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• Louisiana college athlete endorsement bill heads to governor

  08-06-2021 14:27 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is poised to join more than a dozen other states allowing college athletes to earn cash from endorsements and sponsorship deals under an effort gaining steam across the country because of the NCAA’s inaction on a national policy.The Senate voted 35-0 Tuesday for House changes to Sen. Pat Connick’s bill to let the student athletes profit off the use of their name, image and likeness, the final vote needed to send t
  
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• Fight at community event between two Pierre Part residents results in public disturbance, battery arrests

  28-05-2024 14:34 via wbrz.com
  
  PIERRE PART — Two Pierre Part residents were arrested for disturbing a community event and attacking deputies and then each other over the weekend, Assumption Parish deputies said.Hobie Paul Hebert and Farrah Domingue, both 26, were booked on two counts each of disturbing the peace after they were began fighting one another at a Saturday night community event.As deputies working security for the event approached the confrontation, Hebert attempted to walk away after being told to stay
  
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• St. George fire crews battling blaze on Amy Drive in Gardere area

  28-05-2024 13:57 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — Members of the St. George Fire Department were battling a blaze at a building in the Gardere section of East Baton Rouge Parish on Tuesday morning.Firefighters were summoned to the 8300 block of Amy Drive. The scene is near where smoke from a shed fire two weeks ago chased 22 people from their apartments. It's also near the site of a triple-shooting at the start of the Memorial Day weekend.A WBRZ reporter is on the scene. Check back for more details.Permalink| Comments
  
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• St. George fire crews battle blaze on Amy Drive in Gardere area; clothes dryer to blame

  28-05-2024 13:57 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — Six people were chased from their homes Tuesday by a fire that started in a clothes dryer at an apartment in the Gardere area of Baton Rouge.The St. George Fire Department said it was summoned to the 8300 block of Amy Drive. The fire was contained to one apartment but a downstairs unit sustained water damage. The blaze was ruled accidental.The fire was near where smoke from a shed fire two weeks ago chased 22 people from their apartments. It's also near the site of a tri
  
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• Sen. Cleo Fields says House bill laying out plan for constitutional convention idea is dead

  28-05-2024 13:04 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — The chairman of a Senate committee key to Louisiana holding a constitutional convention this summer said Tuesday that a House-passed proposal setting out a plan will not win passage in the current legislative session.Sen. Cleo Fields, a Democrat from Baton Rouge who heads the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee, described HB800 as essentially dead. "HB800 will not be heard in this session of the Legislature," Fields said in an interview with WBRZ after his
  
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• Zachary woman shot multiple times while confronting suspected car burglar

  28-05-2024 09:07 via wbrz.com
  
  ZACHARY - A woman was reportedly shot multiple times after she confronted a suspected burglar. The Zachary Police Chief Darryl Lawrence said a woman confronted a man looking in cars. Following the confrontation, she was shot multiple times. The woman's injuries were reported to be non-life-threatening. No arrests were made, Lawrence said, but officers are investigating a possible suspect. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Governor Landry to host bill signing ceremony Tuesday morning

  28-05-2024 08:56 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - At the end of the legislative session, Governor Jeff Landry is signing several bills at a ceremony Tuesday morning. The ceremony will be held at the capital and will be streamed on WBRZ's YouTube page here. The bills being signed this morning include ones relative to education, safety, health, the economy, and the New Orleans Sewage and Water Board. The ceremony also comes days before the deadline to decide whether the session will be extended to hold a
  
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• Man sentenced to federal prison for impersonating and stealing money from victims through wire fraud

  28-05-2024 08:40 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - A man was sentenced to almost six years in federal prison after being sentenced for wire fraud and the impersonation of his victims. As part of his guilty plea, Terrance August, 48, admitted to conspiring top commit wire fraud with some co-conspirators. August used the personal information of bank customers to call financial institutions and request changes be made to their accounts. On top of the changes, August and his accomplices also withdrew thousands of dol
  
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• Brittany Rose from 100.7 The Tiger announces the winner of the CMA Flyaway Contest!

  28-05-2024 06:55 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - After hints and clues and several chances to enter and win a trip to the CMA Fest in Nashville, the time has finally come to announce the winner of the CMA Flyaway Contest!Brittany Rose from 100.7 The Tiger announced the winner on 2une In Tuesday morning!Permalink| Comments
  
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• Houma man finds 12-foot python in backyard

  27-05-2024 21:24 via wbrz.com
  
  HOUMA - A Houma resident got a surprise over the weekend after a python slithered up from the bayou behind his home and into his backyard. WWL spoke with Bradley Lirette, who found the snake coiled up in one of his flower pots. He said that the serpent ate two of his pet geese. "When I went to call the police department, I went back to count my geese, there were two three-month-old geese that were missing. I’m assuming that it ate the geese," Lirette told the news st
  
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• Pedestrian hit, killed while walking along Erwinville highway

