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• Ascension Parish wants to know how $1.2B of federal funds for flood relief was spent

  09-07-2023 20:48
  
  ASCENSION PARISH - After a closed-door discussion at the Ascension Parish Council on Thursday, councilmembers gave Parish President Clint Cointment the go-ahead to join a fight against the state for an audit of how $1.2 billion dollars of flood relief money was spent. Cointment says Ascension Parish hasn't seen the aid that was promised after the historic flooding of 2016."Billions of dollars in damage, tens of thousands of homes, what projects have we done to mitigate a future 2016?"
  
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• BRPD breaks up group of stunt drivers on Friday night; 26 cars towed, 22 citations given

  09-07-2023 19:35
  
  BATON ROUGE - A group of stunt drivers were met with flashing lights and sirens on Friday night when officers attempted to break up a meet along North Acadian Thruway.According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, street racers and spectators were blocking city streets on Friday night "in an attempt to do stunts and disrupt traffic."Police officers said patrol units were following street drivers around the city from 7 p.m. Friday until 3 a.m. Saturday "disrupting their activities." Officers sa
  
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• Ex-priest sentenced to 25 years for drugging, molesting men he met in French Quarter

  09-07-2023 17:46
  
  METAIRIE, La. (AP) — A former Catholic priest in Louisiana has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to drugging and molesting 17 men he met in a popular tourist area in New Orleans, a prosecutor said.WVUE-TV reported that Stephen Sauer, 61, targeted people in the city’s French Quarter who appeared drunk, lost or in need of help, according to Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul D. Connick Jr.The crimes occurred from 2019 to 2021, and many of the vi
  
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• Dylan Crews goes No. 2 in the 2023 MLB draft, headed to Washington

  09-07-2023 16:29
  
  LSU hitter and center fielder Dylan Crews was the overall number two pick in the 2023 MLB draft and is headed to Washington to play for the Nationals.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Paul Skenes, Dylan Crews chosen in MLB Draft; first-ever teammates taken with top two picks

  09-07-2023 16:27
  
  SEATTLE, Wash. - LSU pitcher Paul Skenes was taken first overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates Sunday in the 2023 MLB Draft. Right after Skenes, outfielder Dylan Crews was taken No. 2 overall by the Washington Nationals.The selection of Skenes is just the second time an LSU player would be the No. 1 overall selection in the MLB Draft. Right-handed pitcher Ben McDonald was the No. 1 overall pick in 1989 by the Baltimore Orioles.Skenes and Crews going back to back, is the first time players from the
  
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• Paul Skenes and Dylan Crews taken No. 1 and No. 2 in the MLB Draft; first time in history teammates taken with first two picks

  09-07-2023 16:27
  
  SEATTLE, Wash. - LSU pitcher Paul Skenes was taken first overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates Sunday in the 2023 MLB Draft. Right after Skenes, outfielder Dylan Crews was taken No. 2 overall by the Washington Nationals.The selection of Skenes is just the second time an LSU player would be the No. 1 overall selection in the MLB Draft. Right-handed pitcher Ben McDonald was the No. 1 overall pick in 1989 by the Baltimore Orioles.Skenes and Crews going back to back, is the first time players from the
  
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• Paul Skenes and Dylan Crews taken No. 1 and No. 2 in the MLB Draft; first time in history for teammates to be taken back to back

  09-07-2023 16:27
  
  SEATTLE, Wash. - LSU pitcher Paul Skenes was taken first overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates Sunday in the 2023 MLB Draft. Right after Skenes, outfielder Dylan Crews was taken No. 2 overall by the Washington Nationals.The selection of Skenes is just the second time an LSU player would be the No. 1 overall selection in the MLB Draft. Right-handed pitcher Ben McDonald was the No. 1 overall pick in 1989 by the Baltimore Orioles.Skenes and Crews going back to back, is the first time players from the
  
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• Four children abducted from Colorado state custody by parents believed to be headed to Baton Rouge

  09-07-2023 16:02
  
  A couple is believed to be heading to Baton Rouge from Colorado with four children that were taken out of state custody and cannot be located. According to the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, four children ages four through nine have been missing from Centennial, Colo. since June 30. Deputies said the parents, Clarissa Gardette and Howard Myles, do not have custody of the children but were allowed visits - supervised and unsupervised respectively. Deputies said Myles took of
  
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• Woman found dead in her car in West Feliciana; boyfriend arrested for murder

  09-07-2023 14:09
  
  ST. FRANCISVILLE - Deputies arrested a man after he allegedly killed his girlfriend and left her in her car Sunday morning. The West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office arrested Lorenzo Green, 26, for second-degree murder after his girlfriend, 25-year-old Radayisha King, was found dead in her car. Investigators did not immediately release a cause of death, but said a search of Green's home gave deputies "enough information to charge [Green] with the crime." They did not specify
  
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• Woman found dead in her car in West Feliciana

  09-07-2023 14:09
  
  ST. FRANCISVILLE - The West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a woman found in her car just north of St. Francisville Sunday afternoon.Sheriff Brian Spillman told WBRZ that deputies found a woman deceased in her vehicle Sunday.Authorities are unsure how the woman died.State Police have been called in to assist in the investigation.This is a developing story.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Three-vehicle crash kills Zachary pedestrian Saturday evening

  09-07-2023 12:16
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police are looking for the driver in a deadly hit-and-run on U.S. 61 in East Baton Rouge Parish Saturday night.According to Louisiana State Police, 40-year-old Jacob Perez was walking in the northbound lanes of the highway shortly after 8:30 p.m. when someone driving an unknown vehicle struck him. That driver then fled the scene.Sometime later, a Chevrolet and a BMW both traveling in the left lane struck Perez as he was lying in the roadway and unavoidable.Perez died at the scene.
  
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• Man killed in hit-and-run on U.S. 61 Saturday night

  09-07-2023 12:16
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police are looking for the driver in a deadly hit-and-run on U.S. 61 in East Baton Rouge Parish Saturday night.According to Louisiana State Police, 40-year-old Jacob Perez was walking in the northbound lanes of the highway shortly after 8:30 p.m. when someone driving an unknown vehicle struck him. That driver then fled the scene.Sometime later, a Chevrolet and a BMW both traveling in the left lane struck Perez as he was lying in the roadway and unavoidable.Perez died at the scene.
  
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• Tennessee man arrested in connection with St. Tammany restaurant burglaries

  09-07-2023 09:08
  
  ST. TAMMANY PARISH - A Tennessee man has been arrested after he allegedly burglarized four different restaurants and ran from police.The burglaries occurred between 10:30 p.m. Friday night and 2:30 a.m. Saturday morning. A total of four restaurants were burglarized in St. Tammany Parish.Deputies with the St. Tammany Parish Sherriff's Office believe a white box truck was used during the burglaries.At around 4:30 p.m. Saturday, an STPSO deputy spotted a box truck matching the description of the o
  
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