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• Firefighters responding to working house fire on Country Club Drive

  05-02-2018 21:56
  BATON ROUGE - Firefighters with the Baton Rouge Fire Department are responding to a working house fire on Country Club Drive.According to BRFD, the fire was reported around 9:30 p.m. in the 1700 block of Country Club Drive.A News 2 crew is at the scene. Check back for updates.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Authorities investigating Monday night house fire on Country Club Drive

  05-02-2018 21:56
  BATON ROUGE - Firefighters with the Baton Rouge Fire Department responded to a  house fire on Country Club Drive Monday night.According to BRFD, the fire was reported at 9:25 p.m. in the 1700 block of Country Club Drive. At the scene, firefighters could see flames coming from the house.By 10:10 p.m. the blaze was under control. Authorities say the house received heavy fire damage.At this time, the cause of the fire has not been determined.Permalink| Comments
  
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• House panel votes to release Dems' Russia memo

  05-02-2018 21:17
  WASHINGTON - The House intelligence committee has voted to release a Democratic rebuttal to a GOP memo on the Russia investigation.  The panel vote was unanimous to make the classified Democratic document public. It now goes to President Donald Trump for a five-day review, and he will decide whether to allow its release - as he did with the Republican document last week.  The Democratic document aims to counter the Republican document, which accused the FBI a
  
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• 14 Louisiana senators sign letter seeking a special session

  05-02-2018 21:15
  BATON ROUGE - Fourteen state senators signed a letter asking Gov. John Bel Edwards to call a special session this month to address the expiration of $1 billion in temporary taxes.Republican Sen. Rick Ward led the effort. But while he won support from the Senate's top leader, Ward couldn't persuade a majority of the 39 state senators to put their name on the letter.Here's who signed:  -Senate President John Alario, R-Westwego.  -Sen. Bret Allain, R-Franklin.&a
  
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• Pedestrian struck, killed on Hooper Road Monday night

  05-02-2018 19:38
  BATON ROUGE - Authorities are responding to reports of a pedestrian struck and killed on Hooper Road Monday night.The incident was reported around 7:30 p.m. on Hooper Road near Plank. Authorities say a female victim was pronounced dead at the scene.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Lafourche deputies seeking suspect in Dollar General burglary

  05-02-2018 18:49
  LAFOURCHE PARISH - Authorities are offering a cash reward for information leading to an arrest after a Saturday morning burglary.According to the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to an alarm at the Dollar General on Bayou Blue Road around 5:15 a.m. Saturday. Officers arrived on scene to find the front door smashed in.Believing the suspect could possibly still be on the scene, deputies set up a perimeter around the business. After searching the store, the burglar wa
  
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• Pet therapy program brings puppies to visit seniors living with dementia

  05-02-2018 18:28
  NEW YORK- An animal care program is hoping to raise the spirits of residents at senior living homes by bringing furry friends on weekly visits.The program is made possible by the North Shore Animal League America through its Shelter Pet Outreach Team (SPOT). Through SPOT, North Shore brings therapy puppies and cats to nursing homes, senior citizen centers, and rehabilitation centers.Shari Leventhal is the director of recreation at Harbor House, a residential
  
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• House panel scheduled to interview Bannon

  05-02-2018 18:12
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Steve Bannon, former chief strategist to President Donald Trump, is scheduled to be interviewed behind closed doors Tuesday by a House panel, but it's unclear whether he'll show up.  Rep. Mike Conaway of Texas, a Republican, says Bannon is under active subpoena to appear for the interview as part of the House intelligence committee's investigation into Russian election interference and any ties to the president's campaign.  Bannon was expect
  
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• Two officers reported down after incident in Colorado

  05-02-2018 18:04
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Reports say two officers are down after an incident in Colorado Monday.According to a report from KRDO, several ambulances were called to the scene late Monday afternoon.Police said all suspects in the incident were accounted for as of 4:40 p.m.We are working a critical incident. All suspects are accounted for. Updates as appropriate.— Springs Police (@CSPDPIO) February 5, 2018The El Paso County Sheriff's Office and CSPD are both working the investigation.Few
  
