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• Southern baseball sweeps Arkansas-Pine Bluff to finish out regular season

  20-05-2023 20:52
  
  BATON ROUGE - The Southern Baseball team completed the sweep over Arkansas-Pine Bluff. The Jaguars won game three by the final of 12-1. Southern has now won eight of their last nine SWAC games.The Jaguars finish out the regular season with with an 17-10 SWAC regular. Southern is the sixth seed in the SWAC Tournament, which starts on Wednesday in Atlanta. Permalink| Comments
  
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• BREC re-opens Maplewood Park, Glen Oaks throws family picnic day to celebrate

  20-05-2023 20:50
  
  BATON ROUGE - A ribbon cutting ceremony for the re-opening of the BREC Maplewood Park happened Saturday afternoon, after nearly seven years of the park being closed due to flood damage.To celebrate, the Glen Oaks Area Neighborhood Association hosted a family picnic for people to enjoy the newly renovated park."When you have a building that's been flooded and hasn't been used in a long time what once was a resource becomes an eyesore. BREC did an amazing job at restoring this facility to make su
  
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• LSU baseball will be an 3 seed in the SEC Tournament; first game on Wednesday

  20-05-2023 19:17
  
  HOOVER, AL - LSU is the No. 3 seed in next week’s SEC Baseball Tournament in Hoover, and will play its first game at 9:30 a.m. CT Wednesday against either No. 6 seed South Carolina or No. 11 seed Georgia.The No. 3 SEC Tournament seed is LSU’s highest since the 2017 Tigers were the No. 1 seed in the event.The Tournament times are below: Tuesday, May 23   Game 1 (9:30 a.m.) - #6 South Carolina vs. #11 Georgia  [SEC Network]
  
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• LSU baseball will be 3 seed in the SEC Tournament; first game on Wednesday

  20-05-2023 19:17
  
  HOOVER, AL - LSU is the No. 3 seed in next week’s SEC Baseball Tournament in Hoover, and will play its first game at 9:30 a.m. CT Wednesday against either No. 6 seed South Carolina or No. 11 seed Georgia.The No. 3 SEC Tournament seed is LSU’s highest since the 2017 Tigers were the No. 1 seed in the event.The Tournament times are below: Tuesday, May 23   Game 1 (9:30 a.m.) - #6 South Carolina vs. #11 Georgia  [SEC Network]
  
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• How to spend Louisianas better-than-expected revenue forecast remains up for debate

  20-05-2023 16:34
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers received a revised sunny revenue forecast Thursday, with economists saying hundreds of millions of dollars in additional surplus funds are available to spend for this year’s budget.Despite the better-than-expected revised forecast, how lawmakers spend the extra funds remain up for debate. The House is taking the more conservative approach of wanting to pay down debt, while legislators in the Senate are hoping to breach the state&am
  
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• No. 5 LSU baseball loses game 3 at Georgia 9-5

  20-05-2023 16:03
  
  ATHENS, Ga. - The LSU baseball team lost game 3 to Georgia 9-5, the Tigers still won the series and finished SEC with an 19-10 record. LSU will be the three-seed next week in Hoover. On Saturday, Javen Coleman got his second straight game three start. He pitched three innings, giving up four runs with two strikeouts. Offensively, LSU hit three home runs on the year. Tre Morgan had one in the first, while Tommy White and Cade Beloso added one later in the game. The SEC Tourname
  
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• Man arrested for attacking accused molester, stabbing him multiple times

  20-05-2023 15:08
  
  BATON ROUGE - A man was arrested on Friday for attacking the person who he says molested him. On Friday, deputies were investigating a stabbing along Ericson Avenue and were told that the victim had gone to the hospital. Medical professionals told deputies the victim had four stab wounds to the head, a piece of knife blade stuck in his skull and an artery in his head was cut. A man, 28-year-old Kaddarrius Cage, was arrested after the stabbing near the crime scene and taken in
  
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• Civil Air Patrol is prepared for emergencies

  20-05-2023 14:58
  
  BATON ROUGE- The Civil Air Patrol is ready for emergencies after the local chapter passed a series of tests on Saturday."We've been able to accomplish all of our objectives; we've done it safely. We have a few crews out right now, but everything has went well," Tracy Breithaupt, Civil Air Patrol Louisiana's wing emergency officer, said.Officials from the Civil Air Patrol and the U.S Air Force came to make sure the Louisiana wing is on track to respond to emergencies successfully. "We h
  
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• No. 10 LSU Softball headed to regional championship after 4-0 win over UL

  20-05-2023 14:38
  
  BATON ROUGE - The LSU Softball team is in the driver's seat and headed to the regional championship after a 4-0 win against UL Lafayette. Starting pitcher Sydney Berzon had her 14th win of the year, she pitched all seven innings not allowing a run with four strikeouts. Offensively, McKenzie Redoutey hit a homerun in the second to start the scoring for LSU. Ali Newland continued her hot streak with a two-RBI double in the third.The Tigers play Sunday at 1 p.m. and only need one more win
  
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• LSU Softball headed to regional championship after 4-0 win over UL

  20-05-2023 14:38
  
  BATON ROUGE - The LSU Softball team is in the driver's seat and headed to the regional championship after a 4-0 win against UL Lafayette. The Tigers play Sunday at 1 p.m. and only need one more win to move on to the super regionals. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Ed Muniz, Krewe of Endymion founder, dead at 83

  20-05-2023 13:44
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Krewe of Endymion founder and former Kenner mayor Ed Muniz died Friday night at the age of 83, krewe members say.An official cause of death has not been given at this time.Muniz founded the Krewe of Endymion in 1966. He also served as the mayor of Kenner, a member of the Jefferson Parish Council and a Kenner Councilman between 1987 to 2003.A sculpture of Muniz was unveiled on the campus of Delgado Community College last week as part of the Endymion Garden. Permalink| Comm
  
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• Officials investigating abandoned house fire off Scotland Avenue Saturday morning

  20-05-2023 13:25
  
  BATON ROUGE - Fire investigators are working to determine the cause of an abandoned house fire Saturday morning.According to the Baton Rouge Fire Department, the incident occurred on Sora Street just before 6 a.m.Fire crews arrived on scene to find the structure completely involved. Crews were also told someone might possibly be inside. After extinguishing the fire, crews searched the property, but found no one inside.The structure is being considered a total loss.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Kenner country club destroyed during Saturday night fire

  20-05-2023 12:32
  
  KENNER - Emergency responders are on the scene of a large fire at the Chateau Country Club in Kenner. According to WWL, at least 20 golf carts and the campus building were destroyed late Saturday night. As of 10 p.m., firefighters were still working to contain the flames. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Golf carts, building at Kenner country club destroyed during Saturday night fire

  20-05-2023 12:32
  
  KENNER - Emergency responders are on the scene of a large fire at the Chateau Country Club in Kenner. According to WWL, at least 20 golf carts and the campus building were destroyed late Saturday night. As of 10 p.m., firefighters were still working to contain the flames. Permalink| Comments
  
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• 1 killed, 5 ejected in two-vehicle Lafourche Parish crash

  20-05-2023 08:02
  
  CUT OFF - A teenager was killed Friday morning after she and four others were ejected from their vehicle in a crash in Lafourche Parish.According to State Police, 37-year-old Mary Borne was driving south on LA Hwy 3235 in a 1999 Lincoln Navigator. While attempting to turn onto West 54th Street, Borne failed to yield to an approaching 2011 Ford F-250 and crashed.All five occupants in the Lincoln were not properly restrained and were ejected during the crash.17-year-old Destiny Borne was pronounc
  
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