  27-05-2024 19:19 via wbrz.com
  
  ERWINVILLE - A person from Gretna was hit by a truck and killed early Monday morning while walking on an Erwinville highway. State Police said 55-year-old Adrian Hammond was walking on Flynn Road near Section Road around 3 a.m. when they were hit by a truck. Troopers said Hammond died at the scene. The driver was not wearing their seatbelt, but was not hurt. Toxicology samples were taken from the driver and Hammond. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Crews cleaning Denham Springs High School after weekend fire

  27-05-2024 18:38 via wbrz.com
  
  DENHAM SPRINGS - Crews worked at Denham Springs High School on Monday after a fire in the building over the weekend. Crews said a fire broke out around 2:30 a.m. Sunday and damaged the English Hall. School officials said there was no structural damage and the cause has not been determined. The State Fire Marshal's Office is investigating what started the fire. No more information was immediately available. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Ex-EBR contractor due in federal court Tuesday in child exploitation case

  27-05-2024 18:03 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — A former city-parish contractor is scheduled for a hearing in federal court Tuesday on allegations he sent an obscene video involving a child to an undercover investigator and discussed an interest in bestiality and incest.Blake Steiner is due at the U.S. District Courthouse on Tuesday afternoon for a detention hearing and arraignment. Steiner was arrested last week after a raid on his home in East Baton Rouge Parish. An affidavit said Steiner sought admission t
  
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• Boat rental company giving back with discounts for military members, families on Memorial Day weekend

  27-05-2024 17:15 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW ROADS - In New Roads, residents on False River Drive have been sailing through the Memorial Day weekend.Since Friday, Geaux Outdoors has been booked and busy with boat rentals. Owner Joey Dupont rented out six of their boats for the whole weekend at half price, and for good reason. "The impact that we're doing is by giving veterans half off and the families who have lost loved ones half off," Dupont said. "You don't just have to be in the military. If you lost a loved one, or if yo
  
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• TEAM 2 TRAFFIC: Crash at I-10 at Perkins Road blocks one lane

  27-05-2024 15:19 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Cars piled up along I-10 near Perkins Road on Monday afternoon following a wreck that shut down one lane. According to DOTD, the right lane was blocked around 3 p.m. for a disabled semi truck. No injuries have been reported. Permalink| Comments
  
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• One injured in Monday afternoon shooting on North 15th Street

  27-05-2024 14:58 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — One person was brought to the hospital after a Monday afternoon shooting at a home on North 15th Street, the Baton Rouge Police Department said.The shooting, which happened in the 1800 block of North 15th Street near Chestnut Street, resulted in one person sustaining minor injuries. Police are investigating the shooting.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Fire in Wilbur Street home's attic leaves two people displaced

  27-05-2024 14:53 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - A fire in the attic of a home left two people displaced Monday morning. The Baton Rouge Fire Department said the fire started in the attic of a home on Wilbur Street off Badley Road. Smoke was coming from the rear of the home and firefighters only found flames in the attic. Damage from the flames was contained to the attic, but the rest of the home suffered smoke and water damage. The cause of the fire was unclear. The two residents were safe outside whe
  
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• Local organization hosts event advocating for mental health on road to professional success

  27-05-2024 14:49 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — The Master Your Moment organization hosted its "Mental Wealth" event at the Sky Lounge Baton Rouge on Sunday.A panel of community leaders and professionals from around the capital area discussed how you can prioritize your mental health while succeeding professionally and personally. They say it's something that's not talked about enough.“(There is a) stigma is related to mental health throughout the Black community, throughout any community we always realize t
  
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• 'Freedom is not free:' Vietnam War veteran remembers fallen soldiers on Memorial Day

  27-05-2024 14:29 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — This Memorial Day, people nationwide remember and honor all the brave men and women who died while defending their nation and freedoms. After all this time, Sgt. Gil Lerma says he still remembers everything from the Vietnam War.Following the commencement of Operation Rolling Thunder in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson deployed the first U.S. ground troops to Vietnam. More than 58,000 American soldiers died in Vietnam.Lerma joined the Marine Corps in 1968, not knowing he
  
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• LSU baseball headed to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to play Wofford College in NCAA regional tournament

  27-05-2024 13:24 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — LSU's baseball team is headed to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for the NCAA Regionals to play Wofford College, the NCAA tournament committee announced on ESPN on Monday morning.The Tigers, the No. 2 seed in the bracket, will face the Terriers on Friday. The winner of the regional, which also features a matchup between North Carolina and Long Island University in the opening round, will advance to a super regional with a chance to go to the College World Series in Omaha.LS
  
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• Tangipahoa deputies didn't know about four escaped inmates until family member of an escapee tipped-off jail staff

  27-05-2024 13:09 via wbrz.com
  
  AMITE — Four inmates escaped from the Tangipahoa Parish Jail over the weekend and Tangipahoa Parish deputies were not aware they were gone until a family member of one of the inmates that escaped Saturday called the jail Sunday afternoon, the Sheriff's Office said Monday.Two of the inmates have been taken back into custody, but the search continues for the other two still on the run.Sunday evening, deputies with the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said that 19-year-old Omarion Hook
  
