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• West Baton Rouge throwing parade Wednesday for Addis American Idol contestant in Top 3

  12-05-2025 21:15
  ADDIS - American Idol contestant John Foster is coming home to West Baton Rouge Parish after advancing to the Top 3 and will be met with a parade in his hometown. The Brusly High graduate advanced to the final three during Monday night's show where he sang "The Bare Necessities" and "The Rainbow Connection." The parade will be Wednesday, May 14 at 5 p.m. along First Street in Addis and will end with a concert on the waterfront in Plaquemine at 7:30 p.m. John will be back on Am
  
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• Deputies make arrest in 2014 killing of 7-year-old Terrez Coleman

  12-05-2025 20:58
  BATON ROUGE - Deputies arrested a man they say is responsible for the death of a 7-year-old who was killed in 2014. The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office said 7-year-old Terrez Coleman was riding in the car along Prescott Road with his two sisters, mom and dad on August 16, 2014 when someone fired a shot at the car. Coleman was killed and his sister was injured. EBRSO spokesperson Casey Hicks says that until the use of new and emerging technology, the killing went unsol
  
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• 16-year-old wanted for armed robbery in Tangipahoa Parish arrested in Alabama

  12-05-2025 19:23
  PONCHATOULA - A 16-year-old allegedly connected to a slew of crimes in Tangipahoa Parish was arrested in Alabama. The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said the teen was in Ponchatoula on May 2 and stole a car from a convenience store at gunpoint. He was taken into custody in Alabama. Law enforcement there said the teen was caught with the stolen gun he used in the robbery and the stolen car. He was booked in Alabama and will be extradited to Louisiana where he faces charges
  
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• LSU tabs six former greats for induction into Athletic Hall of Fame

  12-05-2025 19:16
  BATON ROUGE - LSU athletics announced their latest class to head into the schools Athletic Hall of Fame and there is a heavy lean to the hardwood.Four of the six inductees are from the LSU men's and women's basketball teams and are headlined by former men’s basketball coach John Brady, who directed the Tigers to the 2006 Final Four and women’s basketball All-American Temeka Johnson who helped take the Lady Tigers to LSU’s first two Final Four teams in 2004 and 2005
  
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• North Burnside Avenue in Gonzales closed after crash takes down power line

  12-05-2025 17:53
  GONZALES - Law enforcement has shut down North Burnside Avenue near West Tobey Avenue due to a crash that brought down a power line in the area. Gonzales Police officers said that the area just in front of AutoZone is closed to both directions of traffic until repairs can be made. No information about the crash or potential injuries has been released. Permalink| Comments
  
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• LED, tech firm announces 'energy-focused innovation hub' coming to New Orleans

  12-05-2025 16:37
  BATON ROUGE — Louisiana Economic Development announced Monday that an energy-focused innovation hub is coming to New Orleans.Newlab New Orleans will be located near the Intercoastal Industrial Canal. The company says the new facility will focus on helping stimulate economic growth by giving energy startups resources to demonstrate new technologies."When we look at cities for New Lab, we're not looking for the easiest path, we're looking for places with real advantages, and that's a pl
  
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• SPARE NOTES: Wait A Minute! Sounds Like USBC Open Possibly Back In BRs Future

  12-05-2025 16:22
  BATON ROUGE – I know here at WBRZ.com and in columns in the previous publication, I said that the 2025 USBC Open would probably be the city’s last foray into the expensive to hold, but a beneficial local tax generator tournament at the Raising Canes River Center.As Lee Corso has said so many times, “Not so fast!”The USBC held its annual convention May 5-8 in Las Vegas and USBC Executive Director Chad Murphy had a town hall meeting with delegates which was
  
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• Appropriations Committee advances $49.4 billion budget that funds $2,000 teacher stipends, LA GATOR

  12-05-2025 16:19
  BATON ROUGE (Manship News Service) — The House Appropriations Committee advanced a $49.4 billion state budget Monday that funds $2,000 teacher stipends for next year, closes a nearly $200 million shortfall and balances the books without raising taxes.To bridge the budget gap, lawmakers pieced together a solution using a mix of cuts, delayed spending and the discovery of unspent or underutilized funds tucked away in various agencies.This included clawing back excess appropriations, red
  
