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• No. 19 LSU wants to validate turnaround vs. Texas A&M

  25-11-2017 20:50
  Update: LSU defeats Texas A&M 45-21 in season closer.BATON ROUGE- Now in his fifth year at LSU, defensive end Christian LaCouture is about to play his final game in Tiger Stadium — and expects it to be an emotional one for a number of reasons.LaCouture, who has a team-high six sacks, has loved playing in 102,000-seat Death Valley. There's also the matter of validating the remarkable turnaround the 19th-ranked Tigers have pulled off since an upset loss to Troy on
  
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• Small Business Saturday inspires Central residents to shop local this holiday season

  25-11-2017 20:37
  CENTRAL- Residents and merchants alike are doing everything they can to shop locally for Christmas, and Small Business Saturday is the perfect way to celebrate the Central community this holiday season.Nicole Faulk and Angel Lewis are staying far away from the Black Friday madness and plan on doing their Christmas shopping at Hazel and Bliss Boutique, a locally owned store."There's easier parking, less crowds. I hate the crowds, and they've got better items," Faulk told WBRZ.The small
  
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• Area Christmas tree farm sees booming business

  25-11-2017 18:39
  INDEPENDENCE - Families roamed Yawn Station Christmas Tree Farm in search of the perfect holiday tree Saturday. The weekend after Thanksgiving is usually the busiest period for Joe Gersch and his wife Kay."In the past few days I've decided we won't be open long this year," Joe Gersch said.Thousands of trees of all shapes and sizes cover dozens of acres of property. Some are native to Louisiana while others were flown in from North Carolina last week."They're always perfect eve
  
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• LSU swim team manager dies after year-long battle with cancer

  25-11-2017 15:37
  BATON ROUGE- LSU swimming team manager Kayne Finley has passed away after a year-long battle with cancer.According to the 'Cannonballs for Kayne' Facebook page, Finley died on Nov. 24 after losing his fight with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG)."Kayne peacefully passed from his earthly self and ascended into heaven around 8:20 am, surrounded by his devoted father, mother, brother and dog, Curtis, Kirsten, Keagan and Moose," the post s
  
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• Woman dies after hunter mistook her for a deer

  25-11-2017 15:16
  SHERMAN, N.Y.- Authorities say a 43-year-old woman has been accidentally shot to death by a hunter while walking her dogs in a rural field in western New York.The Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office says Rosemary Billquist, of Sherman, took her dogs for a walk in her hometown near the Pennsylvania border around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.Deputies say she was walking in a field when a man hunting nearby mistook her for a deer and shot her once with a pistol.The hunter heard her scream, called 911 and st
  
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• Town's water may be safe to drink by Mardi Gras

  25-11-2017 14:45
  ST. JOSEPH- By Mardi Gras, residents of a Louisiana town may have a huge reason to celebrate: drinkable tap water, for the first time in more than a year.The Advocate reports that the new wells, pipes and other equipment have been installed in St. Joseph, and should be hooked up by Christmas.But testing to ensure that the water is lead-free could take another six or seven weeks. If tests find lead from a building's own pipes, the owner must replace them.And water rates will go up, in a town whe
  
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• Traffic-controlled traffic signal system at Sasol site

  25-11-2017 14:07
  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's transportation department is trying traffic lights that respond to traffic demand along a southwest corridor where Sasol is building its $11 billion petrochemical complex.  The $1.2 million system in Westlake in Calcasieu Parish is aimed at helping to manage traffic from the construction site and other industrial sites in the area.  A news release says a half-dozen lights adjust timing based on traffic demand, using updated data and
  
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• Tupelo gives $45K to group trying to end homelessness

  25-11-2017 14:05
  TUPELO, Miss. - A Mississippi city is contributing to a private group that is trying to end homelessness.  The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports the Tupelo City Council has voted to give $45,000 to Mississippi United to End Homelessness.  The group does not operate a shelter or serve meals. Instead, it focuses on moving people off the streets into permanent, stable housing.  Organizers say the group found homes for 27 people in Tup
  
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• Man pays off dozens of strangers' layaway bills at toy store

  25-11-2017 13:33
  CHERRY HILL, N.J. - A Secret Santa has spent more than $10,000 to pay for dozens of holiday layaway orders at a New Jersey toy store.  The good Samaritan, who identified himself as "Charlie K," went to the Toys R Us in Cherry Hill on Friday to do some shopping for his son.  While at the store, he decided to pay for 62 layaway orders of strangers - totaling $10,780 overall - and bought an additional $2,000 worth of items to give to Toys for Tots by having ever
  
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• Funeral for Border Patrol agent set for Saturday in El Paso

  25-11-2017 12:55
  EL PASO, Texas - Services are planned for a Border Patrol agent in Texas who died nearly a week ago from head and other injuries.  A private funeral mass is scheduled for Saturday afternoon in El Paso for Border Patrol Agent Rogelio Martinez. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is expected to attend the service at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church.  Burial will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park.  The cause of Martinez's death last Sunday is under
  
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• Looming deadlines, much unfinished business await Congress

  25-11-2017 12:07
  WASHINGTON - There's a crush of unfinished business facing lawmakers when they return to the Capitol.  It'd be considered a daunting to-do list even if Washington were working at peak efficiency.  The big ticket items are tax cuts, a potential government shutdown and lots of leftover spending bills. They could unravel just as easily as advance, given the factionalism, gamesmanship and partisanship.  There's only a four-week window until a Ch
  
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• Egypt raises death toll in mosque attack to 305

  25-11-2017 12:01
  CAIRO - Egypt's chief prosecutor says in a statement that the attack on a Sinai mosque has killed 305 people, including 27 children.  In a statement Saturday, Nabil Sadeq says the attack a day earlier also left 128 people wounded.  Sadeq says it was carried out by 25-30 militants who arrived at the mosque in the small town of Bir al-Abd in five all-terrain vehicles. He says the militants stationed themselves at the mosque's main door and 12 windows before ope
  
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• Time magazine says Trump's got it wrong

  25-11-2017 11:58
  PALM BEACH, Fla. - Time magazine is disputing President Donald Trump's account of how he rejected the magazine's request for an interview and photo sessions ahead of its "Person of the Year" issue.  In a Friday evening tweet, Trump says the magazine informed him he was "probably" going to be granted the title for the second year in a row. He tweets: "I said probably is no good and took a pass."  Later that evening, Time tweeted that Trump "is incorrect about
  
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• Etling's big night helps No. 19 LSU beat Texas A&M 45-21

  25-11-2017 11:57
  BATON ROUGE- Danny Etling passed 347 yards and three touchdowns and No. 19 LSU beat Texas A&M 45-21 on Saturday night in the regular-season finale for both teams.Etling, a senior playing his final game in Tiger Stadium, completed 19 of 30 passes and had six completions longer than 25 yards, including a 56-yarder on a short pass to running back Darrel Williams and a 49-yarder deep downfield to D.J. Chark.
    
  Etling's touchdowns went for 11 yards to Russell Gage, 10 yards to
  
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• Baton Rouge sailor one of three killed in plane crash

  25-11-2017 11:39
  BATON ROUGE - The United States Navy identified three sailors that were killed in a C-2A Greyhound crash on Wednesday in the Philippine Sea. The three were identified as Lt. Steven Combs, Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman Matthew Chialastri and Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Apprentice Bryan Grosso.Chialastri, a Baton Rouge native, was assigned to the USS Ronald Reagan. He was valedictorian of Woodlawn high school's 2013 graduating class. Chialastri was also a member of the JRO
  
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