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• Suspect identified, charged in multiple armed robbery cases throughout Baton Rouge

  08-07-2020 21:47 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE- A suspect has been identified and arrested in a joint investigation involving an armed robbery that took place at a gas station on Coursey Boulevard in June.Montrell Dewayne Augustus, 20, was charged in several armed robberies following an investigation led by East Baton Rouge Sheriff's detectives and the Baton Rouge Police Department on Wednesday, July 8.Authorities began the search for the armed robbery suspect following reports of a man entering an On the Run gas station with a
  
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• Authorities investigating fatal motorcycle incident in Denham Springs

  08-07-2020 21:37 via wbrz.com
  
  DENHAM SPRINGS- Authorities are investigating a fatal crash involving a motorcycle Wednesday night in Denham Springs.According to officials, the crash took place near LA 16 and Arnold Road.This is a developing story.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Gov. Edwards: COVID-19 'more present' in Louisiana than ever before

  08-07-2020 21:29 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - After the initial surge of COVID-19 throughout Louisiana in the spring, cases and hospitalizations are steadily rising once again."We have lost all the gains made in June," Gov. John Bel Edwards said Wednesday during his weekly virus briefing. "We are now seeing some numbers that rival our peak back in April."Edwards says the large daily increases being seen now are no longer being driven by specific hot spots, as was the case earlier this year with the greater New Orleans region,
  
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• Body camera video transcripts released: Officer told Floyd 'It takes ... a lot of oxygen to talk'

  08-07-2020 20:42 via wbrz.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As George Floyd told Minneapolis police officers that he couldn’t breathe more than 20 times in the moments before he died, the officer who pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck dismissed his pleas, saying “it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk,” according to transcripts of body camera video recordings made public Wednesday.The transcripts for the body camera videos of officers Thomas Lane and J. Kueng provide the most de
  
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• Texas resumes executions after 5-month delay due to pandemic

  08-07-2020 19:58 via wbrz.com
  
  HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas inmate received lethal injection Wednesday evening for fatally shooting an 82-year-old man nearly three decades ago, ending a five-month delay of executions in the nation’s busiest death penalty state because of the coronavirus pandemic.Billy Joe Wardlow was put to death at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the June 1993 killing of Carl Cole at his home in Cason, about 130 miles (209 kilometers) east of Dallas in the East Texas piney w
  
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• Local pediatrician discusses back-to-school challenges, prepping amid pandemic

  08-07-2020 19:45 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE- Students might be active in the classroom, but data suggests children are not passing the coronavirus to each other."It seems children are getting coronavirus from adults. Not so much from other children. We mainly think of children as our super spreaders, but this virus is acting a little bit different," Dr. Mindy Calandro said. "We're mainly seeing it starting in adults. The adult is the one starting a COVID infection in a child."Those facts, according to local pediatrician Dr. C
  
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• Port Allen City Council backs effort to request Confederate statue be moved to museum

  08-07-2020 19:02 via wbrz.com
  
  PORT ALLEN - The Port Allen City Council is supporting a proposal that seeks to remove a statue of Confederate Governor Henry Watkins Allen to a nearby museum. City officials say council members voted unanimously Wednesday evening to pass a resolution that requests the statue's removal from a courtyard at the West Baton Rouge Parish Library, that faces the parish courthouse, and move it to the West Baton Rouge Museum.Though the city itself cannot remove the monument, the council hopes
  
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• Port Allen City Council backs effort to remove Confederate statue

  08-07-2020 19:02 via wbrz.com
  
  PORT ALLEN - The Port Allen City Council is supporting a proposal to remove a statue of Confederate Governor Henry Watkins Allen from outside the West Baton Rouge Parish museum.City officials says councilmembers voted unanimously to request the statue's removal Wednesday. Though the city itself cannot remove the monument, the council hopes to push the parish council to take action. Henry Allen served as a wartime general for the Confederate army and was elected governor in 1863. He is
  
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• Gordon McKernan hosting mobile blood drive at Baton Rouge office

