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• LSU victorious in Will Wade's first game with Tigers

  10-11-2017 21:54
  BATON ROUGE - Freshman Tremont Waters scored 27 points to help LSU beat Alcorn State 99-59 on Friday night in the season opener for both teams.Waters made nine of his 13 field-goal attempts, including 4-of-6 3-pointers. Waters also had six assists, five steals, and five rebounds.
    
  The Tigers scored the first nine points and never trailed. A 13-0 run late in the first half made it 48-27 and LSU led by double figures the rest of the way.
    
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• Tiger fans prepare for early home game

  10-11-2017 21:07
  BATON ROUGE - The latest chapter in the battle for the Golden Boot starts again Saturday morning for the 21st year, and Tiger fans are hungry to win."We're going to beat their butts," said 11-year-old Wyatt Wilson.The Tigers lead the series 12 to 8, but with three losses already this year, nothing is for certain. Tomorrow's game is unique in that it starts before lunch. The last time Tiger fans had to get up this early for a home game was in 2011 when LSU played host to the Kentucky Wi
  
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• Flood home demolished, man fighting for insurance money

  10-11-2017 18:24
  BATON ROUGE - One man is at his wits end since he's virtually homeless after being told to tear down his house and the insurance company disagrees.Paul Ortego says his insurance company told him his home was fixable, but Livingston Parish told him to tear it down. Now his pockets are empty and he doesn't know what to do.A large pile of dirt sits where Ortego's home once stood. He tore down the house he's lived in for 18 years after it was deemed irreparable and uninhabitable by Livingston Paris
  
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• Prairieville photographer's accidental proposal series goes viral

  10-11-2017 16:02
  ASCENSION- Sometimes good luck is just as important as skill and technique for a photographer. Prairieville photographer Andy Crawford happened to be in the right place at the right time when he was able to capture a man proposing to his girlfriend atop Lookout Mountain's Sunset Rock along the Tennessee-Georgia state line.  Crawford was preparing to take photos of the sunset over the Tennessee River with his wife when the couple sat down in front of
  
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• New data reveals opioid prescriptions decrease in Louisiana since Medicaid expansion

  10-11-2017 15:51
  BATON ROUGE- The Louisiana Department of Health and the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy announced today that new data shows there are fewer opioids being prescribed since Medicaid expansion began in July 2016.The Board of Pharmacy the says the number of opioid prescriptions have decreased by 2.08% from the year before the Medicaid expansion to the year after, and that the total number of pills prescribed has decreased by more than 10 million doses.In 2017 alone, when Medicaid policy change
  
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• F-15 flyover once canceled, now rescheduled for Saturday's LSU game

  10-11-2017 15:22
  BATON ROUGE – A symbolic flyover minutes before Saturday's LSU vs Arkansas football game will go on as planned despite being canceled the day before.At first, the F-15 flyover was said not to be happening.  Friday, an LSU spokesperson said it was due to events out of the university's control.Though, late Friday evening, plans were able to be put back together and the flyover was rescheduled.  As of Saturday morning, two pilots had been secured, flying two&am
  
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• Anticipated F-15 flyover at LSU game canceled

  10-11-2017 15:22
  BATON ROUGE – A symbolic flyover minutes before Saturday's LSU vs Arkansas football game has been canceled.LSU confirmed Friday afternoon, the F-15 flyover will not happen. Though, a spokesperson said the university had no control over the cancellation.“It’s been canceled for reasons beyond LSU’s control,” the university said.An F-15 flyover was scheduled to happen at 10:50 Saturday morning. Kickoff is scheduled for just after 11 a.m. - a rare e
  
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• Rarified club: Louisiana governors to get together Sunday

  10-11-2017 15:19
  BATON ROUGE- Consider it the meeting of one of Louisiana's most exclusive clubs. The state's governors are gathering together this weekend at the house where each once lived.  Gov. John Bel Edwards and first lady Donna Edwards are hosting Louisiana's former chief executives at the governor's mansion Sunday afternoon for a reception called "Memories at the Mansion."  Edwards' office says all four living former governors have confirmed they plan to attend: Edwi
  
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• Carbon dioxide leak on gaming riverboat sickens 1 Friday

  10-11-2017 14:34
  BATON ROUGE – Firefighters worked to contain a slow leak of carbon dioxide from an area inside the belly of a casino riverboat along the river Friday.Emergency responders were called to reports of a situation on the casino boat at the Belle of Baton Rouge around lunch Friday.  It took about 3 hours to get the situation cleared. The carbon dioxide was found to be leaking from equipment located in the hull near a series of mechanical rooms and offices.Authorities are n
  
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• Teenage tryst lands high school football player in jail

  10-11-2017 14:21
  DENHAM SPRINGS – A high school football player was arrested on carnal knowledge of a juvenile charges recently, police reported Friday.Udrego “Tyre” Golmond, 18, was arrested when police found him with a 15-year-old girl after Golmond called for help for his car stalling on Veterans Boulevard. Police said while talking with the pair, they found that the two had a consensual sexual encounter.It was then, police said, that Golmond was arrested.Carnal knowledge is typ
  
