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• Navy veteran, submersible pilot from Baton Rouge discusses warning signs surrounding Titan tragedy

  22-06-2023 21:38
  
  BATON ROUGE - Thursday, the United States Coast Guard announced they found debris from the Titan submersible on the seafloor about 1,600 feet from the bow of the Titanic. All five people aboard are presumed dead. "The debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber. Upon this determination we immediately notified the families," Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger said.Since Sunday, speculation around the safety of the sub has been a concern. WBRZ spoke with ret
  
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• New Orleans Pelicans select UCONN guard Jordan Hawkins with 14th pick of the NBA Draft

  22-06-2023 20:39
  
  BROOKLYN, NY - The New Orleans Pelicans select Jordan Hawkins with the 14th pick of the NBA draft.Hawkins, who is also LSU star Angel Reese's cousin, won a national championship at UCONN this past year, where he averaged 16.2 points, and shot 38.8 percent from 3. Hawkins is a 6ft 5 guard who played 2 years with the Huskies.Permalink| Comments
  
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• 'In God We Trust' now to be displayed in every public school classroom in Louisiana

  22-06-2023 19:39
  BATON ROUGE - Governor John Bel Edwards signed into law a bill that would require the nation's motto "In God We Trust" to be in every classroom, in every public school in Louisiana.Previously, the motto was required to be somewhere in the school building. But State Representative Dodie Horton took that a step further."At such a time like this, it would be a really wonderful thing for a child, no telling where they come from, to look up and say 'you know what, this nation trusts in God, Maybe the
  
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• Despite concerns, state grants early release for child molester with multiple convictions

  22-06-2023 19:05
  
  BATON ROUGE - Brandi Melissa is an indirect victim of Todd Michael Duquette.Duquette molested at least five boys in East Baton Rouge Parish including two of Melissa's brothers."Eleven days before Christmas, the year it happened, one of my brothers attempted suicide at recess at school when they asked him why. He told them what happened. My other brother coped by molesting me," Melissa said.He was convicted in 1994 and sentenced to 30 years. As he was getting sex offender rehabilitation, Duquett
  
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• LSU pitcher Paul Skenes breaks SEC record for strikeouts in a season

  22-06-2023 18:29
  
  LSU pitcher Paul Skenes surpassed another prolific Tiger as he recorded his 203rd strikeout of the season, breaking former LSU pitcher Ben McDonald's SEC record 202 strikeouts in a season in the second inning versus No. 1 Wake Forest.Skenes joined LSU after playing at Air Force as both a hitter and a pitcher. However, once he focused on pitching full-time, he cemented himself in the record books after a season where he earned the Dick Howser Trophy as the nation's best player.Skenes parallels M
  
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• Ochsner joins with MD Anderson in partnership that will expand cancer treatment options

  22-06-2023 17:19
  
  BATON ROUGE - Ochsner Health is joining one of the nation's largest cancer treatment networks in a move that will expand options for patients in Baton Rouge and across south Louisiana.The regional health care system on Thursday announced its partnership with MD Anderson, the Texas-based comprehensive cancer center that rates among the best in the world for oncology and related services.The arrangement means that Ochsner will be part of an expansive program that offers clinical trials and greate
  
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• City says it's addressing frequent traffic light malfunctions along Perkins Road

  22-06-2023 16:19
  
  BATON ROUGE - For the past few months, the morning commutes for hundreds of drivers have been commonly disrupted by traffic signal malfunctions along Perkins Road. The most recent malfunction happened Wednesday and Thursday at the intersection of Perkins and College Drive. Frequent issues have also been reported at Perkins and Quail and at Perkins and Kenilworth.Mark Armstrong, a spokesperson for the city-parish, says DOTD is upgrading the traffic lights at those intersections. He says
  
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• Woman who dealt with years of abuse from school admin speaks out after over a decade

  22-06-2023 14:33
  
  BATON ROUGE - Tangie Jean-Batiste is the woman whose story put Corey Nash, a school administrator, behind bars.While she was a student at Second Chance Academy, she says she experienced sexual abuse from Nash between 2009 and 2011.When she started at Second Chance Academy at just 14 years old, she met Corey Nash."I was 14 when I started at Second Chance Academy and about a few months of me being there is where the grooming started between Corey and myself," Jean-Batiste said. "And then the coer
  
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• LSU football vacates wins from 2012-2015 after NCAA ruling

  22-06-2023 14:20
  
  BATON ROUGE - The NCAA vacated LSU football's victories from 2012-2015 due to over $180,000 of improper benefits given to a player and his family.LSU guard Vadal Alexander and his family received improper benefits from former head of the Our Lady of the Lake Foundation John Paul Funes. According to the NCAA, Funes offered jobs to Alexander's mother and father, and paid Alexander's father for work he did not perform. Alexander's father received payments for almost five years despite only working
  
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• Soccer tournament should bring major economic benefit to Baton Rouge region

