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• Car flipped upside-down in Prairieville neighborhood, driver taken to hospital

  07-05-2023 21:20
  
  PRAIRIEVILLE - A car wreck in a Prairieville neighborhood managed to flip over a car and send the driver to the hospital. The accident happened shortly before 8:30 p.m. in the Parker Place Estates neighborhood off Parker Road. Witnesses say the car was driving down Parker Place Drive when it sideswiped a parked SUV and flipped upside-down. The driver, an 18-year-old male, was taken to a hospital. His condition is unknown. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Yellen: 'No good options' if Congress fails to act on debt

  07-05-2023 20:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that there are “no good options” for the United States to avoid an economic “calamity” if Congress fails to raise the nation’s borrowing limit of $31.381 trillion in the coming weeks. She did not rule out President Joe Biden bypassing lawmakers and acting on his own to try to avert a first-ever federal default.Her comments added even more urgency to a high-stakes meeting Tue
  
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• 7 people killed, more hurt when SUV ran through bus stop near immigrant center in Texas

  07-05-2023 18:06
  
  BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Seven people were killed and ten people were taken to a hospital when an SUV ran through a bus stop Sunday morning. According to KRGV, the accident happened at an unmarked bus stop in front of the Ozanam Center - a homeless shelter for immigrants. The Associated Press spoke with shelter director Victor Maldonado, who said he reviewed the shelter’s surveillance video on after receiving a call about the crash.“What we see in the video is
  
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• Boosie arrested on weapons charges in San Diego, reportedly shooting rap video

  07-05-2023 15:51
  
  SAN DIEGO - Rapper Boosie Badazz was arrested in San Diego on weapons charges while he was in town shooting a music video. According to the San Diego County Jail, Boosie was booked on four charges: felon in possession of a firearm, concealed carry weapon in a vehicle, possession of ammunition by a prohibited person and unlisted owner of a registered firearm. Boosie posted a picture on social media on Friday with Bully Three, a rapper who worked with Boosie on a song called "Ho
  
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• Boat without trailer left on I-10 near College Drive

  07-05-2023 13:01
  
  BATON ROUGE - A boat without a trailer was left on Interstate 10 near the College Drive exit. The boat was spotted around 10 p.m. It is unknown how long it has been on the Interstate.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Teacher 'sick out' forces St. Helena schools to close Monday, just days after tax proposal failed

  07-05-2023 12:32
  
  GREENSBURG - Students are being instructed to stay home in St. Helena Parish on Monday after the public school system canceled classes due to a teacher "sick out" triggered by a pair of failed tax proposals that would have provided more funding for schools. Instead of going to class Monday, school employees participated in a parade outside Greensburg Market, culminating in a protest outside the parish courthouse that morning. "It's about having technology for our babies everyd
  
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• Classes canceled in St. Helena parish; officials cite 'Educator Sick Out Day'

  07-05-2023 12:32
  
  GREENSBURG - Students are being instructed to stay home in St. Helena Parish, where the public school system has canceled classes due to a teacher "sick out."System officials late Sunday said the closure could extend deeper into the week, and they are not certain if graduation ceremonies will be held as scheduled.They are sharing the content of a letter they received notifying them of the educators' action.That information was included in an official cancellation notice, which is posted below.O
  
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• Teens' car struck by drunk driver on their way to Central High prom; suspect faces more charges

  07-05-2023 12:28
  
  CENTRAL - Four teens headed to Central High School's prom never made it to the party because their vehicle was hit by a drunk driver Saturday night, authorities say. According to the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office, the four teenagers were driving along Central Thruway near Hamilton Avenue around 9 p.m. when a different vehicle, driven by 33-year-old Erick Melendez, crossed over the median and into oncoming traffic. The cars hit head-on. Law enforcement says
  
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• Teenagers on the way to Central High School prom hit by drunk driver

  07-05-2023 12:28
  
  CENTRAL - Four teens headed to Central High School's prom never made it to the party because their vehicle was hit by a drunk driver Saturday night, authorities say. According to the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office, the four teenagers were driving along Central Thruway near Hamilton Avenue around 9 p.m. when a different vehicle, driven by 33-year-old Erick Melendez, crossed over the median and into oncoming traffic. The cars hit head-on. Law enforcement says
  
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• Central teens involved in car accident on way to prom Saturday

  07-05-2023 12:28
  
  CENTRAL - Four teens on their way to prom were transported to a hospital after a crash Saturday night in Central.Emergency services responded to reports of a crash on Central Thruway near Hamilton Avenue around 9 p.m. Saturday.According to authorities, the teens, driving a 2005 Toyota 4Runner, were traveling northbound on Central Thruway in the lane closest to the median. At the same time, a driver of a 2012 Ford Explorer was traveling southbound on Central Thruway in the lane closest
  
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• New memorial for Allie Rice placed on Government Street after last two were vandalized

  07-05-2023 12:05
  
  BATON ROUGE - It's been seven months since Allie Rice was killed on Government Street. After two of her memorials were vandalized last year, the family decided to make a taller, stronger one to place in the same spot."It's a symbol of what we lost and our way to remember her and where it happened. This has been months in the making for us to come up with something that was very heavy duty and we're going to get it up higher so our hope is to not have this one vandalized or stolen," father Paul
  
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• Teen shoots store clerk during violent armed robbery in Denham Springs

  07-05-2023 09:37
  
  DENHAM SPRINGS - A 17-year-old has been arrested after allegedly shooting a store clerk during an armed robbery in Denham Springs Saturday night.Just before 11 p.m. Saturday, deputies with the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office were dispatched to a convenience store on Springfield Road in Denham Springs.Upon investigating, police learned the clerk sustained a gunshot wound to the upper torso during an armed robbery. She was transported to a hospital in critical, yet stable, condition.Sheriff Ja
  
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• Officials investigating apartment fire off Nicholson Drive Saturday

  07-05-2023 06:52
  
  BATON ROUGE - Fire investigators are working to identify the cause of a fire at an apartment complex off Nicholson Drive Saturday.According to the Baton Rouge Fire Department, the incident occurred at Middleway Apartments on Earl Gros Avenue near Tigerland.Crews arrived to find two rooms on fire inside an apartment unit. Firefighters quickly contained the fire to the apartment of origin.An investigator later determined the fire started on or near a couch in the unit.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Hammond teen arrested in murder of Arkansas resident

  07-05-2023 03:18
  
  HAMMOND - Deputies arrested an 18-year-old in connection to a deadly shooting of an Arkansas resident Saturday morning.Tangipahoa Parish Chief Jimmy Travis says deputies responded to the Red Roof Plus on Puma Drive shortly before 8 a.m. Upon arrival, they found 62-year-old Paul Holt with a gunshot wound to his chest. Holt later died at a hospital.According to the Sheriff's Office, Holt was shot after being carjacked by armed, masked man, later identified as Ladarrius Evans.As Holt and his wife
  
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• Arkansas man saved his wife from carjacker before he was shot to death, authorities say

  07-05-2023 03:18
  
  HAMMOND - A man who came to Louisiana to celebrate his 63rd birthday was killed by a carjacker while saving his wife on Saturday morning. Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said deputies went to the Red Roof Plus in Hammond at 8 a.m. and found Paul Holt shot in the parking lot. Deputies say Holt and his wife were in town from Arkansas to celebrate Paul's birthday on Sunday. While the couple was leaving their hotel, a masked man, identified as 18-year-old Laddarrius Ev
  
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