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• Volunteers chip away at lengthy to-do list at blighted Sweet Olive Cemetery

  19-04-2023 19:04
  
  BATON ROUGE - The oldest Black cemetery in Baton Rouge is often the go-to site for community clean-up projects."This is actually our third cleanup [here] this year. We are working to do one every quarter and we're always looking to partner with organization and residents to truly support the cemeteries that have been forgotten," said Symphony Malveaux with MidCity Redevelopment Alliance.Wednesday morning MCRA teamed up with Cox Communications to clean up Sweet Olive Cemetery."It was so importan
  
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• Century-old Spanish Town grocery store gets upgrade; opening soon under new name

  19-04-2023 18:03
  
  BATON ROUGE - After years of inconsistency and uncertainty surrounding the future of Capitol Grocery in Spanish Town, the store's fate has fallen into new hands. Kristen Guarisco recently leased the space known for over 100 years as Capitol Grocery. She hopes to bring in a fresh perspective while staying true to the store's century-old roots. "I want to bring more than just the restaurant and the grocery, I want to have a hub for people to meet new neighbors and make friends,"
  
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• City-parish could have saved $15K in brutality lawsuit if officer had apologized

  19-04-2023 16:45
  
  BATON ROUGE - The city-parish has paid $55,000 to settle a police brutality lawsuit, but could have paid less if the officer had been willing to apologize to the woman he cursed at, yanked from a car and handcuffed, according to her attorney.The officer, Troy Lawrence Jr., has been involved in two other cases in which the city-parish paid damages, and has been repeatedly suspended in other incidents, plaintiff's attorney Thomas Frampton said Wednesday.Lawrence, who has worked for BRPD for four
  
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• La. woman implicated in 3 separate overdose investigations

  19-04-2023 15:43
  
  MORGAN CITY - A woman arrested for her alleged role in an overdose death is linked to at least two other overdose investigations, law enforcement said.The Morgan City Police Department announced the newest charges against 42-year-old Christen Brown of Belle Rose on Tuesday. She faces a count of failure to seek assistance after the death of 52-year-old Jesse Engleton, whose body was found at a motel on LA 182 back in January.Police believe Brown was present when Engleton overdosed and waited ins
  
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• Runaway teen found safe

  19-04-2023 15:01
  
  UPDATE: The teenager was found safe at his home Thursday. HATTIESBURG - A teenager who ran away from home may be in Baton Rouge, authorities say. According to the Hattiesburg Police Department, 14-year-old Ashton Foster left his home Monday afternoon and has not been seen since. Officers say he may have contacted someone from Baton Rouge to pick him up and bring him to his girlfriend's home.BRPD and the sheriff's office are aware of the missing child. Anyone who knows
  
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• 14-year-old who ran away from home may be in Baton Rouge

  19-04-2023 15:01
  
  HATTIESBURG - A teenager who ran away from home may be in Baton Rouge, authorities say. According to the Hattiesburg Police Department, 14-year-old Ashton Foster left his home Monday afternoon and has not been seen since. Officers say he may have contacted someone from Baton Rouge to pick him up and bring him to his girlfriend's home.BRPD and the sheriff's office are aware of the missing child. Anyone who knows where Foster is should call 911. Permalink| Comments
  
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• New Ascension schools superintendent to earn $209K under approved 3-year contract

  19-04-2023 14:54
  
  ASCENSION PARISH - The incoming superintendent of the Ascension Public Schools will receive about $209,000 in the first year of a three-year term laid out in a contract approved by the Board Tuesday night.Edith Walker will receive that total amount, based off a salary and add-on pay that acknowledges her doctorate in educational leadership, plus a monthly auto expense allowance.The contract also provides for a $50,000 life insurance policy, retirement plan and health insurance coverage.Terms ta
  
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• Murder suspects taken into custody after standoff near Sherwood Forest Boulevard

