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• Zachary School District names new superintendent

  30-05-2023 19:57
  
  ZACHARY - On Tuesday evening, the Zachary Community School District announced they have hired a superintendent to take over as Scott Devillier has retired. New-hire Ben Necaise wrote the following statement, which was published on the school district's social media page: I am thrilled to have the opportunity to introduce myself as the superintendent of the Zachary Community
  School District. As a parent, I have been able to observe and experience the whole-child approach and ed
  
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• Bill creating task force to study high-speed police chases passes in House, headed to Senate

  30-05-2023 18:08
  
  BATON ROUGE- Tuesday afternoon, the House passed a bill to create a task force to study police chases and when they may be not necessary.The bill was authored by Senator Caleb Kleinpeter as a response to the deaths of two teenage girls, Maggie Dunn and Caroline Gill, who were caught between a suspect and a police officer during a high-speed chase on New Year's Eve. "I definitely don't want to handcuff law enforcement. I am a huge supporter of law enforcement. But everybody, even law en
  
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• Louisiana lawmakers advance proposal to legalize permitless concealed carry

  30-05-2023 16:53
  
  BATON ROUGE — A Senate committee advanced a bill, 4-1, that would allow permitless
  concealed carry for residents over 21.Rep. Danny McCormick, R-Oil City, presented House Bill 131 to the Senate Judiciary B
  committee Tuesday.The committee amended the bill to change the age requirement for carrying concealed firearms without obtaining a permit or training to 21 from 18.Three Republicans and Sen. Gregory W. Tarver Sr., a Democrat from Shreveport, supported the bill. Sen. Joseph Bouie Jr.
  
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• Designated left turn lane being added to Siegen Lane exit from I-10 west

  30-05-2023 16:40
  
  BATON ROUGE - Drivers exiting from I-10 West to Siegen Lane may have noticed construction in recent weeks. The Department of Transportation and Development says crews are in the process of installing a designated left turn lane at the exit. "Traffic was backing up at that exit so we're going to do some patching, fix the drainage and add a left turn lane,"  DOTD spokesperson Rodney Mallett said.The $1.3 million project aims to alleviate some of the congestion that forms along t
  
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• Big change coming to Siegen Lane exit ramp from I-10 west

  30-05-2023 16:40
  
  BATON ROUGE - Drivers exiting from I-10 West to Siegen Lane may have noticed construction in recent weeks. The Department of Transportation and Development says crews are in the process of installing a designated left turn lane at the exit. "Traffic was backing up at that exit so we're going to do some patching, fix the drainage and add a left turn lane,"  DOTD spokesperson Rodney Mallett said.The $1.3 million project aims to alleviate some of the congestion that forms along t
  
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• Former Pennington Biomedical executive director honored for bolstering postdoctoral program

  30-05-2023 16:14
  
  BATON ROUGE - Former Pennington Biomedical Research Center Executive Director Dr. Claude Bouchard and his wife, Monique Chagnon, were celebrated Tuesday for pledging $1 million to support the research center's postdoctoral program.The Claude Bouchard-Monique Chagnon Fund will support postdoctoral fellows basic research as well as in clinical and public health and population science, according to the announcement.“I became very conscious that postdocs are critical to the success of the
  
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• Chicken Shack owner retiring after nearly 50 years

  30-05-2023 15:43
  
  BATON ROUGE - The owner of a historic Baton Rouge business is stepping down after 47years at the reins. Henry Baptiste announced his retirement this week, leaving Chicken Shack fully in the hands of the Delpit family."It's hard to walk away from so many customers' smiling faces that I see in the Chicken Shack daily, but the time has come to fry that last piece of chicken," Baptiste said in a statement. The restaurant, first opened as the Suburban Ice Cream Parlor, was launched
  
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• Roofing company losing business over name confusion

  30-05-2023 15:37
  
  BATON ROUGE - It's an unfortunate mix-up that's costing a local roofing company a lot of business. Baton Rouge based business Apex Construction & Roofing says ever since an Alabama company with a similar name started working in town there has been trouble.They contacted 2 On Your Side to help set the record straight and clear their name.For five years, Apex Construction & Roofing has been operating in Louisiana tackling commercials and residential projects. Owner Canon Cockrell says it'
  
