Baton Rouge news

• Puppies rescued from Hurricane Maria to star in Puppy Bowl

  03-02-2018 19:56
  Two puppies rescued from storm-ravaged Puerto Rico will star in the Puppy Bowl on Super Bowl Sunday.Kaleb Jr. and Archer, two mixed-breeds, are among more than 1,000 dogs that have been transported to safety from Puerto Rico by rescue group "The Sato Project" since Hurricane Maria made landfall.Since 2011, The Sato Project has been rescuing abandoned and abused dogs from Puerto Rico, where limited spay and neuter practices have lead to unwanted litters of puppies.The organizat
  
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• Baton Rouge family looks to add to their Super Bowl collection

  03-02-2018 18:36
  BATON ROUGE - Frank Pitts may have retired from the NFL decades ago, but he still has connections to the league.The Super Bowl IV champion's grandson, Brandon Bolden, will be playing in his third championship game Sunday.Pitts, a wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs, Cleveland Browns and Oakland Raiders, played in the first Super Bowl back in 1967."I was so flushed and ready to go," Pitts said. "We wanted to try to be on top."The Chiefs fell short in that game, but three y
  
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• Volunteers spend Saturday installing smoke detectors across Baton Rouge

  03-02-2018 18:21
  BATON ROUGE - Volunteers from United Cajun Navy spent Saturday installing smoke detectors in homes across Baton Rouge.Homeowners that requested the alarms received them free of charge."I'm excited, I'm really excited about the smoke detectors," Fannie Brown said.Brown is still renovating her home following the August 2016 flood. Getting smoke detectors was one of her final tasks before moving back in."I really thought I had smoke detectors," Brown said. "I only had one smoke detector."Brown had
  
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• United Cajun Navy volunteers install smoke detectors across Baton Rouge

  03-02-2018 18:21
  BATON ROUGE - Volunteers from United Cajun Navy spent Saturday installing smoke detectors in homes across Baton Rouge.Homeowners that requested the alarms received them free of charge."I'm excited, I'm really excited about the smoke detectors," Fannie Brown said.Brown is still renovating her home following the August 2016 flood. Getting smoke detectors was one of her final tasks before moving back in."I really thought I had smoke detectors," Brown said. "I only had one smoke detector."Brown had
  
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• Louisiana woman takes $75K of deceased relative's benefits

  03-02-2018 18:21
  LAKE CHARLES - A Louisiana woman has pleaded guilty to taking more than $75,000 of benefits meant for her dead mother-in-law.U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook, in a news release this week, says 57-year-old Vanneta Hudspeth, of Ragley, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government funds before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen Kay.According to the guilty plea, Hudspeth continued to receive her deceased mother-in-law's Veterans Affairs benefits from March 2010 to June 2015 that she was not en
  
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• Catholic Diocese says allegations of sexual misconduct by priest "not substantiated"

  03-02-2018 17:17
  BATON ROUGE - The Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge said an investigation into reports of sexual misconduct by a priest more than two decades ago could not be substantiated.Officials within the church said they received a written allegation by a woman in her thirties, suggesting Fr. Eric Gyan had inappropriate contact with her in 1996 when she was a minor.The woman said the alleged conduct occurred when Fr. Gyan was a pastor at St. John the Baptist Parish in Brusly. Gyan is currently a pastor at
  
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• Family's dog turns up 10 years after vanishing from home

  03-02-2018 16:53
  APOLLO, Pa. - A family has been reunited with its dog 10 years after the dog went missing.Debra Suierveld and her family assumed their dog Abby had died after she ran away in 2008 from their home in Apollo, but decade-old sadness turned to joy on Saturday when Suierveld received word someone had found the dog.The black Labrador mix showed up on George Speiring's front porch in Lower Burrell, 10 miles west of Apollo. Speiring contacted Animal Protectors of Allegheny Valley, which discovered the
  
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• 'Bachelor' contestant was listed as a missing person

  03-02-2018 16:12
  HUMBOLDT COUNTY, Calif. - Bekah M., or Rebekah Martinez, may be one of this season's most talked-about "Bachelor" contestants, but her mother may not have known that she was going to participate in the ABC reality show.On Nov 18, 2017, Martinez's mother called the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office in California to issue a missing persons report for the 22-year-old, saying she hadn't had contact with her daughter since Nov. 12.Martinez had allegedly told her mother that she was
  
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• No arrests 6 months after giant marijuana farm uprooted

  03-02-2018 15:39
  PRENTISS, Miss.- Nearly six months after investigators uprooted what they say is Mississippi's largest-ever outdoor marijuana farm, no one has been arrested.Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Director John Dowdy tells WDAM-TV that officials are still seeking the individuals associated with the 6-acre plot in Jefferson Davis County they found in August.Investigators destroyed more than 20,000 marijuana plants, which they valued at roughly $20 million.Dowdy says officials recovered evidence from the
  
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• Exxon sees limited impact on business from climate policies

  03-02-2018 13:35
  DALLAS - Exxon Mobil says in a new report that policies to combat climate change won't have much effect on its business and demand for fossil fuels will remain strong for decades.  The company does acknowledge, however, that some of its most costly oil and gas reserves might not be developed.  Exxon's report, issued Friday, comes in response to pressure from shareholders who voted last May to urge the company to issue a report on the matter every year.&nb
  
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• Get A Game Plan: Louisiana emergency office starts a podcast

  03-02-2018 12:28
  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's state emergency response agency is getting into the podcast business, to spread information about its work and available resources.  The Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness says it has launched the Get A Game Plan Podcast on its website and through smartphone apps where people listen to such digital audio files.  The agency says the monthly podcast will include interviews with emergency management offici
  
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• Oklahoma considers chemical castration for sex offenders

  03-02-2018 12:14
  OKLAHOMA CITY - A Republican lawmaker in Oklahoma wants some sex offenders to undergo so-called chemical castration under a bill he's introduced to add Oklahoma to a list of states where the punishment is on the books, but is rarely carried out.  State Rep. Rick West of Heavener says he filed the bill at the request of a constituent and that he fully intends to push for its passage. It's likely to face strong opposition, even in a conservative state with a tough-on-crime reput
  
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• Will Trump plan help New Orleans' crumbling infrastructure?

  03-02-2018 12:12
  NEW ORLEANS - The city of New Orleans is perhaps one of the best examples of what President Donald Trump calls the country's "crumbling infrastructure."  When a heavy rain hits the 300-year-old city, residents have to move their cars to higher ground for fear of street flooding. And when pressure drops in the city's aging water delivery system, restaurants and cafes have to boil water to feed customers.  City officials say New Orleans needs more than $11 bill
  
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• Two women accused of attacking pregnant family member; one arrested

  03-02-2018 11:49
  BATON ROUGE - Two women are accused of attacking a pregnant family member, and are allegedly tied to a similar crime that also took place in 2017.According to arrest records, on Oct. 19, 2017, Baton Rouge Police officers responded to a home on Erie Street. Officers contacted a female victim, who was pregnant, according to arrest records.The pregnant victim told police that her sister, Roshawn Williams, and her cousin, Dominique Johnson, had forced their way into her home.She said after forcing
  
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