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• Plaquemine firefighters tackle flames that spread to multiple businesses along Railroad Avenue

  03-04-2023 21:32
  
  PLAQUEMINE - A vacant food mart and a two other buildings were damaged by a large fire on Monday afternoon. According to the Plaquemine Fire Department, Sam's Food Mart along Railroad Avenue sparked around 3:45 p.m. and the flames caught to surrounding structures.Five fire departments worked to put out the flames. No injuries have been reported and it is unclear how much damage was done to the buildings. According to the food mart's online business listing, the store is perman
  
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• Jill Biden says National Champion LSU and runner-up Iowa should be invited to White House to celebrate

  03-04-2023 17:57
  
  DENVER - On Monday, Jill Biden said Iowa should come visit the White House along with LSU, even though the Hawkeyes lost in the National Championship. "I know we'll have the champions come to the White House, we always do, so we'll have LSU come. But you know what? I'm going to tell Joe I think Iowa should come too because they played such a good game," Jill Biden said. "Winners and losers, that's sportsmanship, right?"Jill Biden was at the national title game on Sunday when LSU beat I
  
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• Jill Biden says National Champion LSU and loser Iowa should be invited to White House to celebrate

  03-04-2023 17:57
  
  DENVER - On Monday, Jill Biden said Iowa should come visit the White House along with LSU, even though the Hawkeyes lost in the National Championship. "I know we'll have the champions come to the White House, we always do, so we'll have LSU come. But you know what? I'm going to tell Joe I think Iowa should come too because they played such a good game," Jill Biden said. "Winners and losers, that's sportsmanship, right?"Jill Biden was at the national title game on Sunday when LSU beat I
  
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• Head of Louisiana Department of Health announces her resignation

  03-04-2023 17:46
  
  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana Department of Health Secretary Dr. Courtney N. Phillips — who spent decades with the agency before she helped shape the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic — is resigning, effective later this week. Phillips was appointed by Governor John Bel Edwards, who is in the final year of his second term as governor. Read the full announcement from the governor's office below. Gov. John Bel Edwards announced today that Louisi
  
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• Food service worker arrested for sneaking drugs into Assumption Parish jail

  03-04-2023 17:04
  
  NAPOLEONVILLE - A woman who worked in the Assumption Parish Detention Center was arrested Sunday after she was caught sneaking in drugs to the jail. The Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office says 38-year-old Dawn Schumann worked as a food service employee and was hired by a private contractor, but was assigned to kitchen duties at the jail. After being tipped off that Schumann may be bringing drugs into the facility, deputies brought a K-9 unit to investigate her car. Deputies sa
  
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• LSU's championship win was the most watched women's basketball game in NCAA history

  03-04-2023 16:55
  
  DALLAS - LSU's title game triumph over Iowa was the most watched women's basketball game on record, bringing in 9.9 million viewers.ESPN announced the staggering statistics on Monday, saying viewership was up 103 percent compared to last year. ??.?? ?????????????? ?????????????? ?? Record-breaking #NationalChampionship thriller between @LSUwbkb & @IowaWBB makes TV history:?? Most-viewed #NCAAWBB game on record
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• Oscar Lozada, convicted of killing his wife, sentenced to life in prison

  03-04-2023 16:48
  
  BATON ROUGE - A man who avoided arrest in his wife's murder for years by fleeing the country was sentenced to life in prison Monday, nearly 12 years after the killing.Oscar Lozada, who was found guilty of second-degree murder back in February, was formally sentenced to life in prison.Lozada's wife, Sylviane, disappeared from the couple's Baton Rouge home in 2011, and Lozada fled to Venezuela with the couple's young daughter soon afterward. He avoided extradition for years until U.S. law enforce
  
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• Alleged drug dealer arrested on murder charge after buyer overdosed on fentanyl

  03-04-2023 16:01
  
  LAPLACE - An alleged drug dealer with a history of arrests was charged with murder when woman overdosed and died after taking drugs she bought from him. According to the St. John Parish Sheriff's Office, 31-year-old Shelbi Ory died from a drug overdose on the morning of New Year's Eve. The coroner's office determined Ory died from acute fentanyl toxicity. After interviewing witnesses, deputies determined Ory bought her last dose from 55-year-old Clyde Madere, who admitted to o
  
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• LSU announces championship parade Wednesday - Details here

  03-04-2023 13:49
  
  BATON ROUGE - LSU's post-championship celebration will continue this week with a parade around campus celebrating the first title in program history. The university announced the parade after the Tigers returned home Monday. the festivities will include a trophy celebration and appearances from special guests who made the event possible. The parade will begin at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, running through campus before concluding at the PMAC with a celebration for "who knows how long
  
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• LSU announces championship parade - Live coverage on WBRZ Wednesday

  03-04-2023 13:49
  
  BATON ROUGE - LSU's post-championship celebration will continue this week with a parade around campus celebrating the first basketball title in program history."We just made history, like we're going in the history books. It just means a lot and I'm excited. I know Baton Rouge is lit right now I cant wait to get back, we're gonna have a parade," LSU guard Jasmine Carson said. After just two short years, Kim Mulkey was able to accomplish what many before her were unable to do. Now that
  
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• Louisiana Supreme Court delays start for trial of teens accused in woman's dragging death