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• Central teenager hurt in car accident on prom night meets firefighters who helped rescue her

  30-05-2023 15:28
  
  CENTRAL - A teenager who was injured in a car accident with a drunk driver went to thank the firefighters who helped rescue her the night of the accident. Rylee, an incoming senior at Central High, stopped by the East Side Fire Department on Tuesday to say thank you to the first responders.Rylee and three of her friends were on the way to prom on May 6 when an alleged drunk driver crossed over the center line and hit the vehicle full of teenagers head-on. Firefighters say Ryle
  
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• Suspects still on the run after manhunt in East Feliciana; pair accused of stealing SUV and four-wheeler

  30-05-2023 13:54
  
  SLAUGHTER - Authorities are looking for a pair of men who crashed a stolen SUV while fleeing sheriff's deputies and then ran from the crash scene.According to East Feliciana Sheriff Jeff Travis, deputies tried to stop the vehicle, an SUV pulling an ATV on a trailer, on LA 412 around 7:45 a.m. over a traffic violation. The vehicle drove off and crashed into a ditch near the corner of LA 412 and Lemon B Road, and a pair of men jumped out and started running.The sheriff's office soon determined th
  
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• Manhunt underway in East Feliciana after suspected thieves crash stolen SUV while fleeing deputies

  30-05-2023 13:54
  
  SLAUGHTER - Authorities are looking for a pair of men who crashed a stolen SUV while fleeing sheriff's deputies and then ran off.According to East Feliciana Sheriff Jeff Travis, deputies tried to stop the vehicle, an SUV pulling an ATV on a trailer, on LA 412 around 7:45 a.m. over a traffic violation. The vehicle drove off and crashed into a ditch near the corner of LA 412 and Lemon B Road, and a pair of men jumped out and started running.The sheriff's office later determined the SUV was stolen
  
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• Pay raises for EBR educators a hot topic in heated town hall meeting

  30-05-2023 13:21
  
  BATON ROUGE- Dozens of teachers and parents filled the Louisiana Leadership Institute Tuesday night, making their voices heard on next years proposed school budget.While topics like school safety and cleanliness were discussed, the conversation about pay raises for educators had the most people engaged."Our hard work, and moving our children forward, we definitely deserve a raise," Valencia Johnson, the President of the East Baton Rouge Association of Educators, said.Right now, teachers in EBR
  
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• On eve of hurricane season, blob gathers in Gulf but poses little threat to Louisiana

  30-05-2023 13:18
  
  Just in time for the start of the 2023 hurricane season, there's a little blob in the Gulf of Mexico.The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday noted a disorganized areas of showers and thunderstorms in the central Gulf. There's little chance of development, but with the hurricane season starting Thursday it still bears watching.The system is expected to move eastward toward the Florida Panhandle by this weekend, and then perhaps cross into the Atlantic Ocean.Heavy rains and gusty winds are possi
  
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• United Cajun Navy issues statement on called-off search for U-High grad who disappeared in the Bahamas

  30-05-2023 12:55
  
  NASSAU - After the lengthy search for Cameron Robbins, a U-High graduate who vanished after he went overboard on a nighttime cruise in the Bahamas, was called off, the United Cajun Navy issued a statement about the concentrated search effort and its sympathies for the family. Read the full statement below: In 2019, the United Cajun Navy responded to the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. The category 5 Hurricane was the strongest and most catastrophic disaster to hi
  
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• United Cajun Navy explains why agencies suspended search for missing U-High grad

  30-05-2023 12:55
  
  NASSAU - The United Cajun Navy is not unfamiliar with international search and rescue missions, and when members heard a Baton Rouge native was missing in the Bahamas, they started coordinating efforts immediately.Using a volunteer network down there that was established during Hurricane Dorian, the search for 18-year-old Cameron Robbins took place separate from law enforcement.However, all searches were called off on Friday after absolutely no sign of the teen. United Cajun Navy Vice President
  
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• Unite Cajun Navy explains why agencies suspended search for missing U-High grad

