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• Arsonist sets fire to home nextdoor to vacant house that burned down Sunday

  16-05-2022 20:01 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Authorities are searching for an arsonist, suspected of setting fire to two vacant homes nextdoor to one another. According to the Baton Rouge Fire Department, a vacant home in the 1600 block of North Acadian East was set on fire Monday around 6:30 p.m.Fire investigators said the arson is believed to be related to another house fire that was set early Sunday morning. Anyone with information should call (225) 389-2050. Permalink| Comments
  
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• VIDEO: Former Tiger and Saints receiver Devery Henderson talks on Saints offseason, finally signing LSU players

  16-05-2022 18:51 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Sports2's Corey Rholdon caught up with former LSU and Saints wide receiver Devery Henderson on the Saints offseason.Henderson won a national championship with the Tigers in 2004, then won a Super Bowl with the Black and Gold in 2009.Henderson talks about what it means to play for both the LSU Tigers and the New Orleans Saints, why Sean Payton hasn't signed a lot of LSU players in the past, and what it means now that Jarvis Landry and Tyrann Mathieu are coming home. Permal
  
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• $20 million added to project to improve University Lakes

  16-05-2022 17:35 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE- The University Lakes are a staple in Baton Rouge, but right now algae and a generally dirty look take away from the appeal the lakes are intended to have.Senator Franklin Foil says that is about to change. The first phase of the University Lakes Improvement project has been funded. Foil is hoping to secure another another $20 million to clean up University Lake.Foil says taking care of the lakes are important. "We need to get the lakes dredged. They were originall
  
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• $20 million added to lakes project to improve University Lakes

  16-05-2022 17:35 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE- The University Lakes are a staple in Baton Rouge, but right now algae and a generally dirty look take away from the appeal the lakes are intended to have.Senator Franklin Foil says that is about to change. The first phase of the University Lakes Improvement project has been funded. Foil is hoping to secure another another $20 million to clean up University Lake.Foil says taking care of the lakes are important. "We need to get the lakes dredged. They were originall
  
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• Log truck, school bus, cars collide in Bogalusa; only minor injuries reported

  16-05-2022 16:59 via wbrz.com
  
  BOGALUSA - Highway 10 was shut down Monday afternoon due to a crash involving two cars, a bus carrying students, and a logging truck.Pictures from WWLTV showed one of the cars covered in logs, the truck partially overturned, and the side of the school bus shredded. Injuries were reportedly minor. According to police, the highway will be shut down for several hours for cleanup. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Baker mayor getting large pay raise amounting to $25,000 this summer

  16-05-2022 16:33 via wbrz.com
  
  BAKER - The mayor of the city of Baker received a $15,000 raise last July and is scheduled to receive another $10,000 raise this July, a $25,000 raise in a year's time, the WBRZ Investigative Unit uncovered.Mayor Darnell Waites said he asked for a raise last year and the Baker City Council delivered, approving the raise in a 3-1 vote with one councilwoman abstaining last July."We did some research on it, and that's what they came up with," Waites said.This summer, Waites will earn an estimated
  
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• Family Road of Greater Baton Rouge helps families during baby formula shortage

  16-05-2022 15:24 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - With news of U.S. health officials reaching an agreement with major infant formula maker Abbott to restart production, the baby formula shortage could finally see some relief in the coming months.In the meantime, it's important for anxious parents to know what resources are available to ease the struggle of searching for formula. Family Road of Greater Baton Rouge is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping families with a variety of services, including supplying ba
  
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• Baton Rouge non-profit helping local families find baby formula during shortage

  16-05-2022 15:24 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - With news of U.S. health officials reaching an agreement with major infant formula maker Abbott to restart production, the baby formula shortage could finally see some relief in the coming months.In the meantime, it's important for anxious parents to know what resources are available to ease the struggle of searching for formula. Family Road of Greater Baton Rouge is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping families with a variety of services, including supplying ba
  
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• White House says deal near to reopen formula plant

  16-05-2022 14:35 via wbrz.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Under fire from parents and politicians, President Joe Biden’s administration on Monday is expected to announce an agreement to reopen the largest domestic manufacturing plant of infant formula and to ease import rules to allow supplies in from overseas, amid a nationwide shortage spurred by the Michigan plant’s shutdown earlier this year over safety issues.A consent decree between the producer, Abbott, and the Food and Drug Administration that wo
  
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• Abbott says agreement reached to reopen baby formula plant

  16-05-2022 14:35 via wbrz.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Infant formula maker Abbott says it’s reached an agreement with U.S. health officials to restart production at its largest domestic factory, a key step toward easing a nationwide shortage tied to the plant’s shutdown earlier this year.Abbott did not immediately detail the terms of the agreement reached with the Food and Drug Administration, which has been investigating safety problems at the Sturgis, Michigan, facility. The consent decree is a bin
  
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• Nearly 70 pounds of meth seized on I-20 during traffic stop Monday morning

  16-05-2022 13:54 via wbrz.com
  
  RICHLAND PARISH - Louisiana State Troopers recovered nearly 70 pounds of meth from a vehicle during a routine traffic stop. Troopers stopped a vehicle traveling east on I-20 in Richland Parish. They became suspicious of criminal activity during the stop and got consent to search the vehicle.During the search, troopers were able to retrieve approximately 66 pounds, or an estimated $6,000-worth, of crystal meth.Permalink| Comments
  
