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• Single mother loses everything in apartment fire, struggling to pick up the pieces

  19-06-2023 18:38
  
  BATON ROUGE- Four Baton Rouge families are displaced after their apartment building on Bles Avenue caught fire. Shonquell Leblanc is one of those affected by the tragedy."I'm basically homeless, me and my kids, we have nothing," Leblanc told WBRZ.However, she is not the only one displaced. Her neighbors are feeling helpless too."We have our lives but we lost everything. We can't get it back and it's uncomfortable," Leblanc said.Although her unit was not severely burned, it does have a lot of sm
  
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• Saturday's storms delaying trash, recycling collection on Monday in East Baton Rouge Parish

  19-06-2023 17:20
  
  EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH - Residents who have scheduled trash and recycling collection on Monday will have to hold off on putting their cans out until Thursday. According to the City-Parish, trash collection has been delayed because Compressed Natural Gas fueling equipment for Republic Service trucks was damaged during Saturday's storms. The fueling delays delayed trash pickup on Monday. The City-Parish says residents who did not have their trash picked up on Monday should expe
  
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• LSU takes first loss of CWS against Wake Forest, will rematch Tennessee Tuesday night

  19-06-2023 17:00
  
  OMAHA, Neb. - The LSU baseball team lost 3-2 to Wake Forest in their second College World Series game. The Tigers will now play in an elimination game Tuesday at 6 p.m.LSU couldn't ask for a better start from Ty Floyd on the mound, who didn't give up a hit until the fourth inning. Floyd played for five innings, giving up two runs with 10 strikeouts. Thatcher Hurd came in relief for LSU for four innings, giving up one run. On the other side, Wake Forest made life difficult for LSU. Star
  
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• Caretaker accused of exploiting wealthy BR man now facing charges in Denham Springs fraud case

  19-06-2023 16:04
  
  BATON ROUGE - The caretaker of a wealthy man who has been accused of exploiting him is also a suspect in a fraud case in Livingston Parish.An indictment accuses Melba Braud of changing the will of a man she was looking after 20 days before his death. That will was changed to make her the beneficiary of his $2 million condominium, all of his bank accounts and stocks, and half of a luxury interior design business started by his wife, Beth Claybourn.Following the WBRZ Investigative Unit story last
  
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• Trash pile sitting at curb for weeks, neighbor tired of mess

  19-06-2023 15:42
  
  BATON ROUGE - A pile of trash left behind by a tenant has been sitting at the curb in a Baton Rouge neighborhood for weeks. A neighbor tells 2 On Your Side that the items have been picked over and she is tired of pushing them out of the street.There's wood furniture, a dresser, a toddler bed, mattress, boxes, and tree branches. A large pile of trash sits at the curb on Southland Court and it's been there since the beginning of May.Sylvia Conner lives across the street and looks at the pile ever
  
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• Baton Rouge man says car crashed through his home, hit daughter's bed while she was sleeping

  19-06-2023 15:35
  
  BATON ROUGE - A man says he and his family are lucky to be unharmed after a driver went off-road and smashed through the front of his home overnight.The crash was reported to Baton Rouge Police early Monday morning on Westbrook Drive, in a neighborhood located off Goodwood Boulevard. Marcus Mencer, the homeowner, told WBRZ he woke up to a "huge thump" only to discover the car was already gone, leaving behind a gaping hole in his house.Mencer says the car went into his daughter's bedroom and pus
  
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• Son of noted Baton Rouge philanthropist sentenced to 18 months for healthcare fraud

  19-06-2023 14:47
  
  BATON ROUGE - The son of a Baton Rouge philanthropist must report to federal prison by Aug. 14 to begin serving an 18-month prison term for health care fraud. After his release from custody, he will be on supervised release for two years.Christopher Blackstone, 46, is the son of Paula Pennington de la Bretonne. He pleaded guilty in February 2021 to a single count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud.Federal prosecutors say Blackstone owned Slidell-based Prime Pharmacy Solutions, which spec
  
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• Judge dismisses federal lawsuit filed by attorney who claimed BRPD misconduct

  19-06-2023 13:56
  
  BATON ROUGE - A U.S. District Court judge has rejected claims made in a lawsuit filed by a local attorney following his arrest nearly three years ago.Judge John W. deGravelles granted a Motion for Summary Judgment filed by the defendants in that case -- the Baton Rouge Police Department and two of its officers.The lawsuit focused on the arrest of Jeffry L. Sanford in August 2020.Police went to Sanford's home on Acadia Street after receiving a request for a welfare check on Sanford's son.The sit
  