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• One deputy killed, three injured in Colorado shooting

  05-02-2018 18:04
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Authorities in Colorado say a deputy has died after being shot while investigating a stolen vehicle.  Three other law enforcement officers were injured.  El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder said Monday that Deputy Micah Flick, who was killed, had been with the sheriff's office for exactly 11 years.  Elder said 34-year-old Flick was was married with two children.  Colorado Springs Police Chief Pete Ca
  
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• John Mahoney, who played cranky dad on 'Frasier,' dies at 77

  05-02-2018 17:48
  LOS ANGELES (AP) - A representative for John Mahoney says the actor known playing the cranky dad on "Frasier" has died. He was 77.  Mahoney's longtime manager, Paul Martino, said Monday that Mahoney died Sunday in Chicago after a brief hospitalization. The cause of death was not immediately announced.  Mahoney played Martin Crane, father of Kelsey Grammer's Frasier and David Hyde Pierce's Niles. The series, a hit spinoff of "Cheers," aired from 1993 to 2004.&
  
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• One killed, one hurt after head-on collision on I-10 in Roanoke

  05-02-2018 17:29
  ROANOKE - One man is dead and another is injured after a head-on collision on I-10 West Monday morning.According to Louisiana State Police, a GMC Sierra pulling an unoccupied horse trailer was driving in the wrong direction when it struck a Ford F-250 head-on. Police say the collision caused a propane tank in the bed of the GMC to catch the vehicle on fire. The driver of the GMC was pronounced dead at the scene and police are still working to identify him.The driver o
  
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• Four arrested in murder, attempted robbery of man found dead in Prairieville

  05-02-2018 16:34
  PRAIRIEVILLE - Authorities have arrested four people after a body was found in the yard of an Ascension Parish home Sunday.According to the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office, 48-year-old Brian Long was found dead in the yard of the home on Brown Road in Prairieville around 1 p.m. Sunday.The sheriff's office says Long was lured to the home of 38-year-old Joseph Oncale and 28-year-old Fallon Gautreau, where the two intended to rob him. Investigators say 35-year-old Jason Giles and 35-year-old Mar
  
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• Deputies seeking suspects involved in two Best Buy armed robberies

  05-02-2018 15:37
  BATON ROUGE- Sheriff's deputies are asking for the public's help in identifying two suspects wanted for questioning in two separate armed robberies.According to EBRSO, the first incident occurred on Jan. 21 at Best Buy on Millerville Road. Both suspects stole items from the store; deputies say that when approached by store employees, the suspects threatened them with a weapon. The suspects fled the store in a white four-door vehicle with no license plate.The second robbery occurred on
  
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• Garage housing exotic cars, RV bursts into flames; Firefighter briefly trapped battling blaze

  05-02-2018 15:30
  CENTRAL – A massive fire nearly injured a firefighter and required a homeowner be treated for injuries when a shed housing exotic cars and a motor home burst into flames Monday.Fire crews will likely be on the scene for the entire afternoon and early evening dealing with the inferno – a large storage building behind a home on Lancewood Drive. The fire was dispatched around 3 o'clock Monday.A firefighter was briefly trapped when an awning attached to the structure collapsed.
  
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• Teenager's shooting death under investigation

  05-02-2018 14:59
  BATON ROUGE – Police are investigating the weekend shooting death of a teenager but had not conclusively settled on the manner in which the young man was killed.The gunshot appeared to be self-inflicted but the circumstances surrounding how and why the 14-year-old pulled the trigger are still cloudy.“[Detectives] are still trying to make a determination,” a Baton Rouge Police spokesperson said Monday. “This incident remains under investigation.”
  