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• Another man booked in Livingston killing; Police say 'main players' have been arrested

  12-05-2025 16:13
  LIVINGSTON — A third arrest has been made in a fatal shooting that happened at the Doyle High School baseball park off McLin Road on Friday night. Officials say 23-year-old Evan Lynch was shot in the chest at the park. Livingston Police officers arrested Brandon Soileau and Caleb Rowley for their alleged involvement in the crime. On Monday, police announced they made a third arrest and booked Lavorius Linson for first-degree murder, criminal conspiracy, robb
  
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• OJJ employee accused of sexual relations with juvenile offender arrested; second in less than a week

  12-05-2025 16:09
  BUNKIE — A former juvenile justice specialist who worked at the Acadiana Center for Youth in Bunkie was arrested for allegedly engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a youth offender, the Office of Juvenile Justice said Monday.Keyana Nash, 31, was arrested by Avoyelles Parish deputies on malfeasance in office-sexual misconduct charges after an investigation was opened into a questionable relationship on Friday.OJJ said that Nash's termination was effective immediately. She had
  
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• Prairieville mom arrested for sex offenses with teenage boys picks up new charges

  12-05-2025 15:47
  A Prairieville mom accused of having sex with a 14-year-old boy last year is now facing additional charges involving other teens.Dutchtown High parent Leeann Yammarino has been in jail since her July 2024 arrest for alleged sex offenses with multiple teenage boys.The WBRZ Investigative Unit has learned there are even more purported victims than previously thought. "We received some supplemental reports from the sheriff's office, which clarified some things. We did amend the bill and a
  
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• Several local governments not spending money available for opioid abuse treatment programs, audit says

  12-05-2025 15:42
  BATON ROUGE — Several parishes across the state have not spent any funds distributed to them by the Louisiana Opioid Abatement Taskforce to address substance abuse, a Legislative Auditor's report released Monday said.According to the report, $98.5 million was available to parishes and sheriffs offices to combat opioid addiction and to fund treatment programs. The report said that nine of 29 responding parishes and 19 of 43 responding sheriff's offices did not spend any of the
  
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• Ascension Parish deputies ask public to help ID body found in 1982 after LSU FACES Lab reconstructs face

  12-05-2025 15:32
  DARROW — The Ascension Parish Sheriff's office is asking for help identifying a man found dead along the Mississippi River in 1982. With the help of The LSU FACES Lab, the Sheriff's Office released an image showing what the unidentified man could have looked like, using forensic facial reconstruction technology. The man's body, found on Feb. 2, 1982, has remained unidentified for more than four decades since it was recovered near Darrow. When he was
  
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• 17-year-old from Ruston in Baton Rouge for track meet arrested for rape

  12-05-2025 15:32
  BATON ROUGE - A 17-year-old from Ruston, who was in Baton Rouge for a track meet, was arrested and accused of raping a female who was in town for the event. Records from the Clerk's Office say Djoryen Jenkins was staying at the Embassy Suites along Constitution Avenue with his high school track team. The victim told Baton Rouge Police officers that Jenkins pushed her into a stairwell at the hotel where he raped her late Friday night. During questioning, Jenkins told officers t
  
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• Perkins Rowe has new owner, but retains previous property manager

  12-05-2025 15:18
  BATON ROUGE — The Perkins Rowe development at the intersection of Perkins Road and Bluebonnet Boulevard has a new owner.Dallas-based TriGate Capital announced the acquisition on its LinkedIn page late last week. The company, listed on paperwork as TGTPC Perkins Rowe Owner LLC, kept on a previous owner — Fort Worth, Texas-based Trademark Property Company — to help oversee property management and leasing.A purchase price was not announced.Trademark took over day-to-d
  
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• 2une In discusses Louisiana tourism renaissance after Super Bowl success

