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• Biden, Trump win delayed Louisiana presidential primaries

  11-07-2020 20:48 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump on Saturday won their parties’ respective Louisiana presidential primaries, an election that was postponed twice because of the coronavirus outbreak and pushed back so many months that it became irrelevant to the selection of the Democratic nominee to challenge Trump in November.Biden formally clinched the Democratic presidential nomination weeks ago.On Saturday, Trump easily won Louisiana’s GOP p
  
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• Applications due today for award honoring deputy slain in ambush attack

  03-05-2024 09:49 via wbrz.com
  
  DENHAM SPRINGS - The applications for an award honoring Nick Tullier, a corporal slain in a 2016 police ambush, close Friday. The "Nick Tullier Service Above Self Award" will be awarding to a deserving department, unit, or individual in law enforcement who has placed the needs of others above their own, according to the Denham Springs Kiwanis Club. Tullier was shot three times in an ambush at a gas station on Airline Highway in 2016. He spent six years in various hospitals dur
  
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• 2une In Previews: Southern University alumni crawfish boil

  03-05-2024 09:30 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Don't miss it! 2une In spoke with the Southern University alumni chapter to talk about this weekend's alumni crawfish boil and music fest. Permalink| Comments
  
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• 2une In Previews: Derby Day

  03-05-2024 07:54 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Saddle up with JP on 2une In Friday morning to prepare for Derby Day!Permalink| Comments
  
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• LSU students to hold pro-Palestine protest on campus Friday

  03-05-2024 06:20 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Amid dozens of protests being held on college campuses around America, LSU students are planning a similar pro-Palestine protest Friday. Students are coming together to voice their support for Palestine and to demand the university disclose all financial ties to Israeli entities. The protest will be held outside Patrick F. Taylor Hall starting at noon. The comes after a protest on Tulane campus in New Orleans ended with police storming an encampment, rep
  
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• EBR Parish School System seeking community input amid search for new superintendent

  03-05-2024 05:55 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Parish School System is encouraging community members to attend several meetings next week as they look to get the public's input on the district's new superintendent.Parents, students, educators, and community members are all encouraged to let their voice be heard as EBR is looking to engage with the community and see who they want leading their school district.The dates, times and locations of the community meetings are listed below:Meeting 1: May 6 from 5:3
  
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• Mick Jagger and Jeff Landry feud after Jagger's comments about the governor at Jazz Fest

  02-05-2024 20:55 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Rolling Stones' lead singer Mick Jagger took a swipe at Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry during Jazz Fest Thursday, leading to the governor publicly responding.According to WWL reporter Lily Cummings, Jagger referred to Landry as "real inclusive" and said he was taking the state back to "the Stone Age" with his governance. You can’t always get what you want.
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• Island in middle of University Lakes provides glimpse of what's to come

  02-05-2024 17:48 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — The $70 million project to improve lakes between City Park and the LSU campus still has a long time to run, but amid all the muck and other debris there's a sliver of brightness.Crews rehabilitating the area built an island in the middle of University Lake in 2022. They wanted to see what kind of materials might hold up over time, and what might erode away and clog the lake with silt.Now the island is complete with landscaping using the same materials that will eventuall
  
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• Pecue Lane enters final phase of project; expected completion mid-2026

  02-05-2024 17:15 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - A major project to widen Pecue Lane and add interstate ramps is expected to wrap up in due time. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announced Thursday that crews have entered the third and final phase of construction. The current work includes paving the southbound lanes, constructing the southbound Pecue Lane bridge over Ward’s Creek, grading the new on and off ramps at I-10 and installing catch basins for drainage. DOT
  
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• Sheriff hopeful for answers 16 years after Barbara Blount's disappearance

  02-05-2024 17:01 via wbrz.com
  
  LIVINGSTON — After 16 years, deputies believe they are close to finding an answer on what happened to Barbara Blount.She was 58 when she mysteriously disappeared from her home in Holden on May 2, 2008.Blount's family said there were no signs of forced entry, and her silver Toyota was abandoned down the road.After she disappeared, search teams used dogs, helicopters, and four-wheelers to look for her, but months turned into years and Barbara was never found.In 2015, Blount’s
  
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• One found dead after apparent fall from rooftop at casino construction site

  02-05-2024 16:47 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - A person was found dead at a construction site for the Belle of Baton Rouge Casino Thursday, the Baton Rouge Police Department says.According to a BRPD spokesman, the person fell from the upper deck of a roof that was under construction.No other information is available at this time.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Ten capital area high schools among best in state