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• Officials investigating reported shooting on Iroquois Street

  05-02-2018 14:17
  BATON ROUGE- Authorities are responding to a reported shooting that happened Monday afternoon.According to BRPD, the incident occurred around 2 p.m. in the 3600 block of Iroquois Street.Immediate information regarding the victim's condition was not released.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Dow plunges 1,100 points Monday, largest intraday point drop in its history

  05-02-2018 14:14
  UPDATE: The Dow has closed with a 1,175-point drop, the largest intraday drop in its history.BREAKING: Dow Jones industrial average closes down more than 1,100 points. https://t.co/6MUAViFJZi pic.twitter.com/j0V4gj4054— ABC News (@ABC) February 5, 2018*****NEW YORK (AP) - The Dow Jones industrial average plunged as much as 1,500 points, erasing its gain for the year, as the market extends a slump that began Friday.  The Dow's point loss would be its
  
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• Dow drops 1,500, erasing gain for 2018

  05-02-2018 14:14
  NEW YORK (AP) - The Dow Jones industrial average plunged as much as 1,500 points, erasing its gain for the year, as the market extends a slump that began Friday.  The Dow's point loss would be its biggest of all time, though in percentage terms, its 5.6 percent decline wasn't as big as its worst drop during the financial crisis.  The slide Monday brought the Dow back below 24,000 points.  The market's slump began on Friday as invest
  
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• Police: Inquiry is last push to resolve Natalie Wood's death

  05-02-2018 14:10
  LOS ANGELES- A Los Angeles County homicide detective says he's hoping renewed interest in the 1981 death of actress Natalie Wood in the ocean off Southern California will produce more witnesses to shed light on what happened.  Sheriff's Lt. John Corina said Monday that many witnesses have come forward since the case was reopened in 2011 but it remains an investigation into a suspicious death and not a murder case.  Corina suggests this will be the last effort
  
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• Children get first hand look at BRPD helicopter

  05-02-2018 13:44
  BATON ROUGE- Children at Broadmoor Presbyterian Early Childhood Center got the chance to see a police helicopter up close.Cpl. Scotty Canezaro landed his Baton Rouge Police Department helicopter in the back parking lot of the school Thursday.According to the BRPD, the children learned how helicopters are the police department's "eyes in the sky," how rotors help helicopters fly, and what it feels like to sit inside of a helicopter.Check out the photos to see their exciting day!Permalink| Commen
  
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• GoFundMe to refund donors to boy whose parents faked illness

  05-02-2018 13:41
  FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Anyone who donated to a Florida couple who convinced their 13-year-old son he was dying of brain cancer will get a refund from GoFundMe.GoFundMe spokesman Bobby Whithorne emailed a statement saying the company also has banned 34-year-old Ginny Long and 47-year-old Robert Long from the crowdfunding site.Okaloosa County Sheriff's officials say the Longs were arrested Thursday on one count of child abuse and nine counts of fraud.Detectives say the Longs set up a T-sh
  
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• Philadelphia cleaning up after some celebrations turn unruly

  05-02-2018 13:39
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia was cleaning up Monday after pockets of Super Bowl victory celebrations turned unruly overnight, with rowdy Eagles fans smashing department store windows, looting a gas station convenience store and toppling a number of the city's famously greased light poles.  The vast majority of revelers celebrated peacefully, and police made only three arrests, said Ajeenah Amir, a spokeswoman for Mayor Jim Kenney.  "Tens of thousands came
  
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• Video shows crews battling house fire in local subdivision

  05-02-2018 13:31
  BATON ROUGE - Crews were called to a subdivision Monday afternoon to battle a large house fire.Video given to WBRZ by a viewer shows flames engulfing the front entrance of the home on Bluewater Drive near O'Neal Lane sometime early Monday afternoon.In the video, firefighters can be seen battling the blaze as smoke billows from the home's windows. The fire was eventually brought under control.There is currently no word on injuries or what may have caused the fire.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Raceland man arrested for alleged sexual battery of a juvenile

  05-02-2018 13:18
  LAFOURCHE PARISH- A man arrested Friday has been accused of indecent behavior involving a juvenile.According to Sheriff Craig Webre of the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office, an investigation into 49-year-old Jimmy Arabie Sr. began in December of 2017 when detectives received a report in reference to possible sexual battery of a juvenile.Detectives obtained a warrant for Arabie's arrest after learning that he allegedly had inappropriate sexual contact with a juvenile,
  