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• Denham Springs woman dead after Sunday evening motorcycle crash on I-10 in Mississippi

  27-05-2024 12:47 via wbrz.com
  
  GULF PORT, Miss. — A Denham Springs woman is dead after a motorcycle crash on I-10 in Harrison County, Mississippi, that also left four injured, Mississippi Highway Patrol said.Amanda Holden, 43, died Sunday evening around 5 p.m. after she and two other motorcyclists took evasive actions to avoid hitting a passenger that had fallen off another motorcycle, officials said. The 16-year-old passenger that fell off the motorcycle was being operated by Amanda Holden's husband, Roy Dale Hold
  
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• One person detained after standoff at home on Maplewood Drive near Airline Highway

  27-05-2024 05:44 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - One person was taken into custody after a shots fired call led to a standoff early Monday. The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office said deputies were called after neighbors heard shots being fired inside a home on Maplewood Drive near Airline Highway.Deputies said a man was inside and reportedly armed with a long firearm. The man was repeatedly firing shots inside the residence. Deputies also said the man was intoxicated.A SWAT team was called to assist and set up a perimet
  
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• Man arrested after standoff at home on Maplewood Drive near Airline Highway

  27-05-2024 05:44 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - A man was arrested after a shots fired call led to a standoff early Monday. The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office said deputies were called to a home on Maplewood Drive near Airline Highway after neighbors heard gunshots. Deputies said a man was inside his house with a gun, intoxicated, and firing shots inside his house and at law enforcement officers.A SWAT team was called to assist and set up a perimeter around the home. The man eventually surrendered to deputi
  
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• Multiple fights break out at mayor's Summer of Hope kickoff event, BRPD reviewing body cam footage

  26-05-2024 21:48 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Multiple fights broke out at Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome's Summer of Hope kickoff event at Liberty Lagoon.Watch live newscasts here. The Pool Day at Liberty Lagoon was a free event hosted by the Mayor's Office, Stay Hopeful Healthy Baton Rouge, and BREC. The event started at 7:30 p.m. and was supposed to last three hours, but was cut short when fights broke out around 8:45. Mayor Broome said there were no injuries and no shots fired in what was described
  
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• Multiple fights break out at mayor's Summer of Hope kickoff event

  26-05-2024 21:48 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Multiple fights broke out at Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome's Summer of Hope kickoff event at Liberty Lagoon.The Pool Day at Liberty Lagoon was a free event hosted by the Mayor's Office, Stay Hopeful Healthy Baton Rouge, and BREC. The event started at 7:30 p.m. and was supposed to last three hours, but was cut short when fights broke out around 8:45. Mayor Broome said there were no injuries and no shots fired in what was described as a large brawl at the waterpark.
  
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• Tangipahoa deputies looking for inmates who escaped the parish jail

  26-05-2024 21:06 via wbrz.com
  
  AMITE - Deputies are looking for four Tangipahoa Parish inmates who broke out of the jail Sunday night. The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said 19-year-old Omarion Hookfin of Hammond, 19-year-old Avery Guidry of Natalbany, 20-year-old Jamarcus Cyprian of Amite and 21-year-old Travon Johnson of Natalbany escaped the fence during recreation time. Sheriff Daniel Edwards said there was a part of the fence that could be easily moved so a small person could slip through.&nbs
  
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• Town of New Roads honor fallen servicemen and women with Blessing of the Fleet ceremony

  26-05-2024 20:43 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW ROADS - Despite windy conditions, over 50 boats took part in a centuries-old tradition to honor fallen servicemen and women for Memorial Day. The Blessing of the Fleet Ceremony, hosted on False River by the Pointe Coupee Kiwanis Club, is a way to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice and bless the attending boats to grant them a bountiful and safe fishing season. The ceremony started with a prayer and a message to remember the fallen service men and women led by Deac
  
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• Gonzales Jambalaya Festival wraps up Sunday with new Jambalaya World Champions

  26-05-2024 19:25 via wbrz.com
  
  GONZALES - The Gonzales Jambalaya Festival wrapped up Sunday with Tyler Billingsley and his helper Michael McCloud winning Jambalaya Champion of the World and the golden jambalaya paddle. The team, sponsored by Tee Wayne's Cajun Cooking, competed against teams from all over the state in the annual competition that falls on Memorial Day weekend. Along with the cooking competition, the festival was complete with carnival rides, a fundraiser run, vendors, live music and a car sho
  
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• LSU Baseball falls to Tennessee in SEC Championship 4-3

  26-05-2024 17:51 via wbrz.com
  
  HOOVER, AL - LSU Baseball's run in Hoover comes to an end with a loss to Tennessee in the SEC Championship game. They fell 4-3 to the Volunteers.The Tigers struck first with a Jared Jones solo home run to left field in the first inning. The 471 foot homer was the longest in the SEC Tournament this year.LSU would only get four more hits against the Volunteers, and they left runners stranded in four innings.The Tigers tried to make a come back in the bottom of the ninth inning with a Steven Milam
  
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