  08-07-2020 18:31 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Gordon McKernan Injury Attorneys is putting on a mobile blood drive to help hospital struggling to maintain their blood supplies.The drive will be held July 16 outside the firm's Baton Rouge office. Gordon McKernan is partnering with Vitalant, a nonprofit community blood service provider, to put on the event.Each sample will be tested for COVID-19 antibodies.Vitalant is currently accepting appointments via phone or online for this blood drive at 877-258-4825. Permalink| C
  
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• New EBR sites falling short of testing goal; 2,400 tested in 2 days

  08-07-2020 18:11 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Four new coronavirus testing sites in East Baton Rouge added more than 2,000 new tests to the statewide count over the past couple days.According to the city-parish, the new testing sites at Southern University, LSU, the Cortana Mall and the state fair grounds yielded a total of a 2,403 since they opened Tuesday. While test numbers were up at those location Wednesday, with 1,598 performed that day alone, it's still well below the goal set last week. When announcing the ne
  
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• Edwards rejects pay raise delay for Louisiana state workers

  08-07-2020 17:41 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana’s state workers will get pay raises this year despite the pandemic’s impact on state finances, after Gov. John Bel Edwards said Wednesday he vetoed a legislative effort to withhold $57 million for the salary hikes.Lawmakers sought to stall the pay raises in the budget that began July 1, freezing the money and ordering agencies not to dole out increases. They cited the state’s financial uncertainty because of the coronavirus pa
  
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• Kanye West breaks with Trump, claims 2020 run is not a stunt

  08-07-2020 17:26 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Kanye West says he is no longer a Trump supporter.The rapper, who once praised President Donald Trump and said the two share “dragon energy,” tells Forbes that he is “taking the red hat off” — a reference to Trump’s trademark red “Make America Great Again” cap.In a story published Wednesday, West also insisted that his weekend announcement that he’s running for President was not a
  
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• Mail troubles popping up for Baton Rouge residents

  08-07-2020 17:15 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Residents are calling 2 On Your Side about mail delivery issues in their neighborhood. The calls are coming from areas that receive mail from the Istrouma and Old Hammond post offices.Leanne Muse lives on Ontario Street in Baton Rouge and says she hasn't received her mail since early last week."It's been at least a week," she said.Muse and her neighbors say she's missing important items and social security payments. She says she's called the Istrouma post office about her issues,
  
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• WBR Schools lay out plan for returning to school, emphasize importance of child education

  08-07-2020 16:51 via wbrz.com
  
  WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH – During the last month, WBR Schools Superintendent Wes Watts has been receiving feedback from parents on what they would like to see for the upcoming school year in August.Watts sent out a survey that asked parents a variety of questions, like what their attitude is toward children returning to school, if they have access to the internet, and how much schoolwork their child did while staying at home.“An overwhelming response parents said is they want
  
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• Governor: Still too early for decision on fall sports

  08-07-2020 16:08 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Governor John Bel Edwards said its still too early for him to say whether Louisiana will have school athletics in the fall as the state continues a worrying trend of climbing virus cases. The governor said Wednesday that the coronavirus is arguably more widespread in the state than it has ever been and implored residents to wear masks and follow guidelines. When asked how the spike in cases may impact sports in the fall, Edwards said he it still isn't the time to
  
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• Report: Ivy League canceling fall sports

  08-07-2020 15:51 via wbrz.com
  
  Reports say Ivy League schools are canceling sports through at least the end of 2020.According to CBS Sports, league programs were informed Wednesday that there will be no sports played until Jan. 1 at the earliest. School officials have not made a decision on winter sports but are expected to make an announcement later this month. Sources: Ivy League programs have been informed that fall sports have been cancelled.The conference will not entertain any sports being played until after J
  
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• East Feliciana schools plan to offer in-person & virtual classes for fall semester

  08-07-2020 15:40 via wbrz.com
  
  The East Feliciana school system says it is preparing multiple plans for the fall semester, including a hybrid instructional plan that incorporates both in-person and virtual learning. The school system will offer a handful of learning plan choices based on Louisiana's phase of reopening come August. Officials say parents will be allowed to select the all-virtual plan for their child regardless of which phase schools find themselves in.The learning plans include the following:Phase 1-1
  