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• Louisiana Mardi Gras parade shooting kills man, hurts other

  05-02-2018 13:15
  JEANERETTE (AP) - Authorities say a shooting at a Mardi Gras parade has killed one man and hospitalized another in southern Louisiana.  Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office spokesman Maj. Wendell Raborn tells The Daily Iberian the shooting happened Sunday afternoon at the Krewe of Ezana's annual Mardi Gras Parade in Jeanerette.  The Jeanerette City Marshal's Office initially discovered two victims at the scene. One was shot in the chest and the other in the leg.&am
  
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• State Police arrest off-duty deputy for DWI

  05-02-2018 13:00
  ST. MARY- Authorities have arrested an off-duty St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office deputy for DWI for driving while intoxicated Sunday.State police arrested the deputy Sunday in Terrebonne Parish. According to a release, the deputy was placed on suspension without pay pending an internal investigation.“Our badge is a symbol of the trust the people of St. Mary Parish have placed in us," said Sheriff Scott Anslum. "We, as law enforcement officers, must maintain a high level of integrity.
  
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• New Mexico tribe fails on bid to buy Louisiana casino

  05-02-2018 13:00
  LAGUNA PUEBLO, N.M.- A New Mexico tribe's bid to buy a Louisiana casino has failed.  The Gallup Independent reports Laguna Pueblo didn't obtain approval from Louisiana Gaming Control Board by a deadline. That prompted the owner of the Isle of Capri Casino Hotel Lake Charles in Westlake, Louisiana, to cancel plans to sell to the Laguna Development Corp.'s Kicks Entertainment unit.  In August 2016, the Laguna Development Corp. announced it has signed a purchase
  
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• Donaldsonville man charged with murder in woman's overdose death

  05-02-2018 12:48
  PLATTENVILLE - Authorities say a man out of Ascension Parish is facing murder charges after a woman died from an apparent overdose late last year.According to the Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office, 37-year-old Travis Joseph of Donaldsonville was arrested Sunday on one count of second-degree murder.The sheriff's office says 32-year-old victim Stormy Boudreaux died in a hospital after she was found in her car outside of a Plattenville business on Nov. 6, 2017. Authorities say she died a short ti
  
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• No cost flu shots to be offered until Feb. 12

  05-02-2018 12:28
  BATON ROUGE- Free flu shots are still available to residents who have not received the vaccine.According to the Louisiana Department of Health, the shots will be offered at parish health units across the state until Feb. 12. A release stated that more than 2,800 vaccines were administered last week at more than 60 locations.The department is extending the free vaccines in an effort to meet the need for flu vaccinations.To schedule an appointment to receive a vaccination click here. Residents ar
  
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• Crews rescue hiker lost in area park

  05-02-2018 12:14
  CENTRAL - Firefighters rescued a hiker Sunday night after that person became lost in a wooded area in East Baton Rouge Parish.According to the Central Fire Department, firefighters were called to the dead end of Frenchtown Road around 6:20 p.m. to search for the individual in a BREC park.Crews searched the area and were able to find the lost hiker within about an hour.No injuries were reported.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Judge doesn't believe Nassar can be reformed

  05-02-2018 09:48
    CHARLOTTE, Mich. -The judge who sentenced former doctor Larry Nassar to decades in prison for sexually abusing patients at an elite gymnastics club says the depth of his crimes is "incomprehensible."  Judge Janice Cunningham sentenced Nassar on Monday to between 40 and 125 years in prison. The case focused on sexual assaults at Twistars, a gym for elite gymnasts in Eaton County, Michigan.  But more than 260 women and girls say Nassar sexua
  
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• Deputies looking for man wanted for contractor fraud