  03-04-2023 12:48
  
  NEW ORLEANS - The Louisiana Supreme Court has delayed the trial for three teenagers accused of murder for the dragging death of a woman whose arm was severed during a carjacking, according to WWL-TV.Jury selection for the trial of second-degree murder of Linda Frickey, 73, was supposed to begin Monday morning, but potential jurors were told to leave the courtroom just before 10 a.m. after the state's highest court put a stay on the trial.The trial was reportedly delayed due to an issue regardin
  
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• Texas Ranger and former LSU baseball player taken to hospital after getting hit in the face by pitch

  03-04-2023 12:45
  
  DALLAS - Texas Ranger and former LSU Tiger Josh Smith was taken to a hospital mid-game Monday night after being hit in the face by a pitch. The left fielder was hit in the right side of his jaw while batting in the third inning. The rangers have not released any information on Smith's condition. Yikes, Josh Smith just took an 89 MPH pitch to the jaw pic.twitter.com/UUVfmjQeN4— Ben Palmer (@benjpalmer) April 4, 2023Smith is a Baton Rouge native who played for Catholic
  
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• Supreme Court rejects appeal from Louisiana man on death row

  03-04-2023 12:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from a Louisiana death row inmate seeking a new sentencing hearing, over a dissent from the three liberal justices.The court turned away David Brown, who was convicted of killing a prison guard, Capt. David Knapps, during a 1999 escape attempt from the state prison in Angola. Brown argues he is entitled to a reconsideration of his death sentence because prosecutors failed to provide his lawyers with evidence that
  
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• Tiger fans snapping up championship gear

  03-04-2023 09:54
  
  BATON ROUGE - The rush began before the team had even left the arena.Tiger fans began showing up at Baton Rouge-area sporting goods stores to snag the first batches of apparel celebrating the women's basketball team's first-ever national championship.Dick's Sporting Goods near the Mall of Louisiana was among the locations that had t-shirts ready to go within minutes of the final buzzer on Sunday.Eager fans were there to snap up the shirts, which were selling for $35 each. Other merchandise was
  
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• Maurepas man found guilty of two counts of sexual battery of a child

  03-04-2023 09:02
  
  LIVINGSTON PARISH - A Maurepas man will be sentenced to at least 50 years in prison for two counts of sexual battery of a juvenile under 13.Nicholas Flanagan, 27, was found guilty of the charges on March 30. Flanagan was initially arrested on March 1, 2022 in an investigation into a reported incident of sexual abuse that began in January of that same year. The victim said that Flanagan had made them touch him inappropriately on multiple occasions, and that Flanagan had touched them at
  
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• Missing man last seen Saturday found safe, reunited with family

  03-04-2023 08:11
  
  UPDATE: Vandy Young was found safe and is reunited with his family, according to police.###BATON ROUGE - Police are searching for a missing 63-year old man last seen Saturday. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, Vandy Young and was last seen Saturday around 4 p.m.. Young was seen wearing a white cap, a black polo, light jeans, socks, and Crocs.Young reportedly suffers from dementia, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. Anyone with information is encouraged to call
  
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• BRPD searching for missing nursing home resident with dementia

  03-04-2023 08:11
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police are searching for a missing 63-year old man last seen Saturday. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, Vandy Young is a resident at Capital Oaks Nursing home and was last seen Saturday around 4 p.m.. Young was last seen wearing a white cap, a black polo, light jeans, socks, and Crocs.Young reportedly suffers from dementia, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. Anyone with information is encouraged to call the BRPD at (225) 389-2000 or Crime Stopper
  
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• BRPD searching for missing man with dementia

  03-04-2023 08:11
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police are searching for a missing 63-year old man last seen Saturday. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, Vandy Young and was last seen Saturday around 4 p.m.. Young was seen wearing a white cap, a black polo, light jeans, socks, and Crocs.Young reportedly suffers from dementia, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. Anyone with information is encouraged to call the BRPD at (225) 389-2000 or Crime Stoppers at (225) 344-7867.Permalink| Comments
  
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• 'I'm getting some cigarettes': Man arrested for armed robbery at gas station

  03-04-2023 06:46
  
  BATON ROUGE - Deputies arrested a man for armed robbery after he allegedly entered a gas station with a gun and stole cigarettes from behind the counter. According to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office, Marverick Rester, 33 walked into a RaceTrac on O'Neal Lane March 31. Witnesses told deputies he had a handgun and told the cashier that "if y'all gotta call the cops, go ahead, but I'm getting some cigarettes."Witnesses also said there was a woman with Rester in the parking lot while
  
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• LSU's Reese unapologetic over gestures to Iowa star Clark

  03-04-2023 06:05
  
  DALLAS (AP) — LSU’s Angel Reese waved her hand in front of her face while staring down Caitlin Clark, then pointed toward her finger as if to say a ring was coming while walking toward the Iowa star.The gestures late in the Tigers’ 102-85 victory in the NCAA championship game Sunday lit up social media, with comments supporting the “Bayou Barbie” for trash talk that’s just part of the game and condemning her for lacking grace in victor
  
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• LSU's Angel Reese unapologetic over gestures to Iowa star Clark

  03-04-2023 06:05
  
  DALLAS (AP) — LSU’s Angel Reese waved her hand in front of her face while staring down Caitlin Clark, then pointed toward her finger as if to say a ring was coming while walking toward the Iowa star.The gestures late in the Tigers’ 102-85 victory in the NCAA championship game Sunday lit up social media, with comments supporting the “Bayou Barbie” for trash talk that’s just part of the game and condemning her for lacking grace in victor
  
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