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• Couple who met in Baton Rouge celebrate over 60 years of marriage

  14-02-2019 21:13 via wbrz.com
  BATON ROUGE - A Louisiana-raised woman and her husband are celebrating over 60 years of marriage this Valentine's Day.Wes Cantrell met Bernadine on her 18th birthday in downtown Baton Rouge. The two crossed paths at Walgreens drugstore on 3rd Street, which is now Schlittz & Giggles pizza parlor."I still see the same, very attractive woman I saw when she was eighteen years old," Wes Cantrell said.Wes had just graduated from college in Georgia when he accepted a job in Louisiana. "I
  
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• FBI seeking public help in locating woman who robbed Chase Bank on Highland Road in October

  03-05-2024 15:50 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - The FBI is seeking information on a woman indicted for bank robbery after she robbed a Chase Bank on Highland Road in October 2023.WBRZ previously reported that Jazmine Johnnie, 22, robbed about $3,500 from the bank after threatening tellers with a bomb in her purse and saying her boyfriend had an AK-47. She demanded $45,000 in cash with a handwritten note but left after the tellers said they did not have any money left in their drawer. Johnnie left the scene in a black Dodge Chal
  
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• Denham Springs man arrested for child porn receives more charges after more victims found

  03-05-2024 15:11 via wbrz.com
  
  DENHAM SPRINGS - A man arrested back in December 2023 for possession of child pornography received more charges after police found more victims that were identified in different states and countries.According to the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office, their continued investigation led to 3 more charges of possession of child pornography on Damien Gilpin after juvenile victims were identified in two other states, West Virginia and Nebraska, and two other countries, Australia and Canada.Gilpin wa
  
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• Seven arrested following vandalism at old East Feliciana Middle School

  03-05-2024 14:10 via wbrz.com
  
  East Feliciana deputies have arrested seven people after a classroom was vandalized at the old East Feliciana Middle School.The school is located on Highway 67, north of Clinton. Deputies say they received a video from an anonymous source that showed the vandalism that happened overnight on April 6th.  Deputies didn't receive the video until April 22, 2024, which is when they started their investigation.Th
  
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• Deputies arrest bank robbery suspect believed to be connected to multiple shootings

  03-05-2024 12:48 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Deputies said they arrested a man after a bank robbery and ensuing police chase who they believe is connected to several other crimes. The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office said deputies were called to a bank on Bluebonnet Boulevard for reports of a bank robbery. Deputies were able to chase the suspect vehicle down Highland Road and onto the Interstate, where they hit another vehicle near the Perkins Road exit. The suspect fled the vehicle on foot and was arreste
  
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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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• As EBR schools seek fourth leader in four years, board sets discussion sessions for next week

  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.The district is seeking its fourth superintendent in as many years. The board this year decided against renewing Sito Narcisse's contract after recent turmoil in the 41,000-student district.A number of meetings are scheduled with school patrons in the coming week, beginning Monday at Tara High Sc
  
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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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