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• Tradition of celebrating veterans for 99 years

  10-11-2017 14:03
  BATON ROUGE- The USS Kidd Veterans Museum in partnership with Secretary of State Tom Schedler and Louisiana's Old State Capital honored men and women of the American Armed Forces on Friday.The celebration held at Louisiana's Old State Capital was in honor of Veterans Day. There are currently 16 million living veterans around the country and 300 thousand of those live in Louisiana. The celebration was meant to honor past and present servicemembers.In a release, Schelder said he was, "proud to co
  
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• Nurse accused of murdering 100 patients

  10-11-2017 13:29
  GERMANY- A nurse who is already serving a life sentence for murdering patients is accused of murdering 100 more. Niels Hoegel was given a life sentence after German authorities discovered he murdered two patients back in 2015, but now authorities have reason to believe he is behind at least 100 more. In the trial, the former nurse said he intentionally caused about 90 patients to suffer from cardiac crises because he enjoyed resuscitating them.Police told ABC
  
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• Abandoned behemoth: What next for Katrina-damaged hospital?

  10-11-2017 13:27
  NEW ORLEANS- Urban planning experts are about to release their recommendations for the future of the abandoned Charity Hospital building in New Orleans.  The 20-story, million-square-foot art deco building operated from 1939 until 2005. The state-owned facility never reopened after levee failures during Hurricane Katrina caused catastrophic flooding. Various ideas for redevelopment over the years have fizzled. Among them, a 2013 proposal that the building be converted
  
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• 5-year-old boy forms bond with local UPS driver, gets a birthday surprise

  10-11-2017 13:00
  NORTH CAROLINA- A 5-year-old boy has formed a special bond with a UPS driver, and received a very exciting surprise on his birthday.Lauren Walker of Forest City says her son, James, has developed an adorable bond with their local UPS driver, Kellie Martin. Walker says their home resides in a rural area, and James can always hear when the truck is coming down the street."She never ever makes it to the door. He greets her in the driveway," Walker told ABC News. Their friendship began abo
  
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• Army servicemember stabbed during argument over uniform

  10-11-2017 12:45
  SAN DIEGO- An apparent argument over a military uniform sparked an altercation that led to the stabbing of an Army servicemember in the Gaslamp Quarter Thursday night.KGTV reports that according to San Diego police, the incident happened at about 11:40 p.m. in the 600 block of 5th Avenue.Witnesses said a man was wearing what appeared to be a Class A Army uniform at a bar when he was approached by an active-duty Army serviceman and a military veteran who pointed out some errors on the u
  
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• Man accused of firing shots after argument

  10-11-2017 12:26
  BATON ROUGE- A man arrested Thursday has been accused of shooting at another man after an August argument.Tony Glover, 27, was booked with attempted second-degree murder and illegal use of a weapon, booking records show.On Aug. 25, the shooting victim got into an argument with his brother about Glover staying at a family home on Oak Apple Avenue.He told his brother that Glover had been handing out counterfeit money and people had been to the house looking for him, according to
  
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• AR-15, tactical vest stolen in smash-and-grab of police car

  10-11-2017 12:24
  ZACHARY – An AR-15 rifle was stolen along with a tactical vest from a police cruiser parked at a home in the Redwood Lakes subdivision recently.Zachary Police said they are handling the investigation but the equipment was taken from a police car belonging to the Baker Police Department. The unit was parked in the driveway of the officer's home in a newer subdivision off Plank Road.The theft was reported Thursday morning, authorities told WBRZ Friday.The thieves broke the window of the
  
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• Fast-food worker faces jail time for putting bodily fluids on burger

  10-11-2017 12:05
  COLUMBUS, MS- A former fast-food worker in Mississippi has been sentenced to a year in prison for wiping bodily fluids onto food she served a customer.WAPT News 16 reports that 19-year-old Sky Samuel pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating a state law that prohibits serving "unwholesome bread or drink," the Commercial Dispatch reported.Columbus police arrested Samuel Jan. 23 after another employee at Jack's restaurant accused her of smearing fluids, including saliva, onto
  
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• Oklahoma woman who married mother pleads guilty to incest

  10-11-2017 11:29
  A 26-year-old Oklahoma woman who married her biological mother has pleaded guilty to incest.ABC News reports court records show Misty Spann pleaded guilty Tuesday in Stephens County District Court. Under the deal, she was sentenced to 10 years of probation.Her mother, 44-year-old Patricia Spann, has pleaded not guilty to incest.Prosecutors say the two married in 2016. Court records show the marriage was annulled last month at the request of Misty Spann on the grounds of fraud and illeg
  
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• Judge: No subpoenas for neo-Nazi website publisher's family

