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• Man convicted of sex trafficking at 2020 Super Bowl

  25-10-2021 14:16 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A jury in Florida has convicted a Connecticut man of sex trafficking at the 2020 Super Bowl in Miami.The U.S. attorney’s office had alleged 48-year-old Edward Walker, of New Haven, brought two adult women and a 17-year-old girl from Connecticut to Miami in January 2020 to offer sex for money. Walker allegedly kept all the money the women received.Prosecutors also offered evidence that Walker planned to take the victims to other locations, including Chicago during th
  
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• $$$ Best Bets: NBA Playoffs begin! $$$

  19-04-2024 17:04 via wbrz.com
  
  Hunter McCann has the best bets for the March Madness, NBA, college baseball, NHL, and MLB!
  FridayNBA:Bulls @ Heat: Heat -1.5Kings @ Pelicans: Over 210 Total PointsMLB:White Sox @ Phillies: Phillies MLAstros @ Nationals: Astros -1.5Mets @ Dodgers: Dodgers MLCollege Baseball:Florida @ Vanderbilt: Vanderbilt -1.5Kansas @ Baylor: Kansas MLLSU @ Missouri: LSU MLSaturdayNBA:Magic @ Cavaliers: Magic +4.5Suns @ Timberwolves: Timberwolves -1.576ers @ Knicks: Knicks -2.5NHL:Islanders  @ Hurrica
  
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• Louisiana's PSC meets in room with no American flag. How did it improvise for Pledge of Allegiance?

  19-04-2024 15:45 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — Meeting outside of their usual meeting room in the state capital complex, member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission had to improvise their reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance on Friday when an American flag wasn't available.Their solution? Reciting the pledge to the back of Chairman Mike Francis' American flag shirt.Before the meeting was called to order at the Wyndham Hotel in Many, the audience and the commission's board had a laugh when Francis turned around
  
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• By using Democrats to aid Ukraine and others, Louisiana's Johnson puts speaker's post on the line

  19-04-2024 15:16 via wbrz.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Staring down a decision so consequential it could alter the course of history — but also end his own career — House Speaker Mike Johnson prayed for guidance.A conservative Christian, the speaker wrestled over whether to lead the House in approving $95 billion in desperately needed war-time aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, which many in his own Republican majority opposed — some so strongly they would try to boot him from of
  
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• OMV reminds drivers of vehicle registration renewal deadlines after mailing error

  19-04-2024 14:51 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - A notice sent out erroneously in the mail may have spooked drivers into thinking their registrations expired sooner than they did. The OMV said registration for trucks and trailers with an expiration of June 30, 2024 could not be processed until May 1. Residents may have received a renewal notice for these types of vehicles due to a vendor prematurely sending them out. The notice would have affected approximately 100,000 trucks and trailers. The mailing error has
  
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• Ascension Parish officials sell sewer assets to National Water Infrastructure in step toward cleaner water

  19-04-2024 14:47 via wbrz.com
  
  GONZALES - In a step to address infrastructure issues in Ascension Parish, the parish government has finalized the sale of its sewer assets and maintenance of those assets to National Water Infrastructure. The sale of the assets was voted on in April 2021 and was later sanctioned in July of that same year. Phase 1 of the transfer to NWI's maintenance of the system will see 3.5 million gallons of sewer discharge to be removed from the parish's waterways per day. Officials say t
  
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• LSU baseball looks to get back on track in road weekend series against Missouri

  19-04-2024 14:43 via wbrz.com
  
  LSU baseball begins their road weekend series on Friday night against the Missouri Tigers.The Tigers hold a 23-15 record for the season, including a 3-12 record in SEC play.Missouri is 17-21 on the year with a 5-10 record in SEC play. So. LH Gage Jump (2-1, 4.79 ERA) will take the mound for LSU while So. RH Logan Lunceford (1-2, 6.13 ERA) will be on the bump for Missouri. LSU has a record of 18-3 all-time versus Missouri dating back to their first series in 1986.First pitch is
  
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• LSU softball opens series at No. 4 Tennessee Friday night

  19-04-2024 14:33 via wbrz.com
  
  KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - The No. 7 LSU softball team has a tough test this weekend on the road.The Tigers start a three-game series with the only SEC team that has better ranking Friday, No. 4 Tennessee. The game will be on the SEC Network at 5 p.m. The Volunteers, 32-7 overall and 12-3 in the SEC, and are coming off a series win over Mississippi State last weekend.LSU, 34-8 overall and 10-8 in the SEC, has lost four of their last six conference games. The last time the Tigers won a seri
  
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• BRPD: Man shot while driving on Old Hammond Highway