  30-05-2023 12:55
  
  NASSAU - The United Cajun Navy is not unfamiliar with international search and rescue missions, and when members heard a Baton Rouge native was missing in the Bahamas, they started coordinating efforts immediately.Using a volunteer network down there that was established during Hurricane Dorian, the search for 18-year-old Cameron Robbins took place separate from law enforcement.However, all searches were called off on Friday after absolutely no sign of the teen. United Cajun Navy Vice President
  
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• Narcisse advances in Broward County Schools superintendent search

  30-05-2023 09:55
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE - East Baton Rouge Schools Superintendent Dr. Sito Narcisse moved one step closer to securing a new position leading the nation's sixth-largest school district, as he was named a finalist Tuesday morning for the superintendent's post in Broward County, Florida.The school board there voted to advance Narcisse and two other candidates to a new round of consideration.The pool had already been pared to seven semi-finalists earlier this month, and the vote on Tuesday followed the sub
  
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• Contestants chase cheese wheel down a hill in chaotic UK race

  30-05-2023 09:38
  
  LONDON (AP) — The big cheese of extreme U.K. sports events is back.Hundreds of spectators gathered Monday to watch dozens of reckless racers chase a 7-pound (3 kilogram) wheel of Double Gloucester cheese down the near-vertical Cooper’s Hill, near Gloucester in southwest England.The first racer to finish behind the fast-rolling cheese gets to keep it.The cheese-rolling race has been held at Cooper’s Hill, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) west of London, since at lea
  
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• Coroner identifies 23-year-old killed in shooting off South Sherwood Forest

  30-05-2023 05:59
  
  BATON ROUGE - Officials said the coroner's office was called to a shooting off South Sherwood Forest Boulevard early Tuesday. The shooting happened on Wentling Avenue, near the former Laser Tag Baton Rouge, shortly before 1 a.m. Tuesday morning. The coroner's office later confirmed that Tyron Warren, 23, was shot and killed. Watch live news broadcasts hereWBRZ has reached out to law enforcement for more information. Permalink| Comments
  
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• At least one person killed in shooting off South Sherwood Forest

  30-05-2023 05:59
  
  BATON ROUGE - Officials said the coroner's office was called to a shooting off South Sherwood Forest Boulevard early Tuesday. The shooting happened on Wentling Avenue, near Laser Tag Baton Rouge, shortly before 1 a.m. Tuesday morning. Officials said the coroner's office responded to the scene, meaning at least one person was killed.WBRZ has reached out to the coroner's office and law enforcement for more information. Permalink| Comments
  
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• 23-year-old killed in shooting off South Sherwood Forest was arguing with another man before his murder

  30-05-2023 05:59
  
  BATON ROUGE - A man was shot and killed early Tuesday after an argument with another man. The shooting happened on Wentling Avenue, near the former Laser Tag Baton Rouge, shortly before 1 a.m. Tuesday. The coroner's office said 23-year-old Tyron Warren was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds.  Tuesday afternoon, the Baton Rouge Police Department said Warren was having a verbal argument with another man before he was killed. No information about a suspect
  
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• Woman taken to hospital with gunshot wound after Tuesday morning crash dies in hospital

  30-05-2023 05:53
  
  BATON ROUGE - Officials say two people were taken to a hospital after an early-morning crash Tuesday, one of them with a gunshot wound. One of the victims, 34-year-old Yasheka McDaniel, later died from her wounds. The crash happened around 2:30 a.m. on Greenwell Street. Two people were transported from the scene, one of them with injuries from the crash but the other, McDaniel, with an apparent gunshot wound, officials said. The East Baton Rouge Coroner's Office said
  
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• Two people taken to hospital after early-morning crash, one with gunshot wound

  30-05-2023 05:53
  
  BATON ROUGE - Officials say two people were taken to a hospital after an early-morning crash Tuesday, one of them with a gunshot wound. The crash happened around 2:30 a.m. on Greenwell Street. Two people were transported from the scene, one of them with injuries from the crash but the other with an apparent gunshot wound, officials said. The severity of their injuries was not specified, but they were reported to be in stable condition. WBRZ has reached out to law enfo
  
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