  22-06-2023 13:51
  
  BATON ROUGE - Tourism and parks officials in Baton Rouge say a major soccer tournament being held in the city over the next week will provide economic benefit to the entire region.Nearly 250 teams are expected for this year's Southern Regionals. Winners decided next Wednesday will move on to Nationals in Orlando, Florida, next month."The is a huge build for the local businesses, the restaurants, the city of Baton Rouge, the greater Baton Rouge area, and I expect the economic impact to be over $
  
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• Major soccer tournament should bring major economic benefit to Baton Rouge region

  22-06-2023 13:51
  
  Tourism and parks officials in Baton Rouge say a major soccer tournament being held in the city over the next week will provide a major economic benefit to the entire region.Nearly 250 teams are expected for this year's Southern Regionals. Winners decided next Wednesday will move on to Nationals in Orlando, Florida, next month."The is a huge build for the local businesses, the restaurants, the city of Baton Rouge, the greater Baton Rouge area, and I expect the economic impact to be over $20 mil
  
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• LSU football, basketball programs get 3-year probation after NCAA investigation into recruiting violations

  22-06-2023 13:16
  
  BATON ROUGE - LSU's athletic department was hit with three years probation and fines after an NCAA investigation into recruiting practices and other violations within the school's football and basketball programs.The punishment is in addition to penalties that were self-imposed by LSU in 2020, after the university caught wind of the NCAA probe, which included sitting out the 2020-2021 postseason and recruiting restrictions.more hoops - multiple recruiting restrictions this year -
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• LSU closes book on Will Wade saga as NCAA hands down punishment for recruiting violations

  22-06-2023 13:16
  
  BATON ROUGE - LSU's athletic department was hit with three years probation and a fine after an NCAA investigation into recruiting violation within the school's football and basketball programs.The decision effectively marks the end of LSU's troubles regarding former basketball coach Will Wade, who was at the center of a nationwide recruiting scandal regarding illegal payments made to recruits. Wade was fired from LSU last year as the NCAA investigation started building steam. The fine
  
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• Police: Man walks in front of truck on Scenic Highway, shoots driver after nearly causing wreck

  22-06-2023 12:24
  
  BATON ROUGE - An elderly man was shot after he exchanged words with a person who stepped in front of his truck on a highway early Monday morning.According to Baton Rouge Police, the victim was driving down Scenic Highway before 4 a.m. Monday when a pedestrian attempted to cross the road directly in front of his vehicle. The driver slammed on his brakes to avoid hitting the pedestrian. As the driver was going around, he reportedly yelled at the pedestrian to stay out of the roadway, at
  
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• Pedestrian shoots, injures driver going around him on highway early Monday morning

  22-06-2023 12:24
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police are searching for information after a man was reportedly shot by a pedestrian he was driving around on a highway. According to Capital Region Crime Stoppers, a man was driving down Scenic Highway before 4 a.m. Monday morning when a pedestrian attempted to cross the road directly in front of his vehicle. The driver slammed on his brakes to avoid hitting the pedestrian. As the driver was going around, he reportedly yelled at the pedestrian to stay out of the
  
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• US Coast Guard finds debris field near Titanic amid search for missing submersible

  22-06-2023 05:51
  
  The U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday that an underwater vessel has located a debris field near the Titanic in the search for a missing submersible with five people aboard, a potential breakthrough in the around-the-clock effort.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.The search for the missing submersible on an expedition to view the wreckage of the Titanic passed the critical 96-hour mark Thursday when breathable air could have run out, a grim moment in the int
  
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• Titan submersible imploded, killing all 5 on board, US Coast Guard says

  22-06-2023 05:51
  
  A submersible carrying five people to the Titanic imploded near the site of the shipwreck and killed everyone on board, authorities said Thursday, bringing a tragic end to a saga that included an urgent around-the-clock search and a worldwide vigil for the missing vessel.The sliver of hope that remained for finding the five men alive was wiped away early Thursday, when the submersible’s 96-hour supply of oxygen was expected to run out following its Sunday launch and the Coast Guard an
  
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• Search for the missing Titanic submersible passes the critical 96-hour mark for oxygen supply

  22-06-2023 05:51
  
  The search for the missing submersible on an expedition to view the wreckage of the Titanic neared the critical 96-hour mark Thursday when breathable air is expected to run out, reaching a vital moment in the intense effort to save the five people aboard.The Titan submersible was estimated to have about a four-day supply of breathable air when it launched Sunday morning in the North Atlantic. That puts the deadline to find and rescue the sub at roughly between 6 a.m. EDT (1000 GMT) and 8 a.m. E
  
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• Search for the missing Titanic submersible nears the critical 96-hour mark for oxygen supply

  22-06-2023 05:51
  
  The search for the missing submersible on an expedition to view the wreckage of the Titanic neared the critical 96-hour mark Thursday when breathable air is expected to run out, reaching a vital moment in the intense effort to save the five people aboard.The Titan submersible was estimated to have about a four-day supply of breathable air when it launched Sunday morning in the North Atlantic. That puts the deadline to find and rescue the sub at roughly between 6 a.m. EDT (1000 GMT) and 8 a.m. E
  
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