  02-05-2024 16:16 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — Ten area high schools have been named some of the best in the state, according to an annual education study by U.S. News & World Report.The list of the state's top 25 high schools, ranked based on graduation rate, college readiness and enrollment, included schools from four capital area parishes — Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Livingston and West Feliciana.The schools included were:     - Baton Rouge Magnet High School (#4)
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• INVESTIGATIVE UNIT: Baker school system employee accused of sexual battery returns to working at school

  02-05-2024 15:51 via wbrz.com
  
  BAKER - A City of Baker School System employee accused of sexual battery is back at work and now trying to clear his name.The WBRZ Investigative Unit has filed several reports on Rodney Craig. Two women who have come forward allege inappropriate interactions between them and Craig while on the job. In one case, a police report has been filed.Cindy Hamilton says the past few weeks have been terrible for her and fears returning to her bus route. She has been on leave since reporting an inappropri
  
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• Walker High School baseball coach arrested, allegedly stole $29k in school funds

  02-05-2024 15:48 via wbrz.com
  
  WALKER — The Walker High School baseball coach was arrested Thursday for the allegedly misappropriating almost $30,000 in school funds since at least September 2023.Nicholas Scelfo is being charged with felony theft of more than $25,000.Scelfo allegedly submitted multiple reimbursement invoices for equipment he purchased with his own funds for the baseball program totaling $29,360. After the team finished its 23-10 season Friday night, the school conducted an equipment inventory and f
  
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• Sheriff says Walker High baseball coach used fake invoices to steal nearly $30k in school funds

  02-05-2024 15:48 via wbrz.com
  
  WALKER — Livingston Parish deputies arrested the Walker High School baseball coach Thursday and accused him of submitting bogus purchase orders to collect nearly $30,000 from the parish school system for baseball equipment that was never ordered.Nicholas Scelfo, who became coach of the Wildcats last May and also taught at the high school, is accused of felony theft in excess of $25,000. The Sheriff's Office said he was being booked into the Livingston Parish jail Thursday afternoon.Th
  
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• Denham Springs man previously charged with sexual abuse of an animal arrested on 95 additional counts

  02-05-2024 14:44 via wbrz.com
  
  DENHAM SPRINGS — A man originally booked in January for sexual abuse of an animal was arrested again on nearly 100 additional counts of sexually abusing an animal and filming it.Dylan Landry, 26, turned himself in and was booked Monday on 95 counts of filming or photographing sexual abuse of an animal. The arrest came after Livingston Parish Sheriff's deputies uncovered additional evidence of Landry's sexual abuse of animals, the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office said.Landry was orig
  
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• White Castle High School receives $50,000 grant to fund STEM education

  02-05-2024 13:55 via wbrz.com
  
  WHITE CASTLE - A local high school is receiving a grant to fun its STEM classrooms. White Castle High School is receiving a $50,000 grant from NextEra Energy Resources through the company's charitable arm. The money will go toward helping the school enhance its STEM opportunities by purchasing things like a 3D printer, a CAD system, and drones, while other portions of the grant will go toward funding a robotics curriculum for the school. “We are grateful to
  
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• Man accused of trafficking women out of South Harrells Ferry Road apartment

  02-05-2024 13:51 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — A man was arrested after for his alleged involvement in a human trafficking operation.Allbert Javier Herrara Machado, 23, was booked April 27 by East Baton Rouge Parish deputies on two counts of human trafficking. Herrara reportedly came to Baton Rouge a week before the arrest after a man offered him a job messaging men to set up sexual encounters with multiple trafficking victims, the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office said.Deputies began investigating the traffic
  
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• Transportation Secretary says liquified natural gas safety center a sure thing for Lake Charles

  02-05-2024 13:48 via wbrz.com
  
  LAKE CHARLES — Sen. John Kennedy said Thursday he had received assurances from the U.S. transportation secretary that Lake Charles will be the home of the National Center of Excellence for Liquified Natural Gas Safety.Kennedy said Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg declared his support at a meeting in Washington of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies.“We have directed the (General Services Adminis
  
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• Killian residents asked to conserve water as efforts continue to refill village's reservoir

  02-05-2024 13:48 via wbrz.com
  
  KILLIAN — Residents in the Village of Killian are being asked to conserve their water usage while water is placed in the village's water tank after more than a week without potable water.The parish government has placed 97,500 gallons of water in Killian's reservoir . Based on the parish's estimates, the town is consuming around 5,700 gallons per hour."Every drop saved makes a difference in ensuring a sustainable water supply for our community," the Livingston Parish Government posted
  
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• Killian, Livingston Parish running out of money, seeking state help as water crisis prolongs

