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• No. 5 LSU baseball wins game 2 at Georgia 8-4

  19-05-2023 20:06
  
  ATHENS, GA - The LSU baseball team gets their first series win in 3 weeks, as the Tigers get the game 2 victory over Georgia 8-4. Starting pitcher Ty Floyd gets his 7th win of the season, as he goes 7 innings only giving up 4 runs with 7 strikeouts. The Tigers hit 2 home runs on the night, as both Tommy White and Hayden Traviniski hit long balls.LSU improves to 42-12, and 19-9 in SEC play. The Tigers will go for the sweep tomorrow at noon. Permalink| Comments
  
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• LSU Softball dominates in NCAA regional opener against PVU

  19-05-2023 19:01
  
  BATON ROUGE -  LSU Softball started NCAA regional action with a bang.  The Tigers hammered out 15 hits on their way to a 12-2 run-rule victory over Prairie View in the opener of the Baton Rouge regional at Tiger Park on Friday.LSU pitcher Raelin Chaffin spun a gem as she threw the complete game win with eight strike-outs allowing the two runs on two hits.The Tigers advance in the winner's bracket and will now face the Ragin Cajuns on Saturday at noon in a battle of unbeatens a
  
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• Board poised to vote on increased 911 fees for EBR, could appear on phone bills next month

  19-05-2023 18:41
  
  BATON ROUGE - A proposal to increase phone fees to better accommodate the cost of running East Baton Rouge's 911 services is set for a vote later this month, and residents could start seeing an increase as soon as next month. The East Baton Rouge Communications District will have a special board meeting May 31 to decide on the increase. The change would amount to an annual increase of $4.32 per residential landline, $5.88 per business landline and $4.80 per wireless connection.&nbs
  
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• Council on Aging boss, previously accused of swindling senior, given full control of agency's checkbook

  19-05-2023 16:07
  
  BATON ROUGE - Employees at the East Baton Rouge Council on Aging are ringing alarm bells after they said the board recently granted CEO Tasha Clark Amar sole authority to sign checks for the agency. Two signatures on expenditures are no longer required, and employees said Clark Amar needs more oversight, not less.Clark Amar was exposed by the WBRZ Investigative Unit in 2017 after she named herself in an elderly client's will. A series of stories led to tremendous fallout. When the dust settled,
  
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• All-time NFL great running back, social activist Jim Brown dead at 87

  19-05-2023 14:55
  
  Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown, the unstoppable running back who retired at the peak of his brilliant career to become an actor as well as a prominent civil rights advocate during the 1960s, has died. He was 87.A spokeswoman for Brown’s family said he passed away peacefully in his Los Angeles home on Thursday night with his wife, Monique, by his side.One of the greatest players in football history and one of the game’s first superstars, Brown was chosen the NFL&rsq
  
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• Sheriff: 18-year-old & minor face charges in EBR, East Feliciana after pair wrecked stolen car

  19-05-2023 14:45
  
  ETHEL - Deputies in East Feliciana Parish arrested an 18-year-old and a minor after finding a stolen car rolled over in a ditch Wednesday. The East Feliciana Sheriff's Office said in a news release Friday that a deputy first found the car flipped over along LA 957 in Ethel. Upon spotting the deputy, one suspect who was still standing by the wreck ran away.Deputies looked inside the car and found that the ignition switch had been removed and the vehicle was hotwired. Neighbors
  
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• City takes responsibility for burnt light bulbs, making changes to reporting process after WBRZ report

  19-05-2023 14:21
  
  BATON ROUGE - A 2 On Your Side mystery has been solved! The streetlights along Burbank Drive are the city's responsibility after all. However, the city says the current system to report burnt light bulbs isn't working the way it was designed. Following Thursday's report, there are plans to make changes.Alexander Tardo reached out to 2 On Your Side about the burnt bulbs along Burbank Drive recently, when his 311 requests were mysteriously closed out without being fixed."They're not on at night,
  
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• Services scheduled for Southern Univ. student killed in New Orleans

  19-05-2023 13:44
  
  BATON ROUGE - Family and friends will remember a Southern University student who was killed one week ago outside a club in New Orleans, with funeral services announced on a Go Fund Me page established on behalf of the family.Imani Williams was celebrating her 20th birthday when she and another woman were shot while leaving a hookah club. Both of them died from their injuries.No arrests have been made.Williams was a sophomore attending Southern University. She is described as a "humble, quiet an
  
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• Utah kids' book author accused in husband's killing changed life insurance policies, prosecutors say