  10-11-2017 11:05
  COLUMBUS, Ohio- A federal judge has refused to give court-ordered permission for attorneys to question a neo-Nazi website publisher's relatives about the man's whereabouts.A Muslim-American radio host's lawyers have searched for The Daily Stormer's publisher, Andrew Anglin, since they filed a libel lawsuit against him in August. They want to ask Anglin's father and brother if they know where he is living, so he can be served with a copy of the suit.U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth A. Preston Dea
  
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• Big cheetah-like feline captured in Pennsylvania town

  10-11-2017 09:35
  READING, Pa.- Police say they captured a big African cat, resembling a cheetah, running loose through the streets of a small Pennsylvania town.Reports about the spotted feline started coming in on Nov. 3. When Reading officers tracked it down, they initially thought they'd found a cheetah.The Animal Rescue League of Berks County says they got a call from the police department about the feline on Saturday.When staff responded, they found a cat called an African serval about 60 miles nor
  
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• Manhunt underway for suspect who allegedly set his girlfriend on fire

  10-11-2017 08:36
  PICAYUNE, Ms- Authorities are looking for a man they say set his girlfriend on fire Wednesday.WWL-TV reports that 46-year-old Stacy Frank was found just after 11 p.m. on Mississippi 11 in Pearl River County. Authorities said she had been doused with gasoline, set on fire and left by the road.Frank's boyfriend, 43-year-old Jerry Willis, is wanted for domestic aggravated assault and kidnapping for his connection to the incident.Frank was transported to a local hospital for treatment and
  
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• Kentucky doctor pleads not guilty to assault of Sen. Rand Paul

  10-11-2017 08:16
  The Kentucky doctor who allegedly attacked Sen. Rand Paul, leaving him with six broken ribs, pleaded not guilty to fourth-degree assault charges Thursday.ABC News reports Rene Boucher, 59, Paul's next-door neighbor for 17 years, tackled the senator to the ground last Friday, according to his arrest warrant.Since Paul is a member of Congress, U.S. Capitol Police and the FBI assisted in the investigation of the incident, according to ABC News.Paul tweeted about his injuries Wednesday,I appreciate
  
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• Governor lauds 'robust' anti-hazing policies

  10-11-2017 08:00
  BATON ROUGE- Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says the state's higher-education system has "robust" anti-hazing policies in place but can do more to prevent tragedies like the recent death of Louisiana State University student.Edwards spoke to reporters Thursday after meeting with leaders of the state's higher-education system to discuss their efforts to prevent hazing and crack down on alcohol and drug abuse on campus.Edwards asked system presidents to review their anti-hazing policies after th
  
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• Barksdale airman arrested on child porn charges

  10-11-2017 07:51
  BENTON- An airman at Barksdale Air Force Base has been arrested on more than two dozen counts of pornography involving juveniles.Bossier City Police, in a news release, said 27-year-old Robert Betha Broadus, of Bossier City, was taken into custody Thursday.City spokesman Mark Natale says the arrest was the result of a tip. The investigation began in June.News outlets report police allege that forensic exams conducted by the Bossier City Marshal's Office found multiple images of child pornograph
  
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• Ex-cook at memory care center sentenced for raping resident

  10-11-2017 07:43
  MANDEVILLE- Authorities say a former cook at a Louisiana memory care center who was accused of raping a 78-year-old resident has been sentenced.North Shore District Attorney Warren Montgomery's Office told news outlets that 59-year-old Jerry Kan was sentenced to 12 years in prison Wednesday. He was ordered to serve the time for third-degree rape, without the benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence.Kan, who worked at the Beau Provence Memory Care Assisted Living, was found guilty
  
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• Man turns himself in for attempted murder of 6-month old boy

  10-11-2017 07:36
  NEW ORLEANS- New Orleans police say a man accused of beating a 6-month-old boy has turned himself in to authorities.Police spokeswoman Ambria Washington told news outlets that 27-year-old Kyron V. Espadron turned himself in Thursday on a charge of attempted first-degree murder in the beating of the infant.Espadron is accused of causing severe internal injuries to the baby over a period of several months. His relationship with the child is unclear.Espadron was initially arrested on Sept. 21 and
  
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• Couple killed in crash involving a log truck

  10-11-2017 07:10
  BEAUREGARD PARISH- A husband and wife were killed Thursday night after the vehicle they were driving in traveling into the path of a log truck.The crash occurred four and a half miles west of Sugartown.Louisiana State Police Troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash on Louisiana Highway 112 at Louisiana Highway 399 in Beauregard Parish. Authorities said a 2001 GMC Sierra was traveling south on LA 399, stopped at a stop sign, then traveled into the path of the log truck which was travel
  
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• Man arrested for cyberstalking after sending troubling messages to victim

  10-11-2017 06:29
  BATON ROUGE- Authorities arrested a man they say sent multiple messages to a victim making her fear for her safety.The investigation began on Nov. 7 when a female victim went to the LSU Police Department. The victim informed authorities she first started talking to the suspect, identified as Christopher Eustice, on April 1. The two, according to the victim, engaged in "innocent" text message exchanges even though she was uncertain how he got her number.According to the affidavit, the victim sai
  
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