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• LSU Gymnastics headed to National Finals after placing first at semifinals

  18-04-2024 14:14 via wbrz.com
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas - The No. 2 LSU Gymnastics team finished in first place at the semifinals at the NCAA Championships on Thursday.LSU finished with a score of 198.1125, with No. 3 California following behind at 197.7125. Both will advance to the finals; this will be the Tigers' second straight appearance there and 10th overall.This is the program's 33rd appearance in the NCAA Championships.The NCAA Championship Final will air Saturday at 3 p.m. on WBRZ. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Diocese of Baton Rouge appoints new executive director of Catholic Charities

  01-05-2024 15:27 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - The Diocese of Baton Rouge announced its new executive director for Catholic Charities Wednesday afternoon.Stephanie K. Sterling, the current Director of Family Services at Catholic Charities, will succeed David C. Aguillard, who served 15 years as the executive director.Sterling will become the new executive director on July 1.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Killian crews use camera to seek source of sediment in town's water supply

  01-05-2024 15:18 via wbrz.com
  
  KILLIAN — Town officials in Killian went to work Wednesday to find what's causing problems in their water supply. Dirt, sand and other sediment have worked their way into the system, leaving the one-well town without clean water. Residents said the color of their tap water varied the longer it ran. At one home last week, the water ran clear when the tap was turned on, but soon it turned brown, with dirt contaminating it.In tests Wednesday, laborers removed the wellhead and in
  
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• Landry administration opts-in to EBT program after initially refusing summer feeding program for children

  01-05-2024 14:49 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — Almost three months after the state initially refused the USDA's summer EBT program, Gov. Jeff Landry's administration said they will be participating in the federal summer feeding program for needy children, Shreveport's KTBS reports.Landry said for months that Louisiana would not be participating in the program. Tuesday, however, he reportedly decided to opt-in to the program after a closed-door meeting with legislators.When Landry initially refused the federal program
  
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• Landry administration opts in to EBT program after 'hogwash' resistance to summer feeding program

  01-05-2024 14:49 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — Almost three months after the state initially refused the USDA's summer EBT program, Gov. Jeff Landry's administration said they will be participating in the federal summer feeding program for needy children, Shreveport's KTBS reports.Landry said for months that Louisiana would not be participating in the program. Tuesday, however, he reportedly decided to opt-in to the program after a closed-door meeting with legislators.Louisiana House Appropriations Chairman Rep. Jack
  
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• Intervenors in battle over Louisiana House districts file notice of appeal after map rejected

  01-05-2024 14:46 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — A handful of intervenors in the battle over Louisiana's proposed congressional map filed a notice of appeal Wednesday after a three-judge panel tossed out a plan that would have established a second minority-majority district extending from Shreveport to Baton Rouge.Judges on Tuesday rejected the map, saying Louisiana lawmakers relied too heavily on racial considerations when drawing up new boundaries to use in this year's congressional elections. A dissenting judge said
  
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• Governor Jeff Landry declares May 1 as National Heatstroke Prevention Day

  01-05-2024 14:23 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Governor Jeff Landry declared Wednesday, May 1, as National Heatstroke Prevention Day as a reminder for drivers not to leave unattended children in their car.More than 1,083 children have died from heatstroke in hot cars since 1990, and at least another 7,500 survived with varying types and severities of injuries, according to data collected by Kids and Car Safety.Additionally, the overwhelming majority of victims are age five and younger, with rear-facing child
  
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• Georgia Republican wants vote next week on whether Johnson should stay as Speaker

  01-05-2024 14:13 via wbrz.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Wednesday she would call a vote next week on ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson, forcing her colleagues to choose sides in a difficult showdown after Democratic leaders announced they would provide the votes to save the Republican speaker's job.Speaking outside the Capitol, Greene ranted against Republican Party leaders at the highest levels and pushed back against their public entreaties, including from Donald Trump, to av
  
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• East Ascension seniors celebrate the last day of school in a traditional way

  01-05-2024 13:54 via wbrz.com
  
  GONZALES - If you attended East Ascension High School, you know the traditional way seniors celebrate their last day of school: to jump into the campus pond. The class of 2024 joined in on the long-running tradition this morning, and drone footage from the school captured the seniors' triumphant moment. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Denham Springs man arrested for allegedly soliciting child porn in multiple states

  01-05-2024 13:44 via wbrz.com
  
  DENHAM SPRINGS — An 18-year-old man from Denham Springs was arrested for allegedly using social media to solicit child pornography from 12 and 13-year-olds in multiple states.The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office booked Glenn Walter April 23 on several counts of computer aided solicitation of minors and juveniles, as well as possession of pornography involving juveniles. The 10 victims in the case reportedly span seven other states.Deputies began investigating the case earlier that m
  
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• Tangipahoa Sheriff's Office offering $5,000 reward for information on 2021 homicide