  12-05-2025 14:46
  BATON ROUGE - On the heels of Super Bowl LIX's success in the Big Easy, officials are talking about how Louisiana can keep the momentum and keep the state as a tourist destination. The success of Super Bowl LIX proved what statewide collaboration can achieve, delivering economic growth that benefits hotels, restaurants, and attractions far beyond New Orleans, officials with New Orleans & Company said. You can wait the full interview with the company above for more informat
  
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• LSU football to play SMU in home-and-home matchups in 2028, 2029

  12-05-2025 14:31
  BATON ROUGE — LSU football announced Monday that it will be playing a home-and-home with SMU to start the 2028 and 2029 seasons. SMU will come to Baton Rouge on Sept. 2, 2028, in the first game of the pair. LSU will then go to Dallas for a matchup against the ACC on Sept. 1, 2029. Unless LSU schedules a Week 0 game in 2028 or 2029, these games will serve as season openers. In 2025 and 2026, LSU will play a home-and-home against Clemson, starting with a matchup in Cle
  
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• New Orleans Saints invite fans to June minicamp for first look at Kellen Moore-led team

  12-05-2025 14:17
  NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Saints' June minicamp practices will give the public their first on-field look at a Kellen Moore-led Saints team.The June 10 and 11 practices will be held at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center in Metairie, and Who Dat Nation will get their first looks at the team's nine-player draft class, including Louisville quarterback Tyler Shough.Minicamp will also give fans a look at a post-Derek Carr offense. Carr retired over the weekend after a shoulder injury
  
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• Israeli-American hostage released by Hamas in goodwill gesture toward Trump administration

  12-05-2025 13:57
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli-American soldier held hostage for more than 19 months in the Gaza Strip was released Monday by Hamas in a goodwill gesture toward the Trump administration that could lay the groundwork for a new ceasefire with Israel.The Israeli military confirmed that Edan Alexander was turned over to the Red Cross and then to Israeli forces.Wearing shirts emblazoned with his name, Alexander’s extended family gathered in Tel Aviv to watch the rele
  
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• Siblings arrested after Hammond triple shooting leaves one person dead, toddler hospitalized

  12-05-2025 13:46
  HAMMOND — Hammond Police arrested two people after an early Monday morning shooting left one dead and two others, including a toddler, hospitalized.Janvourian Franklin, 23, is accused of shooting three people in the parking lot of The Soap Opera laundromat on North Morrison Boulevard.When Hammond Police arrived around 2:48 a.m., they brought 23-year-old Bradley Blunt, 22-year-old Raleign Honor and a two-year-old to a nearby hospital. Blunt later succumbed to his injuries, while Honor
  
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• Thursday is the last day to file state income tax returns for 2024

  12-05-2025 13:44
  BATON ROUGE – The deadline to file state income tax is Thursday.Louisiana taxpayers can file their 2024 income tax returns through the Department of Revenue's Louisiana Taxpayer Access Point web portal or commercially available tax preparation software.The Department of Revenue also allows printed state returns. Forms are available on their website.Taxpayers who need extra time to prepare their income tax returns will be able to have their deadline extended to Nov. 17."Individual taxp
  
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• Metro Council taking up Thrive! Baton Rouge funding reallocation plan at Wednesday meeting

  12-05-2025 13:35
  BATON ROUGE — The Baton Rouge Metro Council is set to discuss a new funding plan that would reallocate funds from multiple city-parish agencies into a general fund at a pubic meeting on Wednesday. The funding plan — Thrive! Baton Rouge — is divided into four separate items on the council's agenda. According to the Metro Council's agenda for Wednesday's meeting, the first item would extend a 11.1 mill tax set aside for the East Baton Rouge Parish L
  
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• St. Amant High School student accepted into Manhattan School of Music performs on 2une In

  12-05-2025 07:51
  BATON ROUGE - Monday morning, 2une In spoke with St. Amant High School student Joshua Knight, who was accepted to go to college at the Manhattan School of Music. Knight, a trumpet player, even performed for us live on air!Permalink| Comments
  
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