  19-04-2024 13:46 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Police are investigating a man who was reportedly shot while driving along Old Hammond Highway early Friday morning.A Baton Rouge Police Department spokesperson said that the man was shot shortly after midnight while he was driving in the 13700 block of Old Hammond Highway. The man reportedly heard a gunshot and did not realize he was shot until he reached a friend's apartment on La Annie Drive. Once he realized he was shot, the man called the police
  
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• Inside the 28th annual 'Grandparents Raising Grandchildren' conference

  19-04-2024 13:45 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE- Baton Rouge hosted grandparents from across the state for the 28th annual "Grandparents raising Grandchildren" conference Friday morning.According to organization president Kathy Coleman, more than 51,000 children in Louisiana are cared for by someone other than a parent."Our mission is to bring resources to the parents that are raising children that are not their own," Coleman said. This year, one of the guest speakers at the conference was Constable Terrica Williams, who
  
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• EBRSO: 17-year-olds arrested in EBR to be placed in Jackson Parish Correctional Center

  19-04-2024 13:39 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Parish Prison will not take 17-year-olds arrested in East Baton Rouge Parish, officials said Friday afternoon.According to EBRSO officials, an alternative location has been found at Jackson Parish Correctional Center in Jonesboro until the city-parish can provide an adequate facility in compliance with federal PREA laws. The timing of the move is currently unknown.Earlier in the day, the jail had planned to permit 17-year-olds to be held in Central Booking at the jail with guards
  
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• BRPD says 17-year-olds arrested will now be booked into the parish prison rather than juvenile detention

  19-04-2024 13:39 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Officials said starting Friday, any 17-year-olds arrested would be booked into the parish prison rather than the juvenile detention center. The decision comes after the push to house the seven 17-year-olds currently in the overcrowded juvenile detention center in the prison caused confusion and disagreement among parish officials. Those seven teenagers — and any other 17-year-olds arrested — will be held in central booking until proper housing
  
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• Baton Rouge road crews closing Bluebonnet west of Airline late Friday through much of Saturday

  19-04-2024 13:30 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — Road crews plan to close Bluebonnet Boulevard just west of its intersection with Airline Highway after the Friday night rush hour and leave it closed through much of Saturday.All lanes will be blocked. The city-parish transportation department did not return telephone calls seeking comment Friday but referred callers to the sewage and environmental department.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Baton Rouge road crews closing Bluebonnet west of Airline for emergency sewer work

  19-04-2024 13:30 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — Road crews plan to close Bluebonnet Boulevard just west of its intersection with Airline Highway after the Friday night rush hour and leave it closed through much of Saturday.All lanes will be blocked. The city-parish transportation department said the closure was required for emergency sewer work requested by the Wastewater Collections division.Permalink| Comments
  
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• DOTD announces traffic shift starting April 24 on I-10 westbound before College exit

  19-04-2024 13:18 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - DOTD announced there would be another traffic shift on I-10 westbound near the I-12 merge. This shift marks another milestone in the ongoing College Flyover project, DOTD said. Starting at 5 a.m. Wednesday, traffic will be shifted to the right starting at the I-12 eastbound exit. Construction crews will clearly mark all shifts with barricades and temporary road markings overnight on the night before. Upon completion of the flyover project, I-12 westbound
  
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• Gonzales Police searching for three people who stole $1,000 in merchandise from Tanger Michael Kors

  19-04-2024 13:15 via wbrz.com
  
  GONZALES — The Gonzales Police Department are searching for three people that appear to have stolen over $1,000 of retail merchandise from Tanger Outlets.The three people reportedly stole $1,000 from Michael Kors on April 1. Police said the three people appeared to work together to commit the theft.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Baton Rouge Blues Fest starts today; here's what to expect

  19-04-2024 09:26 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — This weekend marks the 43rd annual Baton Rouge Blues Fest. All weekend, there will be a variety of artists playing throughout the day starting Friday. This swamp blues celebration is held in the heart of Downtown Baton Rouge each year. It is one of the oldest festivals of its kind in America. To keep the momentum going, Lauren Lambert-Tompkins, the executive director for this year's festival, says that there are some new additions to this year's festivi
  
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• House leaders toil to advance Ukraine and Israel aid. But threats to oust speaker grow

  19-04-2024 09:17 via wbrz.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House congressional leaders were toiling Thursday on a delicate, bipartisan push toward weekend votes to approve a $95 billion package of foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as well as several other national security policies at a critical moment at home and abroad.Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson this week set in motion a plan to advance the package, which has been held up since October by GOP lawmakers resistant to approving more funding for Ukraine&am
  
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• Police warns parents of vape pens that hold carts and function as writing pens