  01-05-2024 13:29 via wbrz.com
  
  PONCHATOULA — The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office is offering a $5,000 reward for information regarding the 2021 homicide of a 69-year-old man.Deputies say Harry Hughes was found dead inside his North 11th Street home after an apparent drive-by shooting on July 4, 2021. Loud noises initially believed to be fireworks were overheard sometime after 3:00 a.m. by neighbors.Later that morning, a family member discovered Hughes' lifeless body laying in his bed, deputies said.Anyone with i
  
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• Baker standoff suspect was allegedly connected to April shooting that left one dead, bystander injured

  01-05-2024 12:39 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - A man arrested after a brief standoff in Baker Tuesday is a suspect in a fatal shooting from April 22. U.S. Marshals were serving a warrant for 27-year-old Alvin Mott Jr. in Baker. He was arrested after a brief standoff. The warrant connected Mott to a fatal shooting from April that happened on Scotland Avenue and left Michael Thomas, 51, dead and another person injured. Arrest documents said Mott and Thomas were involved in a shootout outside the Kangar
  
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• Inmate shot while being transported through West Feliciana Parish

  01-05-2024 09:48 via wbrz.com
  
  ST. FRANCISVILLE — An inmate was shot Wednesday morning while being transported through West Feliciana Parish by the Catahoula Parish Sheriff's Office.Catahoula Parish Sheriff's deputies were transporting the inmate in a van from the Catahoula Correctional Center. At some point while driving near St. Francisville on US-61, deputies checked on the inmate, who seemed to be experiencing health complications. He then reportedly reached for a deputy's gun and was shot.The West Feliciana Pa
  
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• Truck driver dead after running off Iberville Parish gravel road Tuesday night

  01-05-2024 08:02 via wbrz.com
  
  WHITE CASTLE - Deputies are investigating after a service truck driver ran off a gravel road and into a cane field, overturning his vehicle and being fatally injured Tuesday night. The Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office said the truck driver was driving on a gravel road off River Road Tuesday when he apparently lost control and ran into a cane field. His truck overturned, and the driver died on scene. Officials said the road was "well-maintained" and that there was no clear rea
  
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• Truck driver dead after running off Iberville Parish gravel road Tuesday afternoon

  01-05-2024 08:02 via wbrz.com
  
  WHITE CASTLE - Deputies are investigating after a service truck driver ran off a gravel road and into a cane field, overturning his vehicle and being fatally injured Tuesday afternoon. The Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office said the truck driver was driving on a gravel road off River Road Tuesday when he apparently lost control and ran into a cane field. His truck overturned, and the driver died on scene. Officials said the road was "well-maintained" and that there was no clear
  
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• More than a dozen arrests made at pro-Palestine protestor encampment on Tulane campus

  01-05-2024 06:55 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Fourteen arrests were made after police moved in on a protestor encampment on Tulane campus early Wednesday morning in an attempt to disperse a pro-Palestine crowd. WWL-TV reports that more than 100 officers from the New Orleans Police Department, Louisiana State police, and campus police moved in on the encampment, reportedly without warning. NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said the department's police monitor was on the scene to observe law enforcement, an
  
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• Woman arrested in Houston for allegedly luring man to Baton Rouge parking garage for sex, shooting him multiple times

  01-05-2024 04:52 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - A woman was arrested for allegedly luring a man to a parking garage for sex and shooting him multiple times. Officers with the Baton Rouge Police Department announced the arrest of Latoria Matthews, 23, for a shooting that happened on April 7. BRPD said Matthews picked up a male victim she met on Instagram and drove to a the LaSalle parking garage on Lafayette Street for sex. As the victim was getting prepared in the car, she shot him multiple times. The victim w
  
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• Arrest made in Lafayette Street shooting

  01-05-2024 04:52 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Detectives with BRPD have made an arrest in shooting on Lafayette St. that happened April 7.23-year-old Latoria Matthews was taken into custody after investigators determined she picked up a victim for sex and shot him multiple times.BRPD says she Matthews picked up a 24-year-old male victim she met on Instagram, and drove to a the LaSalle parking garage on Lafayette St. to engage in sex. As the victim was getting prepared in the car, she shot him multiple times. The victim was ab
  
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• LSU baseball erupts for 13 runs in fourth inning, dominating Grambling 26-2

  30-04-2024 21:52 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - The LSU baseball team didn't break a program scoring record Tuesday night, but they came pretty close.The Tigers scored 13 runs in the fourth inning en route to a 26-2 win over Grambling. The LSU record for runs in a game is 29.The Tigers jumped out of the gate with two runs in the first inning, before piling on seven more in the second. LSU didn't score in the third, but more than made up for it with the 13 runs in the fourth inning.Jake Brown,
  
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• LSU baseball erupts for 13 runs in fourth inning, dominated Grambling 26-2

  30-04-2024 21:52 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - The LSU baseball team didn't break a program scoring record Tuesday night, but they came pretty close.The Tigers scored 13 runs in the fourth inning en route to a 26-2 win over Grambling. The LSU record for runs in a game is 29.The Tigers jumped out of the gate with two runs in the first inning, before piling on seven more in the second. LSU didn't score in the third, but more than made up for it with the 13 runs in the fourth inning.Jake Brown,
  
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• Officials to test Killian well Wednesday morning

