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• Power outage in Ascension Parish affecting over 2,000 Entergy customers

  18-08-2023 21:10
  
  ASCENSION PARISH - According to Entergy, at least 2,000 customers in Ascension Parish are currently experiencing a power outage.According to Entergy, an underground cable failed, which caused the outage. It is unknown when the outage will be fixed.This is a developing story.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Blind River Bar rebuilding under new ownership, ready for next summer

  18-08-2023 20:41
  
  LIVINGSTON PARISH - Only accessible by boat, the Blind River Bar has served as a summer hangout spot for the locals of Livingston Parish since the 1980's. "One of our biggest questions on our Facebook page is, 'Hey can I get there by car?', and our answer is no you can't," Owner of Blind River Bar Dustin Clouatre said. "You can only get here by boat, and that's the nostalgic part about this place; it's why people love it. If you could get here with a truck, I wouldn't have bought it."A
  
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• $3 million road under construction in Gonzales as developments are being built along Highway 30

  18-08-2023 19:46
  
  GONZALES - As more people plan to move into the new Heritage Crossing along Highway 30, some are concerned that traffic along the busy road could get even worse."Highway 30 is certainly our biggest problem with the traffic," Barney Arceneaux, the Mayor of Gonzales told WBRZ.And as the new apartment buildings are under construction, as well as the new P.A.C.E Center, more people will be passing by and living near the busy road.That is why Arceneaux wants to get ahead of this problem by building
  
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• Port Allen defendant guilty of manslaughter in killing of French Quarter bartender

  18-08-2023 18:03
  
  NEW ORLEANS - A jury on Friday found a 25-year-old from Port Allen guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of a French Quarter barkeeper in March 2022.Daphney D. Jackson was convicted on a lesser count than that of second-degree murder, which prosecutors filed in connection with the death of 46-year-old Spencer Hudson.They said Jackson became involved in a spat outside the Cat's Meow bar on Bourbon Street, pulled a gun and began shooting.A bullet struck Hudson, who was inside the bar, kill
  
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• Man arrested in 2021 road-rage killing at Perkins Road gas station pleads guilty to misdemeanors, gets probation

  18-08-2023 16:29
  
  BATON ROUGE - The man who killed a driver who flashed a gun at him and followed his car to a Perkins Road gas station has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors in the 2021 road-rage encounter.He was sentenced to two years of unsupervised probation in the lethal road-rage and can have the conviction retroactively dismissed if he meets all his probation conditions, according to court records.Jarmal Djuane Jackson, now 22, pleaded guilty this week to obstruction of justice and failure to notify autho
  
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• Man accused of trying to murder police at Highland Road apartment has his charges reduced

  18-08-2023 15:54
  
  BATON ROUGE - Charges have been reduced for the man accused of cocking a gun and pointing it at police officers who were responding to a call at a Highland Road apartment complex last year.That encounter was captured on body camera video and released to the public this summer. Two officers showed up at the Hub apartments for a call involving a suspicious person. During that call, gunshots were heard on their body cameras. That's when they went to where the shots were being fired and had a gun p
  
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• New cameras, signage in place at Plaquemine parks following 2022 vandalism

  18-08-2023 14:24
  
  PLAQUEMINE - New cameras and signage touting rules and regulations are in place at City of Plaquemine parks following a destructive vandalism spree last fall.The mayor called for the changes after two teenagers were arrested for setting vehicles on fire and tearing down signs at one area park.Since then, upgrades have been put in place. The additions include prominent displays of park regulations.On Friday, the City posted a public notice that police "will be enforcing these regulations" immedi
  
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• Governor assigns new boss to oversee Louisiana's unemployment system

  18-08-2023 14:04
  
  BATON ROUGE - Governor John Bel Edwards has assigned a new leader over the Louisiana Workforce Commission, one month after the previous secretary announced they were leaving the job.Read the statement for the governor's office below. According to data released today by the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC), Louisiana’s unemployment rate fell to 3.5% in July, the lowest rate ever for the month, beating out July 2022’s then-record 3.6%. Governor John Bel Edwards is
  
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• The rumors are true: LSU stars Olivia Dunne and Paul Skenes are dating

  18-08-2023 13:20
  
  Paul Skenes, LSU's star pitcher turned top MLB draft pick, has confirmed a long-circulating rumor of a romantic relationship between him and Olivia Dunne, the LSU gymnast who's become a trailblazer in the post-NIL sports world.Skenes, who was picked first overall in the 2023 MLB Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates, discussed their relationship in an interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He also described some of the hassles that come with their combined fame. “It’
  
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• Videos show flames from engine of plane that returned to Houston airport after takeoff

  18-08-2023 08:51
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — A Southwest Airlines plane that had flames shooting out of an engine returned to a Houston airport about 30 minutes after takeoff this week.The Boeing 737 had been bound for Cancun International Airport in Mexico on Tuesday but returned to William P. Hobby Airport. Videos showed the flames coming from one of its engines.“We felt like a little air pocket going up. And then I heard the boom ... and then you started smelling kind of the fuel,” passenger
  
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• GET 2 MOVING: Uptown Climbing

  18-08-2023 06:56
  
  GET 2 MOVING- For more information on how YOU can get involved and reach new levels, here's some contact information below! We'll see you every Friday on 2une In for another 'Get 2 Moving!'Permalink| Comments
  
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• Bus driver sickout delays classes in EBR, prompts early dismissal for many schools

  18-08-2023 06:53
  
  BATON ROUGE - Schools in East Baton Rouge were delayed for hours Friday after more than half of the districts bus drivers didn't show up for work. Tiara Battieste is a parent of an EBR student who says on Friday saying she was blindsided when her child's bus never showed up."I started calling my friends and my sister-in-law and, all of the sudden buses, weren't showing up," Battieste said.In a press release sent shortly before 7 a.m. Friday, the school system said that teachers and oth
  
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