  19-05-2023 13:16
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman who wrote a children’s book about grief after her husband’s death and was later arrested on accusations of killing him made changes to her husband’s life insurance years before he was fatally poisoned, according to charging documents updated Thursday.The additional allegations, which were previously mentioned in search warrants but not the charging documents, led to the postponement of a detention hearing scheduled for F
  
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• Suspected arsonist arrested for setting fire to Baker church

  19-05-2023 13:06
  
  BAKER - Authorities were able to arrest an accused arsonist after he left some of his personal belongings at the scene of a church fire in Baker.The Baton Rouge Fire Department said it was called in Thursday to help investigate the fire at Wayside Christian Fellowship on Sherron Avenue. Inside the church, investigators found a small fire and some personal effects left at the spot where the fire started. The flames ultimately caused only about $100 in damage, according to the fire depar
  
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• Mother of 12-year-old Cedrica Lee speaks about her daughter's death

  19-05-2023 12:35
  
  CENTRAL - The death of 12-year-old Cedrica Lee has friends and family grieving and pleading to end gun violence. Friday a balloon release and celebration of life was held to remember all the good times cut short."I'm going to remember her as my bright flower. My beautiful bright flower that was trying to grow, and one day she was chopped off. That's how I have to remember my baby," Cedrica's mother Bertha Johnson said.Cedrica's family gathered to share stories, smiles and hugs together as they
  
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• EBR Schools leader pursuing superintendent job in Florida

  19-05-2023 09:53
  
  BATON ROUGE - Dr. Sito Narcisse, the superintendent for the East Baton Rouge School System, has applied to be the head of one of the largest school districts in the country.A list published by Broward County Public Schools on Thursday named Narcisse among the candidates. He was one of a handful who applied after the district extended the deadline for applications.Read Dr. Sito Narcisse's application hereWBRZ caught up with Narcisse at an event late Friday morning and asked him about his decisio
  
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• Videos show purported ivory-billed woodpeckers in Louisiana as US moves toward extinction decision

  19-05-2023 09:43
  
  New video and photographs purporting to show ivory-billed woodpeckers flying in a Louisiana forest were published by researchers on Thursday, as government officials said they will make a final decision this year on whether the birds are extinct.The images — grainy and taken from a distance by drones and trail cameras — offer tantalizing hints the large woodpecker may yet exist almost 80 years after the last agreed-upon sightings, in Louisiana.Several experts said it adds to
  
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• Mystery debris damaged roughly a dozen cars on busy I-10 exit ramp Friday morning

  19-05-2023 07:52
  
  BATON ROUGE - Transportation officials are still unsure what caused about a dozen vehicles to sustain damage while exiting a busy stretch of I-10 Friday morning.DOTD shut down the eastbound off-ramp at Perkins Road for roughly an hour Friday after learning that several cars were damaged by some kind of debris in the road. The affected cars eventually were able to move into the parking lot of a business at the bottom of the exit ramp to have their tires swapped out for spares. A DOTD sp
  
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• At least a dozen vehicles damaged after debris littered busy I-10 exit ramp Friday morning

  19-05-2023 07:52
  
  BATON ROUGE - A busy I-10 off-ramp was shut down for some time Friday morning after several cars suffered flat tires and damaged rims due to debris in the roadway. The eastbound exit ramp from I-10 to Perkins Road was shut down for almost an hour Friday morning as cars piled up, all ending up with the same fate. The affected cars eventually were able to move into the parking lot of a business at the bottom of the exit ramp to have their tires swapped out for spares. W
  
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• Person found dead off N. Ardenwood Drive Friday believed to have died from overdose, police say

  19-05-2023 07:36
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police are investigating reports of a person found dead off North Ardenwood Drive early Friday morning. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, the coroner was called to an address on Villa Ashley Drive for reports of a man down. Police later said the death was believed to have been caused by an overdose. Police said the investigation is ongoing. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Officials respond to reports of person found dead off N. Ardenwood Drive Friday

  19-05-2023 07:36
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police are investigating reports of a person found dead off North Ardenwood Drive early Friday morning. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, the coroner was called to an address on Villa Ashley Drive for reports of a man down. Police said the investigation is ongoing. Permalink| Comments
  
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• 28-year-old shot, killed in parking garage just off LSU campus late Thursday night

  19-05-2023 07:09
  
  BATON ROUGE - A person was shot multiple times in a parking garage late Thursday night just steps away from LSU campus. Emergency texts were sent out to students and said to avoid the area of Highland and Aster shortly after midnight. Half an hour later, another text was sent out saying that police were still on the scene, but there was no apparent threat to campus. Officials confirmed later Friday morning that the coroner's office was called to the scene. The victim was later
  
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• TEAM 2 TRAFFIC: Friday Commute

  19-05-2023 05:09
  
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