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• Vacant commercial building fire ruled to be arson

  06-08-2023 18:37
  
  BATON ROUGE - A fire Sunday afternoon at a vacant commercial building was determined to be arson, according to investigators. The Baton Rouge Fire Department was called to a vacant building on Eddie Robinson Sr. Drive around 2:15 p.m., and the fire was controlled within 15 minutes.No further details about the fire are known, and investigators urge anyone with relevant information to call 225-389-2050.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Watch your step: Baton Rouge family hoping for help with their sinking yard

  06-08-2023 18:12
  
  BATON ROUGE - Nine potentially ankle-breaking holes are scattered across Cody Gateley's front lawn on Cal Road in Baton Rouge.Gateley says the problem holes showed up in early spring 2023. "Whenever I was starting to cut my grass after the winter, I started seeing some places along the edges of the grass where it met the sidewalk start to fail," he said.To demonstrate the severity, and with a tape measurer in hand, Gateley put the ruler into one of the deepest holes on the property. It
  
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• Man whose body was found in a barrel in Malibu had been shot in the head, coroner says

  06-08-2023 16:10
  
  MALIBU, Calif. - A man whose naked body was found inside a barrel in Malibu, California, last week was shot in the head, a coroner has determined.The man was identified Wednesday by the Los Angeles County coroner’s office as 32-year-old Javonnta Marshann Murphy but no cause of death was given at the time. The coroner's case information now lists the cause of death as a gunshot wound to the head, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday.The circumstances that led to Murphy being shot an
  
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• Salon provides free haircuts and braids for students ahead of school

  06-08-2023 15:27
  
  PORT ALLEN - Students are getting their last-minute pampering done before they head back to school this week—and that's thanks to one local salon in Port Allen.The ladies and gentlemen over at L'Bella Hair Salon in Port Allen put on a party with vendors and gave away free school supplies, but also a fresh new look with free haircuts and braids Sunday afternoon, to give these kids a little confidence boost ahead of their first day of school."She loves braids, so I brought my grandbaby
  
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• Subject injured in second officer-involved shooting in Lafayette Parish in two days

  06-08-2023 15:10
  
  LAFAYETTE PARISH - In the second officer-involved shooting in the parish in as many days, a person was shot by the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office following a traffic stop. According to Louisiana State Police, troopers are investigating the shooting that happened Sunday after noon. After a traffic stop on Rue Bon Secours Road led to gunfire, one person was shot and taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. No deputies were injured in the shooting. Anyo
  
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• One dead after crash in Ascension Parish

  06-08-2023 13:14
  
  GONZALES - State Police are investigating a crash that left one dead in Gonzales Saturday night.According to authorities, Troopers responded to a single-vehicle crash on I-10 west of LA 30 in Ascension Parish shortly after 6 p.m.The crash claimed the life of 60-year-old Daniel Lenoir Jr. of Baton Rouge.The initial investigation revealed that Lenoir was driving a 2005 Toyota Corolla west on I-10 when, for reasons still unknown, he veered to the right, overcorrected to the left, and struck a tree
  
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• Police arrest woman in stabbing at Tiger Plaza

  06-08-2023 09:52
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police arrested a woman after she allegedly stabbed another woman at the Tiger Plaza on Alvin Dark Avenue Wednesday night.According to arrest records, the victim told police that 31-year-old Jaimberlynn Brown came to her apartment uninvited. The victim says Brown questioned her as to why she was not answering phone calls.The victim says she asked Brown to leave, but Brown refused. When the victim called police, Brown allegedly attacked her to get the phone.The two got into a physi
  
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