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• 28-year-old woman arrested, attended high school as student during 2022-2023 school year

  13-06-2023 20:24
  
  BOUTTE - A 28-year-old woman and her mother have been arrested after it was discovered that she had attended Hahnville High School posing as a 17-year-old student. The St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office said 46-year-old Marta Elizeth Serrano-Alvarado and her daughter, 28-year-old Martha Jessenia Gutierrez-Serrano were arrested for injuring public records. According to deputies, on May 29 school officials notified law enforcement that a possible adult posing as a teenager atte
  
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• Army renames Louisiana base for Black WWI hero who received Medal of Honor

  13-06-2023 19:38
  
  FORT JOHNSON, La. (AP) — A U.S. Army base in western Louisiana was renamed Tuesday to honor Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black hero of World War I who received the Medal of Honor nearly a century later.Fort Johnson had previously been named after a Confederate commander, Leonidas Polk. The renaming is part of the U.S. military’s efforts to address historic racial injustice — work that included changing the names of nine Army posts that commemorated Confederate off
  
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• Army renames Fort Polk for Black WWI hero who received Medal of Honor

  13-06-2023 19:38
  
  FORT JOHNSON, La. (AP) — A U.S. Army base in western Louisiana was renamed Tuesday to honor Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black hero of World War I who received the Medal of Honor nearly a century later.Fort Johnson had previously been named after a Confederate commander, Leonidas Polk. The renaming is part of the U.S. military’s efforts to address historic racial injustice — work that included changing the names of nine Army posts that commemorated Confederate off
  
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• City administrator and retired La. National Guard General headed to Ukraine, expected to return in 2024

  13-06-2023 17:23
  
  BATON ROUGE - A City-Parish administrator and retired National Guard leader who served under two governors is leaving his office at City Hall to help Ukrainians during the war. According to the Mayor's Office, Chief Administrative Officer Glenn Curtis is taking a leave of absence from his position and is going to work with a non-profit in Ukraine to aide in humanitarian efforts. “My decision to leave the Mayor and my service in her administration was not an easy choi
  
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• Walker police looking for TV bandit

  13-06-2023 17:20
  
  WALKER - Police are asking the public for help identifying and locating a man who took three flat screen television sets from the Walker Walmart.A surveillance photo shows the man leaving with a cart full of TVs on May 27.He is white, with a beard and mustache and was wearing a ball cap at the time.Anyone with information is asked to call Walker Police at 225-270-0850. Those wishing to contact police can also reach them via confidential text by sending TEXTWALKERPD to 888777 and following the i
  
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• DOTD releases new list of statewide projects

  13-06-2023 17:13
  
  BATON ROUGE - The State Department of Transportation spent about $220 million in June on major road projects, including a major rehabilitation project that will soon begin on I-10 in Shreveport. In the capitol and surrounding areas, DOTD spokesperson Rodney Mallett says drivers will soon reap the benefits of scheduled overlay projects on LA-64, LA-78 and LA-16. If it weren't for inflation, the public would see even more work. "It varies from project to project. We're still get
  
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• Baton Rouge Fire Department unveils new tool to help save lives

  13-06-2023 16:57
  
  BATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge Fire Department is trying to make saving lives easier with a new program.The online registry called Community Connect, allows residents to upload vital information about their households to share with firefighters."Any information is better than none. We ask every citizen to give us something of value that can help us help you," Chief Michael Kimble said. Once filled out, firefighters responding to an emergency at your home will already know how many peopl
  
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• Mandeville Police Department back open after apparent suicide in lobby Monday

  13-06-2023 15:56
  
  MANDEVILLE - The Mandeville Police Department building is back open after someone may have committed suicide in the lobby. A post made by the department says officers are investigating the death that happened in the front lobby. Officers said it appears to be a suicide, but the cause and manner of death have not been officially determined by the coroner's office. The person who died was not an employee. No more information is immediately available. Permalink|
  
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• Outage of Amazons cloud service causes some websites to go dark

  13-06-2023 15:53
  
  Amazon’s cloud computing unit Amazon Web Services is experiencing an outage, affecting publishers including The Associated Press. They suddenly found themselves unable to operate their sites as former President Donald Trump appeared in court in Miami.The company said on its website that the root cause of the issue was tied to a function called AWS Lambda, which lets customers run code for different types of applications.Amazon said it was experiencing multiple error rates for multiple
  
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• COVID-19 fraud scheme targets Medicare recipients

  13-06-2023 15:43
  
  AMITE - A scam that's been going on for months has one Medicare recipient taking notice. David Bryant contacted 2 On Your Side when he started noticing bogus charges for COVID-19 test kits on his medical statements."One doctor was out of Texas, one doctor was out of north Louisiana," he said.The charges range from $92-$200 and under the "service provided" it said it was a provision of a COVID-19 test, non-prescription self-administered and self-collected use, and FDA approved. One of the charge
  
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• Pair of pawners allegedly used stolen identity to sell items

  13-06-2023 13:49
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police are searching for a pair that allegedly pawned off items using a stolen identity in May. According to Capital Region Crime Stoppers, the two people pictured above pawned off some items at a shop on Florida Boulevard on May 15. Police said the two reportedly used a stolen identity to sell the items. Anyone with information is encouraged to call CRCS at (225) 344-7867. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges, hoarding secret documents

  13-06-2023 13:40
  
  BREAKING UPDATE: Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to federal charges alleging he hoarded classified documents detailing sensitive military secrets and schemed to thwart government efforts to get them back.Read the original story below-------------------------------------MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump arrived Tuesday at the federal courthouse in Miami to surrender to authorities ahead of a historic court appearance on charges that he illegally hoarded cl
  