  05-02-2018 09:00
  ASCENSION PARISH- Authorities are looking for a man who is wanted for contractor fraud and exploitation of the elderly.The man as been identified as 37-year-old Naylor Cooper.Detectives received a complaint last month that Cooper made contact with an elderly resident and made an agreement to provide limestone for $700. Authorities say Cooper only provided approximately $200 worth of limestone and charged the victim $3,700.Cooper's last known address was for Port Allen, but authorities say he ma
  
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• Roadway in Gonzales reopened after closure to due to chlorine leak

  05-02-2018 08:27
  ASCENSION PARISH- Authorities say a chlorine leak temporarily closed a roadway early this morning.The leak was reported on Ashland Road between Highway 30 and Highway 75 in Gonzales, just before 7:30 a.m. Drivers were asked to avoid the area.As of 8:17 a.m., the roadway was reopened. The cause of the leak was not immediately released.Check back for updates.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Woman accused of beating 91-year-old mother

  05-02-2018 08:22
  BATON ROUGE- Authorities arrested a woman they say abused her 91-year-old mother.Police were called to a home in the 500 block of Highland Park Drive Saturday. At the home, police knocked on the door and heard yells for help. Authorities forced their way into the home.Inside the home, arrest documents say Elizabeth Brister took a fighting stance with officers and was later tased and placed under arrest.Authorities learned that Brister was intoxicated, and could not answer questions about what h
  
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• Report: Man arrested after deadly Vermillion Parish hit-and-run

  05-02-2018 07:51
  VERMILLION PARISH - A man has been arrested after a hit-and-run crash that killed two teenagers Sunday.State Troopers began investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash on US Highway 167 shortly after 7:30 p.m. Authorities say the crash claimed the lives of 16-year-old Alana Duhon and 15-year-old Sydney Colomb.Tyler Meaux, 20, was driving south in the northbound lane of US Highway 167 in a 2013 Ford F-150. At the same time, Duhon was driving north in the left-hand lane in a 2012 Honda Civic. Authori
  
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• Report: Man arrested after deadly Vermilion Parish hit-and-run

  05-02-2018 07:51
  VERMILION PARISH - A man has been arrested after a hit-and-run crash that killed two teenagers Sunday.State Troopers began investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash on US Highway 167 shortly after 7:30 p.m. Authorities say the crash claimed the lives of 16-year-old Alana Duhon and 15-year-old Sydney Colomb.Tyler Meaux, 20, was driving south in the northbound lane of US Highway 167 in a 2013 Ford F-150. At the same time, Duhon was driving north in the left-hand lane in a 2012 Honda Civic. Authorit
  
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• Injured BRPD officer to be presented with wheelchair accessible van

  05-02-2018 07:02
  BATON ROUGE- After months of fundraising, a Baton Rouge Police Office injured last year is getting a big boost today.Back the Blue and the Baton Rouge Police Department have worked hard to help raise money for officer Rickey Faust, and today he'll see the results in the form of a wheelchair accessible van.Just after midnight on March 21, 2017. Faust was involved in a crash that put him in the ICU. Authorities say he was responding to a holdup alarm when he tried to pass a car on I-12. Investiga
  
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• Expanded Meals on Wheels Program eliminates waiting list

  05-02-2018 06:48
  BATON ROUGE- Starting today, the East Baton Rouge Council on Aging will begin the rollout of its expanded Meals on Wheels Program.According to a release, the agency is eliminating the Meals on Wheels waiting list that has been in existence since 1974. In addition, seniors will now receive meals seven days a week instead of just five."This is a monumental change for seniors that are currently receiving meals and those seniors that are now moving off of the waiting list," said Chief Executive Off
  
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• Department of Education revokes Prairieville child care license

  05-02-2018 06:11
  PRAIRIEVILLE - The Louisiana Department of Education has revoked a license for an area early learning center in Ascension Parish and terminated its public funding.According to a release from LDE, Alphabet Soup Learning Center has a history of noncompliance.The center, located at 38375 Highway 42 in Prairieville, was inspected on Dec. 14 after a complaint was made by a parent who learned staff there had been administering the wrong amount of medication to her child.According to the department, t
  
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