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• No. 5 LSU women's basketball beats Vanderbilt 82-63

  23-02-2023 20:25
  
  BATON ROUGE - The LSU women's basketball team gets win number 26 on the year, as the Tigers cruise to a 82-63 win over Vanderbilt.Angel Reese had her 26th double-double and her 10th first half double-double of the season. She finished the night with 23 points and 18 boards. Alexis Morris had a strong second half to finish with 21 points. The Tigers dominated the paint and second chance points again. The Tigers will now finish the regular season at home against Mississippi State at 5 p.
  
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• Person shot at motel on Airline Highway Thursday night

  23-02-2023 20:22
  
  BATON ROUGE - One person was shot at a motel on Airline Highway Thursday night.Authorities say one person was reportedly hurt in a shooting at Fountain Motel on Airline Highway near Goodwood Boulevard. The victim's current condition was not reported.No more information about the shooting was immediately available.This is a developing story.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Addis officer arrested in deadly police chase set to go before grand jury Friday morning

  23-02-2023 19:33
  
  BRUSLY - A grand jury is ready to hear the case against an Addis police officer who was arrested after a high-speed chase that left two teenage girls dead.David Cauthron, 42, was arrested after slamming his police unit into another vehicle while pursuing a suspect. Of the three occupants in the vehicle, 17-year-old Maggie Dunn and 16-year-old Caroline Gill were killed. The third passenger, Liam Dunn, was critically injured.Prosecutors will present the case to a grand jury at 9 a.m. Fri
  
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• LSU women's basketball projected as 2 seed in NCAA tournament

  23-02-2023 19:05
  
  INDIANAPOLIS - If the season ended today, South Carolina, Indiana, Stanford and Utah would be the No. 1 seeds according to the latest NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee top-16 early reveal announced on Thursday evening.LSU, Maryland, UConn and Virginia Tech were identified as the No. 2 seeds. The nine through 16 seeds feature Iowa, Notre Dame, Duke and Ohio State on the three line, while Texas, Villanova, Arizona and Michigan were tabbed as No. 4 seeds.The First Four opening
  
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• NAACP alleges racial discrimination, disability rights violations in Pointe Coupee school system

  23-02-2023 18:29
  
  POINTE COUPEE PARISH - The Pointe Coupee Parish School Board will hold its regularly scheduled meeting Thursday night, and one big thing on the agenda is a presentation from the NAACP.Dr. Monica Fabre, the president of the NAACP's New Roads branch, says she's ready to discuss several allegations, including what she says is racial discrimination in the school system.She says white students are often treated differently than Black students when it comes to punishment."Why is this only happening t
  
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• Livingston Parish may become Second Amendment sanctuary

  23-02-2023 17:46
  
  WALKER - There are different types of guns, ammo, and firearm accessories inside P&D Concealed Carry, a gun shop in Livingston Parish."We live in a very bad world," said the store's owner, David Groce. "There is a lot of evil in our area here, lots of crime, so people need to be able to protect themselves."While law-abiding citizens can legally obtain guns, Groce says federal laws are changing."An item that they previously allowed back in 2012—now that 40 to 100 million people own
  
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• Council passes resolution to establish Livingston Parish as 'Second Amendment sanctuary'

  23-02-2023 17:46
  
  UPDATE: The resolution to make Livingston Parish a "Second Amendment sanctuary" passed with a unanimous vote at Thursday night's council meeting.----------WALKER - There are different types of guns, ammo, and firearm accessories inside P&D Concealed Carry, a gun shop in Livingston Parish."We live in a very bad world," said the store's owner, David Groce. "There is a lot of evil in our area here, lots of crime, so people need to be able to protect themselves."While law-abiding citizens can l
  
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• DOTD installing new cameras, sensors along deadly stretch of I-10

  23-02-2023 17:14
  
  BATON ROUGE - Officials from the Department of Transportation and Development are spearheading a nearly $8 million project that could potentially prevent deadly crashes along a dangerous stretch of I-10.The area along I-10 between Grosse Tete and the Mississippi River Bridge has been commonly referred to by West Baton Rouge Parish officials as the "Devil's Triangle" because of the vast amount of crashes that take place there. The accidents can mainly be attributed to distracted drivers, unaware
  
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• See the guns seized on Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras

  23-02-2023 17:10
  
  NEW ORLEANS - State Police shared pictures of the dozens of weapons seized on Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras festivities.The agency said the more than 100 state troopers working the French Quarter took 44 guns off people who were among the crowd of revelers. Among those who were caught illegally carrying weapons on Bourbon Street was 19-year-old LSU wide receiver Malik Nabers. Nabers was arrested Monday, but he was freed from jail and won't face charges so long as he agrees to give u
  
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• New Orleans DA says Mardi Gras weapons charges should not have been dismissed, plans 'extensive internal review'

  23-02-2023 17:10
  
  NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans district attorney says he's calling for an "extensive" internal review of why more than a dozen people had their charges dropped after they were caught illegally carrying weapons around the city during Mardi Gras. The statement from the District Attorney Jason Williams pins the decision to drop charges in at least 15 cases on an assistant DA who "deviated" from the office's typical practices. LSU football player Malik Nabers, 19, was among those w
  
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• Video shows shootout outside Tigerland convenience store Thursday morning

  23-02-2023 16:26
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police responded to a reported shootout outside a Tigerland convenience store Thursday morning.The Baton Rouge Police Department said it responded to reports of people shooting at each other at a convenience store on Alvin Dark Avenue shortly before 9 a.m.Officers say the individuals involved had left the area before they arrived.No injuries were reported.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Shootout reported outside Tigerland convenience store Thursday morning