  30-04-2024 20:29 via wbrz.com
  
  KILLIAN - Officials in the Town of Killian will be testing the town's well Wednesday morning, more than a week after the water system failed. According to a letter sent out by town government Saturday, a detailed inspection of the well will hopefully identify what the problem is and give residents a better timeline to when the water will be restored. Currently, town officials are handing out water from the fire station at town hall from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. daily. Two cases of
  
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• Officials to test Killian well on Wednesday

  30-04-2024 20:29 via wbrz.com
  
  KILLIAN - Officials in the Town of Killian will be testing the town's well Wednesday morning, more than a week after the water system failed. According to a letter sent out by town government Saturday, a detailed inspection of the well will hopefully identify what the problem is and give residents a better timeline to when the water will be restored. Currently, town officials are handing out water from the fire station at town hall from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. daily. Two cases of
  
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• US judges throw out newly-drawn Louisiana Congressional maps

  30-04-2024 18:26 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A new congressional district map giving Louisiana a second majority-Black House district was rejected Tuesday by a panel of three federal judges, fueling new uncertainty about district boundaries as the state prepares for fall congressional elections.The 2-1 ruling forbids the use of a map drawn up in January by the Legislature after a different federal judge blocked a map from 2022. The earlier map maintained a single Black-majority district and five mostly white d
  
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• Baton Rouge teenager arrested, allegedly called in bomb threat to South Carolina school

  30-04-2024 17:55 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - A 19-year-old from Baton Rouge was arrested and will be extradited after allegedly calling in a bomb threat to a South Carolina high school. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, Trenton Brown called the Carolina Forest High School on Wednesday, April 24, and said there were bombs at the school. The campus was evacuated while law enforcement swept the campus. No bombs were found. Police said With assistance from the FBI and BRPD, Brown
  
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• Parents facing charges following junior high girls' fight in Watson

  30-04-2024 17:21 via wbrz.com
  
  WATSON - The mom of a middle school girl from Watson is taking legal action after her daughter was involved in a fight that happened right outside their home. Elissa Boudreaux says her 8th grade daughter has been in a feud with another 8th grader who attends Live Oak Junior High for a while, but until Saturday night it had only been words exchanged.Boudreaux says the other girl's parents, Jen and Joshua Vaughan, have previously spoken to her about the middle-school drama, but she never
  
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• Parents facing charges following fight at a Watson middle school

  30-04-2024 17:21 via wbrz.com
  
  WATSON - The mom of a middle school girl from Watson is taking legal action after her daughter was involved in a fight that happened right outside their home. Elissa Boudreaux says her 8th grade daughter has been in a feud with another 8th grader at Live Oak Junior High for a while, but until Saturday night it had only been words exchanged.Boudreaux says the other girl's parents, Jen and Joshua Vaughan, have previously spoken to her about the middle-school drama, but she never expected
  
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• DOTD accidentally installs wrong traffic signal at Florida, Sherwood Forest intersection

  30-04-2024 17:11 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - An intersection along Florida Boulevard has gone through several changes recently after LaDOTD accidentally installed the wrong type of traffic signal.The left turn signal at the intersection of Florida and Sherwood Forest Boulevard was supposed to be upgraded with a new signal this year. When DOTD went to change it February, officials say a flashing yellow arrow was "inadvertently installed." Numerous state and local efforts have led to the installation of this type of s
  
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• Suspect taken in on murder warrant was on probation, records say

  30-04-2024 15:27 via wbrz.com
  
  BAKER - A standoff in Baker on Tuesday ended with a murder suspect in custody, police said. Baker Police Chief Carl Dunn said U.S. Marshals were executing a BRPD warrant for 27-year-old Alvin Mott Jr. After a standoff with law enforcement, Mott was arrested.Court records show that Mott pleaded guilty to domestic abuse and battery to a pregnant victim one week prior to his arrest. He was sentenced to three years in prison, which were suspended by Judge Fred Crifasi. He was ordered to st
  
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• Suspect taken in on murder warrant after Baker standoff was on probation, records say

  30-04-2024 15:27 via wbrz.com
  
  BAKER - A standoff in Baker on Tuesday ended with a murder suspect in custody, police said. Baker Police Chief Carl Dunn said U.S. Marshals were executing a Baton Rouge Police warrant for Alvin Mott Jr., 27. After a standoff, Mott was arrested.Court records show that Mott had pleaded guilty to domestic abuse and battery to a pregnant victim one week. An initial report says on Aug. 21, 2023, Mott pulled the victim by her hair, spit on her, pointed a gun to her head and threatened to kil
  
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• Archdiocese of New Orleans under investigation for decades-long child sex trafficking coverup

  30-04-2024 15:10 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana State Police are investigating the Archdiocese of New Orleans for possible child sex trafficking linked to widespread sexual abuse committed by priests over several decades, WWL reported from a criminal warrant Tuesday.The warrant says that Louisiana State Police are seeking all documents linked to the archdiocese's sexual abuse scandal including letters and emails, as well as priest assignments, transfers and personnel files.State Police are also asking the ar
  
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