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• Pet cockatiel flies around Baton Rouge for four days before returning home to family

  22-04-2023 21:31
  
  BATON ROUGE - A pet cockatiel escaped from it’s cage, taking a four day tour of Baton Rouge before finding its way home.TJ is a three year old cockatiel and the Robertson’s family pet. Kids Levi and Zoe love TJ; they play with him, dress like him, and even talk like him. When TJ escaped Sunday, the family was afraid of losing their friend forever.“We decided to go in the backyard and play for just a little while. Well, TJ decided he was coming too. We were trying t
  
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• Blues Fest takes over downtown Baton Rouge

  22-04-2023 19:41
  
  BATON ROUGE - Musicians, artists, visitors and locals alike flooded downtown Baton Rouge on Saturday for the second day of the Blues Fest. The festival officially kicked off on Friday afternoon at the Hilton with Hanna PK and Chris Leblanc. On Saturday the party moved outside and into the open. More than 50 musicians will be on and off of five stages through the festival that has been running since 1981. Festival organizers expect tens of thousands of people to pass through th
  
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• No. 1 LSU baseball wins game 2 against Ole Miss 8-4

  22-04-2023 16:55
  
  BATON ROUGE - LSU baseball clinched a series win over Ole Miss on Saturday. The Tigers won game two 8-4, and saw a great performance on the mound from pitcher Ty Floyd. The right-hander threw 8.1 innings, only giving up three runs with 8 strikeouts.Offensively, Dylan Crews continued to show why he's the best player in the country—two home runs with six RBIs including a grand slam for the Junior. LSU improves to 31-7, and 11-5 in SEC play. They will go for their first conferen
  
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• LSU national champions Joe Burrow and Angel Reese meet up at Tigers Spring Game

  22-04-2023 16:16
  
  BATON ROUGE - National Championship winners Joe Burrow and Angel Reese were at Death Valley on Saturday to cheer on the Tigers during the Spring Game. The two LSU greats stopped to take pictures. Both athletes posed by pointing at the fingers where their championship rings would go. Joe Burrow and Clyde Edwards Helaire stopped by the LSU Spring game briefly.
  Angel Reese got a great photo with the Goat before they dipped. @JoeyB @Clydro_22 @Reese10Angel pic.twitter.com/LLvBBnZ8
  
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• One dead in two-vehicle crash on I-12 in Hammond, police say

  22-04-2023 12:29
  
  HAMMOND - A two-vehicle crash on I-12 Eastbound in Hammond left one dead and several injured Friday night.The Hammond Police Department responded to a crash along I-12 Eastbound, past the Range Road overpass, around 6 p.m.The crash claimed the life of 68-year-old Lawrence J. Motichek, Jr. of Ozyka, Mississippi.Upon investigating, authorities were able to determine that traffic on I-12 had slowed due to a previous accident, because of this a 2021 Ford Bronco had come to a near stop in the left l
  
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• No. 15 LSU softball wins game 2 over Mississippi State 10-4

  22-04-2023 12:02
  
  BATON ROUGE - The LSU softball team wins game two over Mississippi State 10-4. LSU was down 4-2 in the fourth inning, before scoring seven runs to take the lead. Both Taylor Pleasants and Karli Petty had three hit performances.Alea Johnson gets the win coming on in relief, she pitched 5.1 innings giving up no runs and only three hits. LSU improves to 36-11 on the year, and 9-8 in SEC play.The Tigers will go for the sweep tomorrow at 2 p.m.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Baton Rouge Police arrest suspect in deadly December shooting

  22-04-2023 05:28
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police have made an arrest in a deadly shooting that occurred on December 21, 2022, on Burbank Drive.21-year-old Darrius Janatsch was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for 2nd Degree Murder in the death of 21-year-old Tyren Henderson.Janatsch will face additional charges from LSU Police for unrelated incidents.The U.S. Marshal's Task Force aided police in arresting Janatsch.This is an ongoing investigation.Permalink| Comments
  
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