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• Driver crashed into a Dennys near Houston, injuring 23 people

  04-09-2023 20:49
  
  ROSENBERG, Texas (AP) — A driver plowed through a wall of a busy East Texas restaurant, injuring 23 people.Police in the Houston suburb of Rosenberg, Texas said a man crashed his SUV into a Denny’s restaurant just off the highway late Monday morning. The vehicle slammed into the restaurant’s south wall leaving patrons with injuries ranging from minor cuts to “severe injuries” that don’t appear to be life-threatening, police said in a s
  
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• Longest alligator in Mississippi history captured by hunters

  04-09-2023 16:49
  
  YAZOO CITY, Miss. (AP) — A group of hunters have captured the longest alligator ever to be recorded in Mississippi, according to the state Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.Four state residents — Donald Woods, Will Thomas, Joey Clark and Tanner White — harvested a male alligator Saturday in west Mississippi’s Sunflower River.It weighed 802.5 pounds (364 kilograms) and measured 14 feet, 3 inches (4.3 meters) long, breaking the previous record by
  
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• Photos: Shaq makes surprise visit at Baton Rouge bakery

  04-09-2023 14:55
  
  BATON ROUGE - LSU basketball legend Shaquille O'Neil was back in town over the weekend and made a surprise visit at a popular bakery in the capital area.Ambrosia Bakery shared pictures of Shaq's visit on Sunday, saying the Tiger-turned-NBA star stopped by their Siegen Lane location earlier that day. Check out the photos below.Permalink| Comments
  
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• 'Is this who we want to be?': Brian Kelly talks Tigers' plan to rebound after season-opening loss

  04-09-2023 14:23
  
  ORLANDO - Sunday night's blowout loss to the Florida State Seminoles was a tough one to swallow for the Tigers, and Head Coach Brian Kelly knows it. "We are certainly not the football team I thought we were," Kelly said during his postgame news conference. "We clearly were short in a lot of areas tonight, and that falls on me to get our football team to be better in most of the competitive areas we saw tonight."The Tigers lost their fourth season opener in a row, a highly anticipated r
  
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• Before abrupt exit, EBR School Board member questioned student safety and leadership

  04-09-2023 13:49
  
  BATON ROUGE - It's been a tumultuous summer for Katie Kennison. In the past two months, the school board newcomer was the only member to vote against negotiating a new contract with the East Baton Rouge Parish schools leader, called for Superintendent Sito Narcisse to step down and declared she didn't "necessarily trust" the school system to keep pupils safe.Now she's left her post.The political neophyte resigned Sunday, eight months into a four-year term, by sending a terse statement to her co
  
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• Smash Mouth singer Steve Harwell dead at 56

  04-09-2023 12:36
  
  Smash Mouth frontman Steve Harwell, most famous for the band's hit song "All Star," has died at age 56.TMZ reported Harwell died Monday as a result of liver failure. It was previously reported that Harwell was placed in hospice care over the weekend, given just days to live.This is a developing story. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Capital area firefighters return home after assisting with wildfire in Beauregard Parish

  04-09-2023 08:43
  
  BATON ROUGE - On Monday, the Baton Rouge and Zachary Fire Departments announced that their responders would return home from Beauregard Parish. The fire departments sent units to southwest Louisiana to help with a massive wildfire that raged in Beauregard Parish for weeks. "Welcome home," the Baton Rouge Fire Department said. "Your contribution made a difference."Permalink| Comments
  
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