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• Hwy 42 widening project nearing completion after over 6 years, Ascension officials say

  08-07-2020 15:31 via wbrz.com
  
  ASCENSION PARISH- A highway widening project that started in March of 2014 is nearing completion over six years later, according to Ascension Parish officials.Parish President Clint Cointment requested a status update from LA DOTD on the long-awaited improvements to Highway 42. He says work on the roadway has gone on "for a long time.""Highway 42 is a major east-west thoroughfare for us," Cointment said. “Work has been going on for a long time, and planning has gone on even longer. I
  
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• New Orleans restricting bar seating at restaurants amid rising coronavirus cases

  08-07-2020 15:08 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Mayor Latoya Cantrell says New Orleans will not allow bar seating at restaurants starting Saturday.Along with eliminating bar seating, restaurant seating will be limited overall to 25 people indoors. The announcement is the latest step by the city to combat the surging number of coronavirus cases.Cantrell says the precautions are being taken so that restaurants won't have to close entirely.BREAKING: NOLA Mayor Latoya Cantrell says because of rising cases of COVID-19 in New Orleans
  
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• Couple charged with hate crime for vandalizing Black Lives Matter mural

  08-07-2020 14:38 via wbrz.com
  
  MARTINEZ, CA - A couple seen on video defacing a large Black Lives Matter mural in California is now facing criminal charges.Contra Costa District Attorney's office says it is charging Nicole Anderson, 42, and David Nelson, 53, after video shared on social media showed the pair painting over some the yellow letters reading "Black Lives Matter" in black paint.The man in the video, identified as Nelson, was heard shouting, "There is no racism. It's a leftist lie," and, "No one wants Black Lives M
  
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• Volunteer firefighter arrested for arson in Iberia Parish

  08-07-2020 14:19 via wbrz.com
  
  JEANERETTE, La. — A volunteer firefighter has been accused of starting a fire in south Louisiana.The State Fire Marshal’s Office, in a news release Tuesday, said Kentrelle Beasley Jr., 18, was arrested on a charge of simple arson for setting an abandoned house on fire in Iberia Parish shortly after midnight July 4.Beasley reported the fire to the Jeanerette Fire Department, where he had worked for three months, the fire marshal’s office said. He also helped extingu
  
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• 10-year-old girl dies after stabbing at Slidell home

  08-07-2020 14:17 via wbrz.com
  
  SLIDELL - A young girl is dead after deputies found her with a knife wound to her neck Tuesday morning.The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office says deputies were called to the home on Channel Bend in Slidell around early Tuesday in response to a 10-year-old with a cut to her neck.Deputies arrived at the home around 1 a.m., where family members said the girl was unresponsive. The girl was transported to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.No other details about the incident were provided We
  
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• 10-year-old girl dies after mysterious stabbing at Slidell home

  08-07-2020 14:17 via wbrz.com
  
  SLIDELL - A young girl is dead after deputies found her with a knife wound to her neck Tuesday morning.The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office says deputies were called to the home on Channel Bend in Slidell around early Tuesday in response to a 10-year-old with a cut to her neck.Deputies arrived at the home around 1 a.m., where family members said the girl was unresponsive. The girl was transported to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.No other details about the incident were provided We
  
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• Woman gets 5 years in death of malnourished grandmother

  08-07-2020 14:04 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - One of four family members charged in the death of an elderly woman found with bed sores and other signs neglect will not go to trial.Carlnessa Butler withdrew her not guilty plea to charges of manslaughter and negligent homicide in the death of 77-year-old Barbara Lewis-Brown. Butler instead entered a no contest plea to the charge of negligent homicide.Court documents said a judge handed Butler a sentence of five years with the Department  of Corrections with credit for
  
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• State health officials tracking COVID-19 outbreaks at bars, food plants