  02-05-2024 13:48 via wbrz.com
  
  KILLIAN — The Village of Killian's water was cut off last week. On Thursday, after more than a week of trying to restore water to the village, parish funding has also dried up, leaving them to call on the state for help.The parish can no longer afford to bring in trucks with water to resupply. This costs about $30,000 a day, Livingston Parish President Randy Delatte said."Our parish doesn't have the resources to sustain this. We need state help," Delatte said.The governor's office did
  
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• Assumption Parish Schools preschool head appointed to state early education commission

  02-05-2024 13:33 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — Assumption Parish School's preschool coordinator was appointed Thursday to the state early childhood education commission.Rachel Dugas has been appointed to the Louisiana Early Childhood Care and Education Commission to help lead the state's early childhood care and education programs. “There is a position for the commission for only two representatives of high-performing community early childhood care and education networks, and Mrs. Dugas has been na
  
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• Man who allegedly stabbed mother of four to death arrested after calling police for flat bike tire

  02-05-2024 12:00 via wbrz.com
  
  HAMMOND - The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office arrested a man after he allegedly stabbed a mother of four to death when he called 911 to help with a flat bike tire.Carol Allen, 31, was found in the backseat of a car with multiple stab wounds Monday. Police say Allen was stabbed with a kitchen knife.According to WWL-TV, the person they arrested, Christopher Wilson, had been communicating via social media before he committed the stabbing. Police say Wilson left Hammond, and while outside of Nat
  
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• 2une In Previews: The Wiz Junior

  02-05-2024 09:32 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - We're not in Kansas anymore - we're in Louisiana!Greenbrier Elementary School's production of The Wiz Junior is showing at BREC's Independence Park theater on May 11. You can visit the park's website here for tickets and watch the video above for more information. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Man says his emotional support alligator, known for its big social media audience, has gone missing

  02-05-2024 09:00 via wbrz.com
  
  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who credits an alligator named Wally for helping relieve his depression for nearly a decade says he is searching for the reptile after it went missing during a vacation to the coast of Georgia.Joie Henney has thousands of social media users following his pages devoted to Wally, the cold-blooded companion that he calls his emotional support alligator. He has posted photos and videos online of people petting the 5 1/2-foot (1.7 meter) alligator l
  
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• Resolutions in committee would allow Southern University to establish medical, pharmaceutical colleges

  02-05-2024 06:43 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Two House resolutions, HR 51 and HR52, would allow for the Southern University system to establish medical and pharmaceutical schools on their campuses if passed. The resolutions were read in committee during regular session Wednesday after both being unanimously reported on favorably in the Committee on Education. Both resolutions were passed to their third readings. Xavier University, another HBCU in New Orleans, has also moved closer to establishing i
  
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• Bills in committee would allow Southern University to establish medical, pharmaceutical colleges

  02-05-2024 06:43 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Two House bills, HR 51 and HR52, would allow for the Southern University system to establish medical and pharmaceutical schools on their campuses if passed. The bills were read in committee during regular session Wednesday after both being unanimously reported on favorably in the Committee on Education. Both bills were passed to their third readings. Xavier University, another HBCU in New Orleans, has also moved closer to establishing its own medical and
  
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• Advocates against domestic violence pleading to lawmakers for more money to help support victims

  01-05-2024 18:39 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Wednesday at the Capitol, the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence spoke to lawmakers in hopes legislators would include money in the state's budget for domestic violence shelters and other related programs.For years, shelters and other programs have suffered from a lack of resources. In 2021, the Legislative Auditor released a report stating over 2,500 requests for shelter went unmet every year. Louisiana is currently ranked fifth highest in the nation when it comes to d
  
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• AG discusses next steps in congressional map debacle

  01-05-2024 18:22 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - On Tuesday, federal judges rejected the newly drawn congressional district map, saying Louisiana lawmakers relied too heavily on race when drawing up new boundaries. A bit of a 'Catch 22' considering race was the reason the original map was ordered to be redrawn in the first place."Our case is a really good example of a situation where you're damned if you do, you're damned if you don't," said Attorney General Liz Murrill.The boundaries of the 6th District are important when it co
  
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• After a busy first 100 days, BRPD Chief Morse reflects on progress so far

  01-05-2024 18:08 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - It's been a busy first few months for newly-appointed Chief of the Baton Rouge Police Department, Thomas "T.J." Morse.As part of his 100 day plan, he has followed the three steps he outlined earlier this year: gather, gain and give. At a Rotary Club meeting on Wednesday afternoon, he provided an update on his progress so far. Chief Morse said he has gathered with more than 100 organizations and groups in Baton Rouge, met with every uniformed BRPD officer and held meetings
  
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