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• Trump arrives at Miami court for historic appearance over charges he hoarded secret documents

  13-06-2023 13:40
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump arrived Tuesday at the federal courthouse in Miami to surrender to authorities ahead of a historic court appearance on charges that he illegally hoarded classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.He was expected to face a magistrate judge, kickstarting a legal process that will unfold at the height of the 2024 presidential campaign and carry profound consequences not only for his political future but more urgently for his own pe
  
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• Family-owned Livingston Parish restaurant closes temporarily after a truck 'cutting donuts' damages building

  13-06-2023 13:31
  
  MAUREPAS - A family-owned restaurant in Livingston Parish had to temporarily close Tuesday after someone was reportedly doing donuts in the parking lot, damaging the building. According to a notice posted by Hill Top Inn Restaurant, four windows and their glass-paned doors were all shattered, leaving glass littering the parking lot and the inside of the restaurant. The business was closed Tuesday to get the restaurant back in order ahead of their planned reopening Wednesday. T
  
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• 29-year-old shot, killed in Monday night shooting off Plank Road

  13-06-2023 13:16
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police confirmed they were investigating a fatal shooting that happened Monday night and left a 29-year-old dead. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, Donte Tate was shot on Paige Street off Plank Road shortly before 10 p.m.. He was taken to a hospital where he later died from his injuries. Tate was reportedly standing in front of a store when he was shot. No further information was released regarding what led to the shooting. No suspect or mo
  
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• Playground slides doused with pool acid, injuring 2 children

  13-06-2023 12:12
  
  LONGMEADOW, Mass. (AP) — Two children suffered what were described as “burn-like injuries” after playing on slides that had been doused with acid at a Massachusetts park, authorities said.Police and firefighters responded to Bliss Park in Longmeadow on Sunday morning for a report of a suspicious substance on the playground equipment, the fire department posted on social media.At about the same time, firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to a home in t
  
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• Trump will face judge in historic court appearance over charges he mishandled secret documents

  13-06-2023 08:02
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump was set to make his first court appearance Tuesday in a historic criminal case charging the former president with hoarding top secret government documents, boastfully displaying them to visitors and trying to hide them from investigators who demanded them back.Trump approached his Miami court date with characteristic bravado, insisting as he has done through years of legal woes that he has done nothing wrong and was being persecuted for poli
  
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• Missing New Orleans man believed to be dead returns to family

  13-06-2023 06:30
  
  NEW ORLEANS - A man who had been reported missing Monday and was said to have been dead by at least one family member returned home just hours later, according to WWL-TV. Demietrieck Scott, 47, was reported missing Monday morning. Family members said they had not had contact with Scott since May 31 and that his food trailer was left unattended for days. Event organizers for the Zydeco Fest, which was held over the weekend of June 10, also said Scott was scheduled to cook for the festiv
  
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• Nine wounded in Denver mass shooting after Nuggets win and suspect taken into custody, police say

  13-06-2023 05:38
  
  DENVER (AP) — Nine people were wounded in a mass shooting early Tuesday in Denver in an area where basketball fans had been celebrating the Nuggets first NBA title win, police said, and a suspect was taken into custody.The shooting happened about 12:30 a.m. — about 3 1/2 hours after the game — and three of the injured were in critical condition, the Denver Police Department said in a statement. The suspect, a man, was one of the six people who suf
  
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• 10 wounded in Denver mass shooting after Nuggets win and suspect taken into custody, police say

  13-06-2023 05:38
  
  DENVER (AP) — Ten people were wounded in a mass shooting early Tuesday in Denver in an area where basketball fans had been celebrating the Nuggets' first NBA title win, police said, and a suspect was taken into custody.The shooting happened about 12:30 a.m. — about 3 1/2 hours after the game — and three of the injured were in critical condition, the Denver Police Department said in a statement. The suspect, a man, was one of the seven people who s
  
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• Large gator removed from shopping center parking lot along Corporate Boulevard

  13-06-2023 05:15
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police and professional trappers were called out to a restaurant on Corporate Boulevard late Monday night after a roughly 8-foot alligator showed up in the parking lot.Law enforcement went to Mansur's on the Boulevard a little before midnight after the animal was spotted in the parking lot. Officers said they had already dragged the gator back into the woods near the Corporate Boulevard restaurant, but the reptile was insistent and returned soon after. Video from the scen
  
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• Large gator removed from parking lot of restaurant on Corporate Boulevard

  13-06-2023 05:15
  
  BATON ROUGE - Mansur's on the Boulevard had a unique after-hours visitor late Monday night: an 8.5-foot alligator. Officers said they had dragged the gator back into the woods nearby the Corporate Boulevard restaurant, but the reptile was insistent and returned to the parking lot soon after. Video from the scene showed a trapper guiding the gator into a pipe for easier transport.No humans or reptiles were injured in the removal effort. The trapper on scene told WBRZ the gator
  
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• Gator removed, killed after run-in with law enforcement outside Baton Rouge restaurant

  13-06-2023 05:15
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police and professional trappers were called out to a restaurant on Corporate Boulevard late Monday night after a roughly 8-foot alligator showed up in the parking lot.Law enforcement went to Mansur's on the Boulevard a little before midnight after the animal was spotted in the parking lot. Officers said they had already dragged the gator back into the woods near the Corporate Boulevard restaurant, but the reptile was insistent and returned soon after. Video from the scen
  
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