  08-07-2020 14:03 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Department of Health will update its investigation of coronavirus outbreaks each Wednesday.The state released its first batch of data on July 8.See today's latest COVID-19 case information for Louisiana here.Food processing plants sickened the most amount of people, LDH said followed by bars.According to data - which did not specify exact locations - LDH said 36 outbreaks at bars infected 393 people. Eleven outbreaks at food processing plants infected 423 p
  
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• Tangipahoa Parish releases back-to-school plan for fall

  08-07-2020 13:33 via wbrz.com
  
  The Tangipahoa Parish school system says its younger students will return to campus to start the semester, while students in grades in 7-12 will stay off campus through at least Labor Day.The plan detailed by school officials Wednesday says classes will resume on campus Aug. 12 if the state is still in phase two of reopening at that time. Teachers will report to campuses a week earlier, Aug. 6, to allow them an opportunity to review procedures.During phase two, students in Pre-K to 6th grade wi
  
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• United sending layoff notices to nearly half of US employees

  08-07-2020 13:26 via wbrz.com
  
  United Airlines will send layoff warnings to 36,000 employees - nearly half its U.S. staff - in the clearest signal yet of how deeply the virus outbreak is hurting the airline industry.The outlook for a recovery in air travel has dimmed in just the past two weeks, as infection rates rise in much of the U.S. and some states imposed new quarantine requirements.United officials said Wednesday that they still hope to limit the number of layoffs by offering early retirement, and that the 36,000 numb
  
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• Mail carrier involved in crash on Plank Road

  08-07-2020 13:17 via wbrz.com
  
  ZACHARY - A vehicle marked as U.S. mail carrier was involved in a crash in East Baton Rouge Wednesday.The crash was first reported around 12:30 on Plank Road near WJ Wicker Road. A Jeep vehicle marked with U.S. Mail decals appeared to be involved in the crash with one other vehicle.No serious injuries were reported. It's unclear whether the carrier was delivering mail at the time or if deliveries in that area would be affected Wednesday. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Sheriff: Longtime EBR deputy dies unexpectedly at 53

  08-07-2020 13:01 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - A 27-year veteran with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office passed away while out of town Tuesday night.According to Sheriff Sid Gautreaux, 53-year-old Lieutenant Terryl Carter Sr. passed away while with his family outside the parish. The sheriff said Carter had served in the department for nearly three decades, mostly recently as lieutenant over the school resource officers assigned to the Central School District.Carter has several family members serving in roles throughout the
  
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• Wall Street glides, S&P 500 on pace for 6th gain in 7 days

  08-07-2020 12:39 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are gliding higher in early Wednesday trading, as more gains for big technology companies help Wall Street return to its upswing.The S&P 500 was 0.8% higher after the first 30 minutes of trading, following a mixed performance for stocks overseas.Treasury yields ticked a bit higher, as did oil prices. Gold touched its highest price since 2011.The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 190 points, or 0.7%, at 26,080, as of 10 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasda
  
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• Supreme Court rules Trump admin can weaken Obamacare contraceptive mandate

  08-07-2020 12:31 via wbrz.com
  
  WASHINGTON - In a 7-2 decision on Wednesday, the Supreme Court has decided to allow a number of employers to opt-out of providing their employees with contraceptive coverage.According to CNN, the win for the Trump administration reverses a lower court decision that had blocked the President's intention to act aggressively to protect religious liberties of employers who were against providing contraceptive measures to employees.President Trump previously vowed to support such employers as well a
  
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• Lafayette Bishop releases open letter, urging Catholics to wear masks

  08-07-2020 12:20 via wbrz.com
  
  LAFAYETTE - The bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette, Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel, released an open letter to Catholics throughout Acadiana, urging them to wear masks while in public and while attending Mass. The full letter states:“The last week has seen a dramatic increase in the number people testing positive for Covid-19. The Acadiana area, which includes the Diocese of Lafayette, is among the highest areas in the State of Louisiana.I wish to remind all the Fa
  
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• Trump threatens to cut federal aid if schools don't reopen