  23-02-2023 16:26
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police responded to a reported shootout outside a Tigerland convenience store Thursday morning.The Baton Rouge Police Department said it responded to reports of people shooting at each other at a convenience store on Alvin Dark Avenue shortly before 9 a.m.Officers say the individuals involved had left the area before they arrived.No injuries were reported.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Shootout reported outside Tigerland convenience store Friday morning

  23-02-2023 16:26
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police responded to a reported shootout outside a Tigerland convenience store Friday morning.The Baton Rouge Police Department said it responded to reports of people shooting at each other at a convenience store on Alvin Dark Avenue shortly before 9 a.m.Officers say the individuals involved had left the area before they arrived.No injuries were reported.Permalink| Comments
  
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• No criminal conduct found in Mississippi police shooting

  23-02-2023 15:50
  
  GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi grand jury has found “no criminal conduct” by a law enforcement officer who fatally shot a Black teenager last fall outside a discount store in Gulfport, state Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced WednesdayAn officer shot 15-year-old Jaheim McMillan in the head Oct. 6 after Gulfport police pulled over a car carrying the teen and other minors. McMillan, a Gulfport High School freshman, died two days later at a hospital in Mobile
  
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• Denham Springs woman killed in crash on LA 16 early Thursday morning

  23-02-2023 14:52
  
  PINE GROVE - A driver was killed Thursday morning after she seemingly lost control of her car and was stuck by another vehicle.Louisiana State Police said the crash happened around 3 a.m. on LA 16, near LA 63 in St. Helena Parish. Police said 35-year-old Natalie Thompson of Denham Springs was driving eastbound on the highway in a Ford Mustang when her car swerved onto the shoulder and then back onto the highway. The car was then struck by another vehicle traveling behind her. 
  
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• R. Kelly avoids lengthy add-on to 30-year prison sentence

  23-02-2023 13:12
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday handed singer R. Kelly a 20-year prison sentence for his convictions of child pornography and the enticement of minors for sex but said he will serve nearly all of the sentence simultaneously with a 30-year sentence imposed last year on racketeering charges.U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber also ordered that Kelly serve one year in prison following his New York sentence.The central question going into the sentencing in Kelly’s h
  
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• Alicia Allain Schneider, wife of 'Dukes of Hazzard' star, dead at 53

  23-02-2023 12:31
  
  HOLDEN - Alicia Allain Schneider, filmmaker and wife of 'Dukes of Hazzard' star John Schneider, died at the couple's Louisiana home this week.John Schneider announced her passing on social media Wednesday, saying "my beautiful Smile is pain free, living in her new body alongside Jesus."Alicia worked as John's manager before they married in 2019. "This is a time of unimaginable sorrow for me. Grief is much too small a word. I’ve heard it said that 'with great love comes great
  
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• Garret Graves says he's feeling pressure to run for governor, still won't confirm if he's entering race

  23-02-2023 11:37
  
  BATON ROUGE - Four major Republican candidates have already said they want to be the next Governor, but some think there is room for one more Republican: Congressman Garret Graves.There were reports earlier Thursday that Graves was feeling pressure to run, which is something he confirmed to WBRZ Thursday night."It is true. I have had many folks across the state that has been pushing us to run. We have met with many people over the last couple of days trying to think through the best decision,"
  
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• Port Allen Pelicans basketball team soaring toward fourth-straight state title

  23-02-2023 11:36
  
  PORT ALLEN - High school playoffs will start tomorrow, and Port Allen is looking to win their fourth straight state title, and a big reason for that is the team's culture.Practice at Port Allen is a routine very much like the regular season: a systematic march towards the end goal of a state title.Where that march ends is up to the players. For the Pelicans, it's ended in Lake Charles three times in a row.Second-year head coach Dimario Jackson sustained the inherited success, winning a state ti
  
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• Livingston Parish Council unanimously passes resolution to become gun sanctuary

  23-02-2023 11:27
  
  LIVINGSTON PARISH - Gun violence around the country has prompted action on a local level.Federal and state laws are changing, prompting Livingston Parish to pass a resolution that protects law-abiding gun owners. If gun laws do change, the resolution allows the parish to decide if they will use public funds to enforce these laws."Right now, we have a federal law that protects our Second Amendment right, and we have a state law. If, for some reason, they were to change them laws with us having i
  
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• Man arrested for 'unlawful disposal of remains' after allegedly dumping body on GSRI Avenue

  23-02-2023 09:52
  
  BATON ROUGE - Deputies arrested a man for unlawful disposal of human remains after a body was found in a residential area off Burbank Drive Thursday morning. The body was found on the corner of GSRI and Jade Avenues shortly before 9 a.m. Thursday outside of a vacant four-plex apartment. Deputies were able to identify the body as a 27-year-old woman. Surveillance footage from the apartments showed a man, later identified as Damion Matthews, 38, driving by the apartment complex
  
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• Body found in residential area off Burbank Drive Thursday

  23-02-2023 09:52
  
  BATON ROUGE - Officials are investigating reports of a body found off Burbank Drive Thursday.Sources say the coroner's office was called to GSRI and Jade Avenues shortly before 9 a.m. Thursday. Photos from the scene showed the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office responding to the scene. Officials have not released the identity of the body nor the cause of death. Sources have since said that investigators did not immediately find any sign of foul play.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Officials identify 73-year-old man killed in crash on Florida Boulevard Thursday morning

  23-02-2023 07:21
  
  BATON ROUGE - A 73-year-old man died in a car crash on Florida Boulevard early Thursday morning. The crash happened on Florida Boulevard near Monterrey Boulevard shortly before 6 a.m. Thursday. Sources said the coroner's office was called to the crash and that John Hunter, 73, had died on the scene. Police say he crashed into a signal pole after veering into the median.Florida eastbound was completely shut down due to police activity following the crash. The roadway reopened around 8:3
  
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