  18-04-2024 18:34 via wbrz.com
  
  CENTRAL - The Central Police Department warned parents of a vape pen that is shaped and can write being distributed within schools.According to the Facebook post from the police, the "Penjamin Cart Pens" advertise that they are "super discreet," "rechargeable," "writes with ink" and "increases rizz.""It is an actual pen that works as a pen should but also has a vape cartridge to inhale," Central Police Department said in the post. "Some highlighters and Sharpies do the same thing."Permalink| Co
  
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• WATCH: LSU gymnastics discusses finishing first in semifinals, advancing to finals

  18-04-2024 18:03 via wbrz.com
  
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• Assumption High senior touches hearts with custom autism acceptance prom suit

  18-04-2024 17:45 via wbrz.com
  
  DONALDSONVILLE - Quintin Martin, a student at Assumption High School wore a custom suit to his senior prom that went viral on social media for its message, touching thousands of hearts."I'm speechless, that's all I can say I'm just speechless.” Said Martin’s mother, Keila James. “We didn't know it was going to go this big."Martin helps to care for one cousin who was diagnosed with autism earlier this month. He thought of his cousin when picking out his prom suit.&a
  
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• East Baton Parish grand jury indicts 'Bleeda' gang members after ATM thefts

  18-04-2024 15:57 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - An East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury indicted multiple alleged members of a gang known as the 'Bleedas' after two armed robberies of ATM repair technicians in December and January.WBRZ previously reported the arrest of Nepton Hatfield Jr. back in March for the crimes. Hatfield is one of six people in total indicted, with a grand jury also indicted George Applewhite, Brandon Fleming, Hubert Jackson, Tremaine Lindsey and Quendez Vancourt.Hatfield was also charged in a separate indi
  
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• Driver faces suspended license, late fee after canceling card for fraudulent activity

  18-04-2024 15:44 via wbrz.com
  
  PONCHATOULA - One woman says her husband's license is suspended over a late fee that occurred while paying off an installment plan with the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles.Maddison Aikman says their trouble started when they noticed fraudulent charges on their debit card in January 2023. It was the same debit cart being used to pay off a balance owed to the OMV for lapsed insurance. After canceling the card, the OMV attempted to debit their account a ever since then, it's been a battle to ge
  
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• Baton Rouge man arrested after police, feds' raid yields fentanyl, cocaine, stolen guns

  18-04-2024 15:35 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — A Baton Rouge man was arrested Thursday by Baton Rouge Police and federal agents after a raid that yielded multiple guns, cash and narcotics.Donnie Aucoin, 56, was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on two counts each of distribution of fentanyl and possession of a firearm with a controlled dangerous substance. Aucoin is also being charged with possession of heroin, cocaine, hydrocodone and a stolen gun.Baton Rouge Police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, F
  
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• LSU Gymnastics looks to shine in NCAA Semifinals

  18-04-2024 14:14 via wbrz.com
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas - The No. 2 LSU Gymnastics team is set to compete in the first session of the semifinals at the NCAA Championships on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in Dickies Arena. This is the program's 33rd appearance in the NCAA Championships.LSU will face No. 3 California, No. 12 Arkansas and Stanford in session one of the NCAA Semifinals. No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 4 Florida, No. 5 Utah and No. 8 Alabama will compete in the second session on Thursday at 8 p.m..The top two teams from each sessi
  
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• LSU Gymnastics headed to National Finals after placing first in 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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• 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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• Police arrest one for first-degree murder months after shooting that left one dead, one injured

  18-04-2024 14:13 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Months after a shooting that left one person dead and one injured, police have arrested a man for multiple murder counts. The Baton Rouge Police Department said officers arrested 30-year-old Tremal Baker after he allegedly shot and killed Tamine Richardson, 24, in December.Officers said Baker was arrested Wednesday night after police tried to make a proactive traffic stop after seeing a vehicle drive by with no headlights. Once stopped, the driver, Baker, immediately fled
  
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• Dickey Betts, influential Allman Brothers Band singer, songwriter and guitarist, dead at 80

  18-04-2024 14:06 via wbrz.com
  
  OSPREY, Fl. (ABC NEWS) — Dickey Betts, the influential singer, songwriter and guitarist for Southern rock legends the Allman Brothers Band, has died at age 80."It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts that the Betts family announce the peaceful passing of Forrest Richard 'Dickey' Betts (December 12, 1943 - April 18, 2024) at the age of 80 years old," reads a statement posted on Betts' official Instagram page. "The legendary performer, songwriter, bandleader and family patriarch pa
  
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• Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist Dickey Betts dies at 80

  18-04-2024 14:06 via wbrz.com
  
  OSPREY, Fl. — Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” has died. He was 80.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer died at his home in Osprey, Florida, David Spero, Betts’ manager of 20 years, confirmed. Betts had been battling cancer for more than a year and had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Spero said.“He was surrounded by his whole family and he passed peacef
  
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