  08-07-2020 12:18 via wbrz.com
  
  President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to withhold federal funding if schools don’t reopen in the fall, and he lashed out at federal health officials over school reopening guidelines that he says are impractical and expensive.Taking to Twitter to voice his frustration, Trump argued that countries including Germany, Denmark and Norway have reopened schools “with no problems.” He also repeated his claim that Democrats want to keep schools closed for political
  
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• Coast Guard rescues swimmer caught in riptide near Dauphin Island

  08-07-2020 12:09 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard responded to a swimmer in distress near Dauphin Island, Alabama, Tuesday.Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report at approximately 3 p.m. that a female swimmer was in distress after reportedly being pulled out by the riptide off Dauphin Island's public beach.A Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter aircrew arrived on scene and located the swimmer.A rescue swimmer was deployed from the helicopter and swam t
  
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• New Roads Police request assistance in identifying suspected thief

  08-07-2020 09:42 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW ROADS - The New Roads Police Department is asking the public’s assistance in identifying the man pictured above. Police say the man was at a Walmart in New Roads (460 Hospital Rd, New Roads, LA 70760) when he reportedly stole a customer's wallet. Anyone with pertinent information regarding the case is urged to contact authorities at (225) 694-3737.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Central Schools releases tentative reopening strategy for Fall 2020

  08-07-2020 09:17 via wbrz.com
  
  CENTRAL- Public schools in Central are moving forward with a tentative reopening plan for the upcoming fall semester. The school system's website was updated with the new information Tuesday. However, school officials have reiterated that the plan will be adjusted as needed.  It revealed the following three-phased process:Phase OneAll students will participate in Distance Learning unless otherwise notified. More detailed information will be provided if the state moves
  
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• Central Schools holds community meeting following release of tentative reopening plans

  08-07-2020 09:17 via wbrz.com
  
  CENTRAL- Public schools in Central are moving forward with a tentative reopening plan for the upcoming fall semester. The school system's website was updated with the new information Tuesday. However, school officials have reiterated that the plan will be adjusted as needed.  It revealed the following three-phased process:Phase OneAll students will participate in Distance Learning unless otherwise notified. More detailed information will be provided if the state moves
  
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• St. Helena Parish Schools reveals planned reopening process for Fall

  08-07-2020 09:00 via wbrz.com
  
  ST. HELENA PARISH - Public schools across Louisiana are preparing tentative fall schedules designed to safely and gradually reintroduce students into socially distanced classroom settings, and St. Helena Parish has designed one such strategy for its reopening. The three-phased process begins with students utilizing eLearning tools in home-based virtual classrooms.Upon entering Phase two, students will alternate between reporting to school on designated days of the week and utilizing eL
  
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• Governor Edwards to address virus surge, Wednesday afternoon

  08-07-2020 08:38 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Many of Louisiana's officials and residents were encouraged by a decrease in novel coronavirus cases in May, but that changed in recent weeks with data from the state health department revealing a concerning increase in rates of infection.In the past two weeks, the state has seen more than 16,000 cases, with the majority of cases in Baton Rouge, Lafayette, and Lake Charles. The numbers began a slow increase in June, as the state was entering Phase 2 of its gradual reopeni
  
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• Big Brown Reaching Back to donate masks, checks to schools

  08-07-2020 07:53 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - A local community outreach program headed by a UPS worker named James Joseph, but who is widely known as 'Big Brown,' will be leading coronavirus relief efforts that are set to begin Friday, July 10.Big Brown Reaching Back announced Wednesday that it received a donation of 6,000 masks and will be delivering the protective gear throughout the state.In addition to this, the organization will provide local schools with up to 350 masks as well as a $1,200 check to assist in the purcha
  
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• Nationally recognized professor sues Southern University for "unlawful retaliation"

  08-07-2020 07:20 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - A nationally recognized nurse and associate professor at Southern University has filed a lawsuit against the university for being demoted after taking time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). According to records filed with the Middle District of Louisiana, Dr. Cheryl Taylor is suing the President of Southern University for "the removal of her administrative responsibilities as Chair of Graduate Nursing Programs" after she took a leave of absence between Jan
  