  19-04-2023 13:54
  
  BATON ROUGE - A standoff involving multiple murder suspects triggered a massive police response off Sherwood Forest Boulevard Wednesday afternoon.The situation was first reported around 1:30 p.m. on North Harrells Ferry Road, just off South Sherwood Forest.Photos showed police staging outside Woodspring Suites, described online as a chain of "extended stay" hotels. Police also appeared to be blocking off the entrance of the neighboring Magnolia Trace apartment complex, as well as blocking off t
  
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• Bill allowing mothers to claim half of pregnancy costs from fathers moved forward from House committee

  19-04-2023 13:44
  
  BATON ROUGE–The House Civil Law and Procedure Committee moved forward a bill that would allow mothers to recuperate half of out-of-pocket, pregnancy-related medical expenses from the father of their child.After the baby is born, the mother would have two years to recover these expenses, which would not include costs covered by insurance. Under present law, women have no avenue for this action.“I think this is a very good bill to really help the pregnant women in our state wh
  
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• Alabama police arrest 2 teens for birthday party shooting

  19-04-2023 12:53
  
  DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Two teenagers have been arrested and charged with murder in connection with an Alabama shooting that killed four young people at a Sweet 16 birthday party, investigators announced Wednesday.District Attorney Mike Segrest said the pair would be charged as adults and that prosecutors would ask a judge to hold them without bail. A bond hearing must be held by Friday under Alabama law.He said four people remain in the hospital in critical condition and that more cha
  
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• Two more arrested in Darrow shooting that left high schooler dead

  19-04-2023 09:51
  
  DARROW - Deputies arrested two more people allegedly involved in the shooting death of a high schooler from March. The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office said two more teenagers, 18-year-old Aaron Landry and an unnamed 17-year-old, were arrested Tuesday after the March 12 shooting that left 15-year-old Treylon Brown dead. Both teens were arrested for principal to first-degree murder, principal to attempted first-degree murder, principal to illegal use of weapons, and principal
  
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• Suspect who fled after Plaquemine murder surrenders to sheriff's deputies

  19-04-2023 08:37
  
  PLAQUEMINE - The suspect in a shooting that left a 24-year-old man dead in someone's yard in early April turned himself in to the Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office Wednesday. Nikeis LeBant, 18, surrendered to the IPSO following a weeks-long hunt for him in the wake of an April 7 shooting that left 24-year-old Kendrick Carter dead. LeBant's family members, Mario and Alicia Harmason — his father and step-mother, respectively — allegedly helped LeBant flee the
  
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• Suspect in shooting that left 24-year-old dead surrenders to sheriff

  19-04-2023 08:37
  
  PLAQUEMINE - The suspect in a shooting that left a 24-year-old man dead in someone's yard in early April surrenders himself over to the Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office Wednesday. Nikeis LeBant, 18, surrendered himself to the IPSO Wednesday following a weeks-long hunt for him in the wake of an April 7 shooting that left 24-year-old Kendrick Carter dead. LeBant's family members, Mario and Alicia Harmason—his father and step-mother, respectively—allegedly he
  
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• Boil advisory lifted for portion of Denham Springs

  19-04-2023 07:11
  
  UPDATE: The boil advisory was lifted Thursday, April 20. DENHAM SPRINGS - A portion of Ward Two Water District customers were placed under a boil advisory Tuesday afternoon. As of 2 p.m. Tuesday, WTWD was making repairs to a water main on LA Highway 16 north of Denham Springs in Watson. The district said water pressure temporarily droped below the Louisiana Department of Health standard.The advisory applied to customers living on Highway 16 from the south entrance of Outback R
  
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• Boil advisory in place for portion of Denham Springs

  19-04-2023 07:11
  
  DENHAM SPRINGS - A portion of Ward Two Water District customers were placed under a boil advisory Tuesday afternoon. As of 2 p.m. Tuesday, WTWD was making repairs to a water main on LA Highway 16 north of Denham Springs in Watson. The district said water pressure would temporarily drop below the Louisiana Department of Health standard.The advisory applies to customers living on Highway 16 from the south entrance of Outback Road to Manchester Place Mobile Home Park, excluding the Easter
  
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