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• No. 1 LSU Baseball beats Grambling 17-5 in 7 innings

  28-03-2023 21:17
  
  BATON ROUGE - The LSU baseball team run ruled their opponent for the 9th time this season, as the Tigers get win number 22 over Grambling 17-5 in seven innings. The Tigers exploded offensively in the third and fourth innings, having a combined 13 runs. It started in the third with Cade Beloso's three-run homer, then right after that Jared Jones also hit a longball.Blake Money gets his first win of the season, although he struggled in two innings giving up a three-run homer. The Tigers
  
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• Friends and family mourn the loss of two Louisiana natives killed in Nashville school shooting

  28-03-2023 20:12
  
  When a shooter opened fire on a Christian elementary school in Nashville, killing three children and three adults, hundreds of lives were changed for ever.Here in Baton Rouge, family of Dr. Katherine Koonce, headmaster at The Covenant School, are mourning the wife and mother of two.A graduate of the University High class of '81, she went on to LSU and then Vanderbilt in Tennessee.61-year-old Cynthia Peak, a substitute teacher, from the small town of Leesville in West Louisiana leaves behind thr
  
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• Officials not expecting to install Basin Bridge speed cameras until 2024

  28-03-2023 18:16
  
  BATON ROUGE - Whether you're heading to Lafayette or Baton Rouge, if you take I-10, you'll have to drive across 18 miles of the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. If drivers happen to cross that bridge in fewer than 18 minutes, they'll be subject to a fine of up to $1,000.“If you’re going over the speed limit, you’re going to get a ticket. And while you believe there’s some people who don’t like it, we believe that there’s a lot of peo
  
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• BRPD looking into their protocols following deadly helicopter crash

  28-03-2023 17:35
  
  BATON ROUGE- It was another grim day at BRPD headquarters Tuesday, where flags flew at half-staff and a memorial stood in front of the building with flowers.The department is remembering Sgt. David Poirrier and Cpl. Scotty Canezaro, who died from blunt force trauma after the BRPD chopper they were in crashed early Sunday. That happened as they assisted with a chase that started on Sherwood Forest Boulevard.Air support is something the department has used more of to decrease the number of accide
  
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• Days after contentious sales tax failed, Livingston school system cancels career fair due to low sign-ups

  28-03-2023 17:32
  
  LIVINGSTON - The Livingston Parish School System says it's canceling a career fair that was scheduled for this weekend, citing little interest in the event from potential job candidates.Superintendent Joe Murphy announced the cancellation Tuesday, just a few days after parish residents voted down a one-percent sales tax that would have given more funding to the school system, namely giving faculty raises.Murphy said only 49 applicants registered for the event seeking to fill openings at the sys
  
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• After threatening to sue homeowner for ignoring letter, parish now admits it never sent it

  28-03-2023 16:38
  
  PRAIRIEVILLE - There's more to the story about a fence in Ascension Parish. A parish official told 2 On Your Side on Thursday that a certified letter had been sent to the property owners with an official offer from the parish to move the fence to the servitude line.Turns out, that letter never existed.Earlier this month Nick Ehrhard and his wife were facing a lawsuit from Ascension Parish over their fence. The item appeared on the March 16 council agenda before it was removed by councilwoman Te
  
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• Convicts with life sentences are up for parole; district attorney says it makes no sense

  28-03-2023 16:19
  
  GONZALES- Ascension Parish District Attorney Ricky Babin said he recently had two cases involving convicts who were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole come up for parole hearings."I don't understand it," Babin said. "I don't understand how someone is convicted of a crime, is sentenced by a court after a hearing to life imprisonment without benefit of parole probation and suspension of sentence, and all of that gets changed."Babin is among other district attorneys acro
  
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• St. Amant man died in hospital after crash Tuesday morning

  28-03-2023 15:40
  
  ST. AMANT - A man died in a hospital Tuesday after being involved in an auto accident hours before. According to State Police, 76-year-old Steven Delaune pulled out of a driveway and turned left onto LA 431 and was hit by an oncoming vehicle. Troopers said both vehicles ended up in the ditch and both drivers were taken to the hospital. Deluane passed away Tuesday and the other driver was treated for minor injuries. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Nicholls State professor suspended as 'fetish' leads to Title IX complaint

  28-03-2023 15:38
  
  THIBODAUX - An assistant professor of geography at Nicholls State University has been suspended and says his contract will not be renewed. The action by school administrators comes as student media report the launch of a Title IX investigation and as they put a spotlight on past social media activity involving the professor.In mid-February, Joseph Tokosh distributed an email that informed students that he was "leaving Nicholls." That email blamed an "attack from what is called 'the Grade Inflat
  
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• 'We feel their pain:' Walker Police Department collecting donations for tornado victims in Mississippi

  28-03-2023 15:29
  
  WALKER - The Walker Police Department has been collecting donations to send to tornado victims in Mississippi. "I brought this as an idea, I feel God gave it to me and the people of Walker have responded beyond my wildest dreams," Police Chief David Addison said.The tornadoes reminded Addison of a time when disaster struck his own community and they looked for help from others. "It brought us back, here in Walker to 2016 when our city flooded, I mean we had a disaster."The dep
  
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• BRPD temporarily limiting helicopter use as department reviews policies in wake of deadly crash

  28-03-2023 14:44
  
  BATON ROUGE -  The Baton Rouge Police Department says it will keep its last remaining helicopter grounded at night for the time being as the agency reviews its policies following a crash that left two of its pilots dead. BRPD confirmed it's put a moratorium on late-night flights Tuesday, just days after two officers died in a crash while assisting in a high-speed pursuit that crossed over into West Baton Rouge early Sunday morning. Sgt. David Poirrier, 47, and Cpl. Sc
  
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• Video shows Nashville police search school, fire at shooter

  28-03-2023 14:43
  
  Warning: Video may contain disturbing content.NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville police released video Tuesday from a body-worn camera that shows a team of officers entering and searching an elementary school, then confronting and opening fire on an assailant who had murdered three children and three adults in the latest school shooting to roil the nation.The dramatic, six-minute video supplements an earlier release, late Monday, of about two minutes of edited surveillance footage that
  
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• Father booked for negligent homicide in 6-year-old's accidental shooting

  28-03-2023 13:33
  
  RACELAND - The father of a 6-year-old boy who was reportedly shot by accident while playing with a gun is now facing criminal charges in his son's death. The Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office announced Monday night that Davonta Michel Sr., 24, was booked for negligent homicide more than a month after the Feb. 22 shooting. Deputies found the victim, Davonta "D.J" Michel Jr., with a gunshot wound at his home on LA 182. First responders attempted life-saving measures, but the boy
  
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• Man in coma after possible hit-and-run crash; police unresponsive about search for suspect

  28-03-2023 12:33
  
  BATON ROUGE- Surveillance video from neighbors on Reymond Avenue show a light colored truck drive down the road at roughly 3 a.m. Saturday morning.Neighbors in the area believe resident James Bartee was hit by a vehicle and left on the road to die. Witnesses who don't want to be identified told WBRZ they were driving down the normally quiet Reymond Avenue at around 3 a.m. and found Bartee."We saw that he was very injured, he had a head injury, his shoes were knocked off, and he was bleeding."Th
  
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• New sports wagering code bans college betting partnerships

  28-03-2023 09:24
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The U.S. gambling industry is adopting a new responsible marketing code that will ban sports books from partnering with colleges to promote sports wagering, bar payments to college and amateur athletes for using their name, image or likeness, and end the use of the terms “free” or “risk-free” to describe promotional bets.The American Gaming Association told The Associated Press on Tuesday the changes are necessary to k
  
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