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• Man arrested on seven counts of attempted murder in Alvin Dark shooting

  08-07-2020 06:43 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police say a man's argument with his ex led to a shooting that put seven people's lives in danger, including that of a child's.According to Baton Rouge Police, 19-year-old Derrick Scott and 23-year-old Shelvin Gray Jr. were within the 4400 block of Alvin Dark on June 26, while Scott argued with his former partner who was also the mother of his child.  Police say as the argument seemed to come to a close, Scott's ex, his child, her current boyfriend, and a family
  
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• Volunteer firefighter arrested for arson

  08-07-2020 05:38 via wbrz.com
  
  IBERIA PARISH - A man who served among first responders in helping to extinguish fires has been accused of starting one in Iberia Parish.According to The State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFM), 18-year-old Kentrelle Beasley Jr., a volunteer firefighter, has been arrested for setting an abandoned house on fire.Deputies say the Jeanerette Fire Department was dispatched to a reported residential fire within the 100th block of Nolan Duchane shortly after midnight.The fire was actually reported
  
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• Immigrant advocates say US policy change endangers workers

  08-07-2020 05:19 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Immigrant advocates in New Orleans claim in a federal lawsuit that federal rule changes made last year by the U.S. Department of Labor will make foreign workers fearful of reporting workplace abuses or human trafficking for fear of being deported.The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Washington by the New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice, deals with visas issued to protect workers from deportation when they report workplace crimes. The lawsuit says that
  
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• Bond set at $350K for Shreveport man accused in mall shooting

  08-07-2020 05:12 via wbrz.com
  
  SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A 22-year-old Louisiana man accused of shooting a teenager to death outside a shopping mall is being held on a $350,000 bond.Treyvious Dejuan Dotie, of Shreveport, was arrested Saturday shortly after Bryan Theus, 19, died at Ochsner LSU Health. Dotie is being held at the Caddo Correctional Center on one count of second-degree murder, news outlets reported. It was unknown if he has an attorney who could speak on his behalf.The shooting happened just before 3 p.m.
  
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• Lawmakers retain $106M of Louisiana surplus to settle later

  08-07-2020 05:06 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — When they wrapped up their special session, Louisiana lawmakers left nearly $106 million of the state’s surplus undecided, socked away into a fund for spending or saving at a later date.Louisiana had a nearly $535 million surplus left after closing the books from the 2018-19 budget year. While previous legislatures have spent any surplus dollars available, the majority-Republican House and Senate took a different approach this time, citing the uncerta
  
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• Teacher who had child with teen student dies of cancer at 58

  08-07-2020 04:57 via wbrz.com
  
  Mary Kay Letourneau, a Seattle teacher who was convicted in 1997 of raping a 13-year-old student who she later had a child with and eventually married, passed away following a battle with cancer.According to CNN, Letourneau died fairly suddenly in her home late Monday.David Gehrke told reporters she passed away surrounded by family, including her former student and ex-husband Vili Fualaau. Fualaau had been providing her with 24-hour care throughout the last month of her life.W
  
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• Senate Education Chairman Cleo Fields calls for suspension of K-12 athletic events in Fall

  08-07-2020 04:43 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — One of Louisiana’s education leaders is calling for the cancellation of public school athletics this fall amid the resurgence of the state’s coronavirus outbreak, with nearly 2,000 new virus cases confirmed Tuesday and hospitalizations from the COVID-19 disease heading above 1,000.Senate Education Chairman Cleo Fields, a Baton Rouge Democrat, sent letters to the leaders of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Louisiana Sch
  
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• Judge won't release medically vulnerable inmates from EBR Parish Prison

  08-07-2020 04:36 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A federal judge has refused to order release of medically vulnerable prisoners from a Louisiana jail to prevent them from getting ill with the new coronavirus.The Advocate reports that the judge was acting in an ongoing lawsuit over conditions at the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson last week rejected the call for immediate release. And he disagreed with claims that no steps are being taken to prevent the spread of coron
  
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