Baton Rouge news

• Mayor's office says new police chief will be announced this week

  25-12-2017 21:29
  BATON ROUGE – The mayor's office said it is on track to meet the mayor's own deadline of hiring a police chief by the end of the year.With just a handful of days left in 2017, a spokesperson for Mayor Sharon Weston Broome said the mayor still intends to make a decision and announce the city's next police chief in the coming days. New Year's Eve is Sunday.Five finalists are being considered - Myron Daniels, Darryl Honore, Robert McGarner, Murphy Paul and Ronald Stevens. Initially, 12 p
  
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• Property buyouts and Christmas dinner a good mix in flood-prone neighborhood

  25-12-2017 20:36
  NEW ROADS – Monday may have been the final Christmas for residents of the Pecan Acres community.The forty families who live there are set to get buyouts after decades of flooding. Since the neighborhood off Highway 10 in the northern area of New Roads was built in the 1970s, residents have continued to deal with flooding.“I want to say about seven or eight times,” Crystal Boudreaux said Christmas Day.Last holiday, she was at relatives home – displaced aft
  
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• One injured in reported ATV, vehicle collision in Old South Baton Rouge

  25-12-2017 17:46
  BATON ROUGE – One person was taken to the hospital in stable condition after a collision between an ATV and a vehicle in Old South Baton Rouge Christmas evening.Authorities responded to the emergency near the corner of Julia Street and South 14th . The only person injured was rushed to the hospital, sources told WBRZ.Police have not released specifics about the crash. Check back for updates.  *****************Follow the publisher of this post on Twitter: @treyschmalt
  
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• Massive flames engulf home Christmas night in Baton Rouge

  25-12-2017 17:40
  BATON ROUGE – Flames poured from the roof of a house Christmas night.Fire crews first arrived on the scene just after 5 o'clock to find the home glowing – a raging inferno engulfed the inside. Minutes later, flames were burning through walls and windows.The blaze was at a home at the corner of Washington Avenue and North 26th.The fire department spent much of Christmas night looking into the cause, but haven't been able to determine how the fire started. &a
  
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• Electrical issue sparks Christmas Day house fire on Galvez Street

  25-12-2017 15:10
  BATON ROUGE - An electrical issue sparked a house fire on Galvez Street late Christmas day morning.According to the Baton Rouge Fire Department, firefighters were called to the house in the 2600 block of Galvez Street just after 11:15 a.m.Firefighters arrived on scene to find fire coming from the back of the house. Everyone inside the home made it out safely, according to BRFD.The fire started in the kitchen area of the house and caused heavy smoke and fire damage.Red Cross was called out to as
  
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• LSP: Mother and infant son killed by impaired driver in fatal Christmas Eve crash

  25-12-2017 13:52
  TICKFAW - A 19-year-old mother and her 7-month old son were killed in a fiery crash on LA 1065 Christmas Eve.According to Louisiana State Police, the crash occurred around 8:45 p.m. Sunday night on LA 1065 near the intersection of LA 1064.The driver at fault, 36-year-old Jillian Pamela Ramsay of Loranger, was impaired and fleeing the scene of an earlier crash when she crashed into the young mother and her son, according to State Police.Ramsay was driving a 2015 Nissan Altima northbound on LA 10
  
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• United apologizes to passenger who says US Rep took her seat

  25-12-2017 13:36
  HOUSTON - United Airlines has apologized and given a $500 travel voucher to a passenger who accused the airline of giving her first-class seat to U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houston Democrat.  An airline spokeswoman said Monday that its internal systems show the passenger, Jean-Marie Simon, canceled her Dec. 18 seat from Houston to Washington, D.C. after a weather delay.  Simon denies that she canceled the flight. She was given a seat in Economy Plus on t
  
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• Chopper crew hoists woman from ship, brings her to hospital

  25-12-2017 13:34
  NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Coast Guard officials say a helicopter was used to hoist a woman from a cruise ship 100 miles off the Louisiana coast and bring her to the mainland for medical attention.  The Coast Guard says it received a report from the cruise ship Vision of the Seas on Sunday that a 23-year-old woman was suffering from suspected internal bleeding from a prior incident.  A helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans and an airplane from the Coast
  
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• Six babies born at two area hospitals on Christmas Day