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• Judge dismisses federal lawsuit filed by attorney claiming BRPD misconduct

  19-06-2023 13:56
  
  BATON ROUGE - A U.S. District Court judge has rejected claims made in a lawsuit filed by a local attorney following his arrest nearly two years ago.Judge John W. deGravelles granted a Motion for Summary Judgment filed by the defendants in that case -- the Baton Rouge Police Department and two of its officers.The lawsuit focused on the arrest of Jeffry L. Sanford in August 2021.Police went to Sanford's home on Acadia Street after receiving a request for a welfare check on Sanford's son.The situa
  
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• A search is underway for missing submersible that takes people to see Titanic wreckage

  19-06-2023 13:52
  
  A search is underway for a missing submersible that carries people to view the wreckage of the Titanic, according to media reports.The U.S. Coast Guard told BBC News that a search was underway Monday off the coast of Newfoundland. OceanGate Expeditions confirmed it owned the missing vessel.“We are exploring and mobilising all options to bring the crew back safely,” the company said in a statement to BBC News. “Our entire focus is on the crewmembers in the submersib
  
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• Longtime school administrator accused of preying on girls; one says he threatened to withhold her sibling's diploma

  19-06-2023 13:33
  
  BATON ROUGE - A high-ranking school administrator, accused of victimizing multiple young girls in a series of cases spanning more than two decades, allegedly threatened to retaliate against one victim's sibling if she stopped messaging him, according to new arrest documents obtained by WBRZ. Second Chance Academy Director Corey Nash, 48, is currently jailed in East Baton Rouge on a combined bond of $785,000. Records show the school was first started by Nash's family. The lates
  
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• Girl injured in shooting along N Acadian Thruway

  19-06-2023 13:19
  
  BATON ROUGE - A young girl was reportedly shot in the leg Monday along N Acadian Thruway.According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, the shooting happened shortly before noon on N Acadian Thruway near Fairfields Avenue. Further details on the shooting were not immediately available. The girl's condition was also unclear. This is a developing story.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Boy injured in shooting along N Acadian Thruway

  19-06-2023 13:19
  
  BATON ROUGE - A child was shot in the leg and the arm on Monday at the corner of Fairfields Avenue and North Acadian Thruway.According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, the shooting happened shortly before noon. On Monday, officers said the victim was a female, but on Tuesday said a mistake was made and a black male juvenile was the victim. Officers say the boy is expected to survive and it is currently under investigation. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Livingston Parish School Board Cost Cutting Task Force called a 'farce' by frustrated citizens

  19-06-2023 12:23
  
  LIVINGSTON PARISH - Three months and a failed tax later, Livingston Parish is still trying to pay its teachers a better wage. Monday, the school board's special task force met to approve the upcoming school year's budget. "We've asked our people to do more for less for years and years, we got to put them first. The biggest problem and reason people didn't support the tax is that it wasn't going to the teachers, it was going to more folks that are top heavy at central office. If we were
  
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• One person injured after reportedly being shot on Scotland Avenue Sunday night

  19-06-2023 08:55
  
  BATON ROUGE - Officials said one person was taken to the hospital after being injured in a reported shooting Sunday night. According to emergency officials, one person was shot somewhere along Scotland Avenue Sunday before being picked up by first responders from a home on Meadow Hill Avenue in Zachary around 10:30 p.m.. They were reported to be in stable condition but the severity of their injuries was not clear. WBRZ has reached out to law enforcement for more information.&a
  
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• One person hurt after reported shooting in Zachary Sunday night

  19-06-2023 08:55
  
  ZACHARY - Officials said one person was taken to the hospital after being injured in a reported shooting Sunday night. According to emergency officials, one person was shot somewhere along Scotland Avenue Sunday before being picked up by first responders from a home on Meadow Hill Avenue in Zachary around 10:30 p.m.. They were reported to be in stable condition but the severity of their injuries was not clear. WBRZ has reached out to law enforcement for more information.&n
  
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• Heat wave has US South sweltering, from tornado-ravaged West Texas town to Florida beaches

  19-06-2023 06:48
  
  Communities from Houston to New Orleans opened cooling centers to bring relief as steamy hot temperatures settled across a broad swath of the U.S. South on Saturday, and beachgoers fled a waterspout that swept ashore on a Florida beach.Gov. Greg Abbott, meanwhile, visited Perryton in the Texas Panhandle, where officials said more than 1,000 customers were left without electricity after a tornado killed three people late Thursday. The Perryton Ochiltree Chamber of Commerce said it would open a c
  
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  19-06-2023 05:11
  
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