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• After decades in Baton Rouge, state fair heading to Ascension Parish

  16-05-2022 13:42 via wbrz.com
  
  GONZALES - After more than 50 years of hosting the Greater Baton Rouge State Fair in the capital city, organizers plan to move the event to neighboring Ascension Parish.Officials in Ascension said the plan is to hold the fair on the grounds of the Lamar Dixon Expo Center. The fair's board of directors is expected to officially announce the move Monday afternoon.The fair has been held at a handful of locations over the past 57 years, all in East Baton Rouge. Its current location at the BREC Airl
  
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• State asks living man for death certificate

  16-05-2022 13:34 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - For tax purposes, a man was asked to send in his death certificate to the Louisiana Department of Revenue — but he's not dead!Richard "Rooster" Shaffer contacted 2 On Your Side to help sort it out after he couldn't get in touch with the state."Something's messed up," Shaffer said.Last week, Shaffer got a letter in the mail that gave him a good laugh."I called around and asked a bunch of my friends I had seen the day before and said, 'Did I look like I was alive when I ha
  
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• Former Saints coach Sean Payton takes analyst job with FOX Sports

  16-05-2022 13:19 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Beloved former Saints coach Sean Payton is allegedly joining FOX as a studio analyst, according to Mike Florio with NBC Sports.Former #Saints coach Sean Payton is joining FOX as a studio analyst, according to Mike Florio.— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) May 16, 2022Payton left the Saints following the 2021 season after his 10-and-a-half-year partnership with the team.Permalink| Comments
  
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• St. George firefighters saved construction worker suspended 8 floors above the ground in Lafayette

  16-05-2022 12:19 via wbrz.com
  
  LAFAYETTE - Firefighters from St. George stepped in to help Monday while Lafayette first responders were paying respects to firefighter Alex Bourque, who passed away from cancer. While covering calls, the St. George unit helped construction workers who had equipment failures while installing windows eight-feet in the air. Firefighters said the one of the worker's safety harnesses did not engage and they fell four stories and had to be rushed to a hospital. They are currently b
  
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• Family goes before EBR planning commission over flooding concerns with new development

  16-05-2022 12:16 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - A Baton Rouge family was opposed to town homes being built right next door to their backyard without hiring a third party engineer. “We're not saying we're anti-development. All we're saying is we want to do it right.Let's do it right the first time. It's too much to lose. Let's not rush this,” homeowner Kevin Burkes said.Kevin and his dad went before the city planning commission during Monday's meeting opposing the Lancaster developments request to bu
  
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• Police: Man fell asleep behind wheel after taking heroin, drove wrong way down Airline Highway

  16-05-2022 09:48 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - A man admitted to a state trooper that he took "about $40 worth" of heroin after a sheriff's deputy found him slumped behind the wheel of his vehicle in the middle of Airline Highway.Law enforcement found Daniel Varnado, 34, asleep in his car at the intersection of Airline and Jefferson Highway. A sheriff's deputy asked him what he was doing, and Varnado said he was "going home," according to arrest documents.When told to move his vehicle, Varnado passed through the intersection a
  
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• Man falls asleep at the wheel, vehicle left in highway intersection

  16-05-2022 09:48 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - A man arrested Saturday night for possible impaired driving allegedly took "about $40 worth" of heroin minutes before officers stopped him.Daniel Varnado, 34, stopped his vehicle in the middle of the U.S. 71 and LA 73. The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office asked him what he was doing, and Varnado said he was "going home," but officers reported Varnado looked to be asleep at the wheel.Varnado was asked to move his vehicle. He passed through the intersection and veered into the oppo
  
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• Drew Brees denies reports that he's leaving broadcasting gig: 'I'm currently undecided'

  16-05-2022 08:57 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Rumors of Drew Brees' exit from his new sports broadcasting job have been greatly exaggerated, so says the future hall of famer. The legendary Saints quarterback took to social media Sunday evening to refute numerous reports over the weekend claiming that Brees and his new employer, NBC Sports, were parting ways after just one year. The former NFL star said he's still "undecided" on his future, joking that he could even return to play football. Despite speculatio
  
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• Driver ticketed after crashing into school bus; no children hurt

  16-05-2022 06:44 via wbrz.com
  
  CENTRAL - A driver was ticketed for reckless operation after running into a bus loaded with children heading to school early Monday morning.The crash was reported around 6:30 a.m. on Greenwell Springs Road at Magnolia Bend Road. The Central Police Department said another vehicle crossed the center line and entered the path of bus, leaving the bus driver with nowhere to go.Two people were hurt, but their injuries were not serious. None of the children were injured. The driver responsibl
  
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• Authorities responding to reported school bus crash in Central

  16-05-2022 06:44 via wbrz.com
  
  CENTRAL - Emergency responders are investigating a crash involving a school bus and at least one other vehicle early Monday morning.The crash was reported around 6:30 a.m. on Greenwell Springs Road at Magnolia Bend Road. It is unclear whether any children were aboard the bus.There is no word on injuries at this time. The roadway is currently shut down at the scene of the crash.Permalink| Comments
  
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