  25-12-2017 12:47
  BATON ROUGE - Six newborns were welcomed into the world on Christmas.Woman's Hospital said five babies were born to parents at its facility on Airline Highway. The hospital had not released pictures of the infants as of this post.At Baton Rouge General, a set of parents also welcomed their newborn into the world December 25.Angel Mosby and Aaron Williams welcomed their baby girl, Aariah Kendreia Williams, just before 8 o'clock Monday.  Aariah weighs 6 lb., 6.4 oz. and
  
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• Bishop serves Christmas meals; Discusses coming retirement

  25-12-2017 12:05
  BATON ROUGE – Bishop Robert Muench of the local Catholic diocese fed Christmas dinner to the needy at St. Vincent de Paul Monday – possibly his last as leader of the Church in Baton Rouge.Bishop Muench will turn 75 Thursday – the birthday bishops are required to retire. As is Church law, the bishop alerted the pope of his coming birthday and possible retirement."When the Pope tells me he accepts the resignation” then it'll be official, the bishop said at
  
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• Five wounded by gunfire at Mississippi restaurant and lounge

  25-12-2017 11:36
  VICKSBURG, Miss. - Police say five people were wounded during a shooting at a restaurant and lounge in western Mississippi.  WJTV-TV reports that the gunfire happened late Sunday night, Christmas Eve, at L.D.'S Restaurant and Lounge in Vicksburg.  Police say officers who arrived shortly before midnight found one of the gunshot victims on the ground outside the lounge. He was taken to a hospital.  Police learned that four others had been take
  
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• Cities, volunteers clash over feeding homeless in public

  25-12-2017 11:35
  ATLANTA - Volunteers who feed the homeless in public places say they're providing a needed service. But city governments and some advocates say their well-meaning efforts can hinder long-term solutions and raise sanitation concerns.  Adele MacLean was ticketed Nov. 19 after she and others refused to stop feeding the homeless in an Atlanta park. The case was dropped earlier this month.  The Southern Center for Human Rights is representing MacLean. Lawyers for
  
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• Medicaid up for big debates at Mississippi Capitol in 2018

  25-12-2017 11:32
  JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi legislators in 2018 are expected to bicker over Medicaid, a government health insurance program that consumes a large portion of the state budget and covers about 1 in every 4 residents.  The program comes up for a thorough review every few years, and 2018 is one of them.  Legislators could discuss a wide range of issues, including managed-care contracts with private companies. Most Medicaid recipients are in managed care, and sup
  
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• Four killed in Moscow when bus crashes into underground passage

  25-12-2017 11:28
  MOSCOW - Russian authorities say a bus careened off a road and onto steps leading into an underground passageway in Moscow, killing at least four people and leaving 13 others injured.  Moscow police said passengers and pedestrians were among those killed in Monday's crash. Police immediately ruled out a possibility of it being an attack, saying that they suspect a mechanical fault or that the driver lost control of the vehicle. Police were questioning the driver. &
  
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• Family searching for missing man on Christmas

  25-12-2017 08:04
  DENHAM SPRINGS – The sheriff's department issued a missing persons advisory for a 54-year-old man early Christmas morning.Mark Baker has not been seen since Christmas Eve. He was last seen at his home on Heritage Drive, deputies said.Anyone with information is asked to call the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office at (225) 686-2241 x1.**********************Follow the publisher of this post on Twitter: @treyschmaltzPermalink| Comments
  
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• Denham Springs man found after reported missing Christmas morning

  25-12-2017 08:04
  UPDATE: Mark Baker has been located and is in good condition, according to the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office.DENHAM SPRINGS – The sheriff's department issued a missing persons advisory for a 54-year-old man early Christmas morning.Mark Baker has not been seen since Christmas Eve. He was last seen at his home on Heritage Drive, deputies said.Anyone with information is asked to call the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office at (225) 686-2241 x1.**********************Follow th
  
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• Arson blamed for Christmas morning fire

  25-12-2017 08:00
  BATON ROUGE – Firefighters investigated an arson that damaged a North Baton Rouge early Christmas morning.Fires were set in multiple areas of the home on Ellerslie Drive, behind Memorial Stadium, the Baton Rouge Fire Department said in a news release. The blaze was reported around 12:18 a.m. Monday.When the first fire crews arrived, a large blaze was radiating from the house.There was heavy fire and smoke damage.The fire department reported no injuries.It wasn't immediately clear if t
  
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