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• Westbound lanes of Mississippi River Bridge blocked due to vehicle fire

  12-08-2023 20:16
  
  BATON ROUGE - A car on the Mississippi River Bridge was engulfed in flames Saturday evening. At 8:10 p.m., traffic cameras showed a car on fire on the westbound side of the bridge. All lanes were blocked while crews work to control the fire. No information on injuries has been released. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Lanes now open after vehicle fire shut down westbound traffic on Mississippi River Bridge

  12-08-2023 20:16
  
  BATON ROUGE - A car on the Mississippi River Bridge was engulfed in flames Saturday evening. At 8:10 p.m., traffic cameras showed a car on fire on the westbound side of the bridge. All lanes were blocked while crews worked to control the fire. After extinguishing the car, crews worked to open the left-most lane of traffic. By 9 p.m., traffic was moving slowly and twenty minutes later all lanes were open. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Lane now open after vehicle fire shut down westbound traffic on Mississippi River Bridge

  12-08-2023 20:16
  
  BATON ROUGE - A car on the Mississippi River Bridge was engulfed in flames Saturday evening. At 8:10 p.m., traffic cameras showed a car on fire on the westbound side of the bridge. All lanes were blocked while crews worked to control the fire. After extinguishing the car, crews worked to open the left-most lane of traffic. By 9 p.m., traffic was moving slowly. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Resident unhappy with lack of progress on drainage plan since 2016 floods

  12-08-2023 19:37
  
  BATON ROUGE - Saturday, Aug. 12, marks seven years since the flood of 2016 devastated people and ruined homes across Baton Rouge and the surrounding communities.Now, slow progress is among the main complaint for those who endured the disaster.Several feet water swamped Noel and Susan Hunt's 100-year-old family home that summer. "We were kind of in shock," Noel Hunt said. "We really didn't know what to do. We didn't think it would get that much water, and then we ended up with about fou
  
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• Independence man arrested for leaving fire unattended at Washington Parish campsite; caused severe damage to property

  12-08-2023 18:12
  
  MOUNT HERMON - A man from Independence was arrested early Saturday after he started a fire while camping that spread to nearby woods. The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry said 34-year-old Kenneth Beaubouef started a fire Thursday night at a campsite off Firetower Road and tended to it into the evening. In the morning, the fire was still going and Beaubouef had left the area. Agents said the flames spread to a woods nearby and caused "severe damage to property a
  
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• Nestle issues voluntary recall of 'break and bake' cookie dough, may contain wood fragments

  12-08-2023 17:59
  
  Nestle USA has issued a voluntary recall of some batches of "break and bake' cookie dough after consumers have found wood fragments in the batter. The FDA says no illnesses or injuries have been reported. Consumers who have purchased cookies with batch codes 311457531K and 311557534K should not prepare or consume the product and should return the product to the retailer where it was purchased for a replacement or refund.For more help, call Nestlé USA at (800) 681-16
  
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• Central home damaged after vehicle careens off road, through fence and across yard

  12-08-2023 15:46
  
  CENTRAL - A vehicle -- likely a large pickup truck -- smashed through a fence, careened across a yard and crashed into a home early Saturday morning before leaving the scene of the wreck.Family members told WBRZ News 2 the occupant of the home, located at Greenwell Springs and Morgan roads, heard it happen around 2 a.m.The impact caused significant damage to the house, but the woman inside was not hurt.Debris included parts of the vehicle that was involved, suggesting it was a large pickup truc
  
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• A billion-dollar coastal project begins in Louisiana. Will it work as sea levels rise?

  12-08-2023 15:16
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nearly $3 billion in settlement money from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster that devastated the Gulf Coast and killed hundreds of thousands of marine animals is now funding a massive ecosystem restoration in southeastern Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish.The flat, sparsely populated land divided by the Mississippi River delta is marbled by bayous and bays. Farms, fishing camps and shrimp boats share the region with oil rig supply vessels and industrial stora
  
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• Missing Denham Springs man found dead, police say

  12-08-2023 14:23
  
  DENHAM SPRINGS - The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office believes it has found the remains of a missing Denham Springs man.After several extensive searches conducted by LPSO and a volunteer K9 team, the suspected remains of Cameron McCrory, 24, have been found in a wooded area at North Park in Denham Springs.While authorities do not believe foul play was involved, Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard says they will continue to investigate to confirm the identity of the remains.McCrory's last know
  
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• Missing Denham Springs man found dead, deputies say

  12-08-2023 14:23
  
  DENHAM SPRINGS - The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office believes it has found the remains of a missing Denham Springs man.After several extensive searches conducted by LPSO and a volunteer K9 team, the suspected remains of Cameron McCrory, 24, have been found in a wooded area at North Park in Denham Springs.While authorities do not believe foul play was involved, Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard says they will continue to investigate to confirm the identity of the remains.McCrory's last know
  
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• Section of Louise Street blocked by fallen tree

  12-08-2023 13:49
  
  BATON ROUGE - A section of Louise Street is closed due to a fallen tree.The street is blocked off near a railroad crossing, just past McKinley Middle.Plans for the tree's removal are unclear at this time.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Local pharmacies closing next week

  12-08-2023 13:47
  
  ASCENSION PARISH - Four local pharmacies are winding down business and will close in the middle of next week.Lagniappe Pharmacy is notifying customers of the closures of two locations in Gonzales, one in Prairieville and one in Baton Rouge.In a notice, operators said prescriptions would automatically transfer to another pharmacy nearby, but that customers could opt for transfer to a different business by request.In its posted notice, Lagniappe's management called the decision to shut down "most
  
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• Balloons in place for new Zachary community event happening Saturday

  12-08-2023 08:49
  
  ZACHARY - Something new is taking off in Zachary.The Zachary Really Hot Air Balloon Festival will fill the skies with color on Saturday, at the BREC Zachary Community Park on Old Scenic Highway.The free event features food, music -- and, of course, hot air balloons.Those who wish to experience a tethered liftoff will be able to do so by purchasing a ticket for that opportunity.The event starts at 4 p.m. and the tethered rides begin at 6 p.m. A "balloon glow" show will happend after sunset.Parki
  
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• Sheriff: Inmates broke through rec. area wall to escape Ascension jail Friday night

  12-08-2023 08:17
  
  DONALDSONVILLE - Three inmates were able to breach a recreation area wall to escape from the Ascension Parish Jail Friday night, Sheriff Bobby Webre told WBRZ 2 News.The escapees were captured a couple of hours later, following a search that involved tracking dogs, drones and a helicopter.Webre said the trio got out of an internal recreation area, then moved across an outdoor recreation zone and climbed a fence to make their escape, about 8:35 p.m.Blake Menefee, 21, was in custody on weapons, t
  
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