehicles.NYC terrorist was happy as he asked to hang ISIS flag in his hospital room. He killed 8 people, badly injured 12. SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2017ABC News reports, Trump raised the possibility of
  
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• More than 40M fire extinguishers that may not work recalled

  02-11-2017 08:15
  DETROIT- More than 40 million fire extinguishers in the U.S. and Canada because they might not work in an emergency.The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says on its website that it's aware of one death because of a problem with extinguishers made by Kidde. In 2014, extinguishers didn't work for emergency responders who were trying to fight a car fire after a crash.The recall covers 134 models of push-button and plastic-handle extinguishers made from 1973 through Aug. 15 of this year.The
  
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• School bus crash reported on Plank Road Thursday morning

  02-11-2017 07:32
  BATON ROUGE- A school bus crash has been reported on Plank Road at Calumet Street near Winbourne.Authorities say injuries have been reported. The bus was headed to Democracy Prep. No children on the bus were injured.WBRZ has a crew en route to the scene. Permalink| Comments
  
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• New online tool for parents to evaluate schools and child care centers

  02-11-2017 07:28
  BATON ROUGE- The Louisiana Department of Education has announced a new interactive online tool designed to help families locate and evaluate schools and child care centers across the state.Louisiana School Finder will be unveiled November 7 with the release of the annual school performance scores. The tool will host detailed information about each site's offerings and academic performance."Louisiana students deserve a high-quality education, and families deserve a system that allows them to fin
  
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• University of Louisiana-Lafayette fires softball coach

  02-11-2017 06:54
  LAFAYETTE- Following complaints of students and an athletics department staff member at the University of Louisiana at Lafaytette, the school has fired softball coach Michael Lotief, effective immediately.In a news release Wednesday, the university says Lotief violated university and University of Louisiana System policies by allegedly subjecting student-athletes and co-workers to violent, vulgar language and verbal and physical assault, creating a hostile learning and working environment.Lotie
  
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• Cause of Goodwood Ave. house fire under investigation

  02-11-2017 06:18
  BATON ROUGE- While returning to the firehouse after a previous fire, firefighters from the Baton Rouge Fire Department noticed a fire at a residence on Goodwood Avenue.The fire took place at a vacant house in the 6000 block of Goodwood Avenue on Tuesday.At the scene, firefighters found the garage fully engulfed in flames. The fire spread into the house, but firefighters were able to stop the house from being a total loss.The rest of the house did receive heavy smoke and water damage. T
  
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• Fire breaks out at restaurant under renovation

  02-11-2017 05:54
  BATON ROUGE- Firefighters from the Baton Rouge Fire Department responded to a fire Tuesday at a fast food restaurant. The fire took place at a Wendy's located at 5322 Essen Lane on Tuesday. Authorities said the cause of the fire was an electrical malfunction in the rear of the building.When firefighters arrived at the scene, the fire was visible in the rear of the restaurant. The building was closed due to renovations being done. Due to the renovations, no content was inside.F
  
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