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• Jury convicts 1 ex-officer and acquits another in 2022 Jefferson Parish shooting death

  12-05-2024 20:50 via wbrz.com
  
  GRETNA, La. (AP) — A Louisiana jury convicted one former law enforcement officer and acquitted another in the 2022 shooting death of a man who was sitting in an SUV outside a house reputed for illegal drug activity.Issac Hughes, who was convicted Friday, and Johnathan Louis, who was acquitted, were Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies when Daniel Vallee, 34, was killed in the New Orleans suburb of Marrero.Police body camera footage showed that after a 15-minute confron
  
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• Resident and victim speak up after Saturday night shootings in Livingston Parish

  12-05-2024 20:18 via wbrz.com
  
  LIVINGSTON PARISH - An 11-year-old girl is in critical condition and a man was injured in two separate shootings in Livingston Parish on Saturday. James David said it was around 8 p.m. when his neighbor, 23-year-old Royce 'Earl' Cash, started shooting into his Denham Springs home. "I heard some stuff hitting my house and I wasn't sure of what it was so I went around the side of my house to see," David said.David said he was trying to go back inside his home when Cash shot him
  
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• LSU Softball headed into NCAA Tournament as No. 9 seed, will host regional

  12-05-2024 18:09 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - The LSU Tigers have been selected as a No. 9 seed in the NCAA Softball Tournament making it their 25th appearance in the post season. This is the eighth time in the last nine years that LSU hosted a regional.Head coach Beth Torina and her Tigers will host the Baton Rouge Regional with Jackson State, Southern Illinois and Cal coming to town.LSU is coming off of a semi final loss in the SEC tournament, but the Tigers say that the experience they've had in the conference this season
  
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• LSU loses 4-3 to Alabama, clinching series loss despite comeback attempt

  12-05-2024 16:13 via wbrz.com
  
  TUSCALOOSA, AL - LSU Baseball their final game in a crucial series to Alabama 4-3 Sunday, despite the Tigers' best efforts to erase an early Tide lead.Alabama scored their first three runs in the second inning from an RBI single, a passed ball and a RBI ground out. They scored their fourth run in the third inning when Will Hodo hit a sacrifice fly to plate Gage Miller.LSU didn't score a run until the fourth inning when Ashton Larson sent Josh Pearson home on a fielder's choice.The following two
  
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• Local expert shares insight on 2024 Westminster Dog Show

  12-05-2024 15:56 via wbrz.com
  
  Will it be a Bloodhound, a Beagle or a Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen? The search for America's top dog is underway at the super bowl of dog shows — the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. WBRZ's John Pastorek was joined in the studio by Carol Grotton from the Mississippi Gulf Coast Kennel Club and his Doberman Lacey to talk all things dog show before the event wraps up Tuesday, May 14. Permalink| Comments
  
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• PHOTOS: Truck destroyed after fire in Pointe Coupee Parish

  12-05-2024 15:04 via wbrz.com
  
  JARREAU - A truck was destroyed Sunday after it caught fire in Jarreau.The Pointe Coupee Fire District 3 shared photos of the truck on fire and after it was put out. The vehicle was in the parking lot of Island Landing Bar and Grill, but it does not appear that the building was impacted. No injuries were reported. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Former LSU pitcher Skenes strikes out 7, tops 100 miles mph 17 times in Pirates debut

  12-05-2024 14:54 via wbrz.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes’ stuff was as electric as advertised.A fastball that reached at least 100 mph 17 times. A slider that left major leaguers shaking their heads. An invention called a “splinker” that is a hybrid of a splitter and a sinker and dips and dives unlike any pitch anywhere in baseball.Yet even at age 21, the Pittsburgh Pirates rookie knows all the “oohs” and “ahs” and knee buckles a ball that at
  
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• 11-year-old girl in critical condition, man injured in separate shootings across Livingston Parish

  12-05-2024 12:47 via wbrz.com
  
  LIVINGSTON PARISH - An 11-year-old girl is in critical condition and a man was injured in two separate overnight shootings, according to the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office.The girl's injury happened in Tickfaw on Ed Brown Road around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Police say she was an innocent bystander who was struck in a nearby residence where a shooting occurred between three people outside. The gunshot hit her torso and she was transported for surgery.The other shooting took place in Denham Sprin
  
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• 11-year-old girl in critical condition, man injured after separate shootings in Livingston Parish

  12-05-2024 12:47 via wbrz.com
  
  LIVINGSTON PARISH - An 11-year-old girl is in critical condition and a man was injured in two separate overnight shootings, according to the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office.The girl's injury happened in Tickfaw on Ed Brown Road around 8:30 p.m. Police say she was an innocent bystander who was struck in a nearby residence where a shooting occurred between the people outside. The gunshot wound hit her torso and she was transported for surgery.The other shooting took place in Denham Springs on
  
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• One person in critical condition after car hit pedestrian Sunday night

  12-05-2024 12:14 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - One person is in critical condition Sunday evening after a car reportedly ran into a person near the corner of Plank Road and Choctaw Drive.Emergency officials said the incident happened near the intersection around 9:45 p.m. One person was taken into police custody at the scene. No more information on the victim's injuries were reported. Permalink| Comments
  
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• State Police investigating officer-involved shooting in Clinton

  12-05-2024 12:09 via wbrz.com
  
  CLINTON - State Troopers are investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened Sunday in Clinton and left one person injured. State Police sent a release Sunday evening with little details about the shooting, which took place earlier in the day in Clinton. The East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office said a deputy was called to a home along Oakwood Lane for a disturbance. "Upon the deputy’s arrival at that location the deputy was confronted by a subject with an
  
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• LSP investigating officer-involved shooting in Clinton

  12-05-2024 12:09 via wbrz.com
  
  CLINTON - State Troopers are investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened Sunday in Clinton and left one person injured. State Police sent a release Sunday evening with little details about the shooting, which took place earlier in the day in Clinton. The East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office said a deputy was called to a home along Oakwood Lane for a disturbance. "Upon the deputy’s arrival at that location the deputy was confronted by a subject with an
  
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