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LIVINGSTON PARISH – The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office is searching for two people suspected of shoplifting over $4,000 worth of merchandise from local stores. According to the LPSO, the two suspects targeted businesses operating within Livingston Parish this month. Deputies later identified the two as Lori Pinkney and Larrion Wagner of the Baton Rouge area. …

ST. MARTINVILLE — A Breaux Bridge bicyclist was killed when he was struck by a car. Shelton Edmond, 66, was struck by a car around 9 p.m. Thursday while riding his bike on Zin Zin Road near C Huval Road. St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s deputies, along with Breaux Bridge Police and State Police, responded to…

BATON ROUGE – The EBRSO Gang Intelligence and Enforcement Unit arrested a suspected drug dealer and seized multiple types of drugs.  Deputies enacted a search warrant Wednesday at an address on Aliquippa Street. The home was reportedly being used by K-Shon Ringo to conceal and distribute narcotics.  During the course of the warrant, agents seized…

HAMMOND – Deputies announced that a man has been arrested for the shooting death of a 28-year-old and that a woman is being sought for accessory after the fact.  The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office said the shooting happened Tuesday at Tangi Village Apartments in Hammond. Tyrell Brister, 21, was arrested for his alleged connection to…

BATON ROUGE – IDEA University Prep will be shutting its doors at the end of the school year and consolidating operations, school officials said.  IDEA Public Schools said students will be offered spots at one of two other campuses — IDEA Bridge and IDEA Innovation — and most of school staff will be reassigned to…

ALEXANDRIA — The deadline for small businesses to apply for recovery aid from Hurricanes Laura and Delta in 2020 is next month. Small business owners have until May 31 to apply for $50 million in funds allocated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from its Community Development Block Grant. The funding is…

NEW YORK (AP) — Reggie Bush has been reinstated as the 2005 Heisman Trophy winner more than a decade after Southern California returned the award following an NCAA investigation that found he received what were impermissible benefits during his time with the Trojans, the Heisman Trust announced Wednesday. Bush forfeited his Heisman Trophy in 2010.…

BATON ROUGE – The St. George Fire department responded to a house fire on Antioch Boulevard early Wednesday morning.  The fire started around 3:30 a.m.. SGFD has not released further information. It was unclear how the fire started, but officials said there were no injuries.  This is a developing story. Permalink| Comments Top Featured Tags:…

DENHAM SPRINGS – Officers are searching for a potential suspect after multiple burglaries left $7,000 worth of construction equipment missing.  The Denham Springs Police Department said the equipment was reportedly stolen from the area of the Hampton Inn Hotel after multiple burglaries.  Officers were seeking a person of interest and the vehicle he may be…

LIVINGSTON – A man from Springfield was sentenced to 50 years in prison and physical castration after pleading guilty to raping a 14-year-old girl multiple times.  District Attorney Scott Perrilloux’s Office said 54-year-od Glenn Sullivan Sr. pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree rape on Wednesday.  The DA’s office said in July of 2022, a…

BATON ROUGE – LSU gymnastics coach Jay Clark stopped by the WBRZ studios just days after his Tiger team won the school’s first ever national championship in the sport. Clark and the Tigers took home the title in Fort Worth, Texas on Saturday beating Cal, Utah and Florida for the programs first national title. LSU…

BATON ROUGE – Firefighters were called to a scene on Cloverfield Avenue in response to a house fire Tuesday morning.  The Baton Rouge Fire Department arrived to the apartment building on Cloverfield at Gladiola Street shortly after 7 a.m.. The building sustained heavy smoke and water damage and two residents were displaced.  There were no…

BATON ROUGE — Seven 17-year-olds previously incarcerated at the chronically-full East Baton Rouge Parish Juvenile Detention Center have been transferred to the Jackson Parish Correctional Center in Jonesboro as of Friday, officials said Monday morning. The prisoners’ move to Jackson Parish comes after a new state law went into effect Friday that classifies 17-year-olds as adults…

BATON ROUGE – Officers seized guns and drugs during a traffic stop Friday night that led to three arrests.  On Friday shortly before midnight, two officers stopped a vehicle for a traffic stop. Inside, they found 14 pounds of marijuana, two guns, and several hundred dollars in cash.  Jerome Walker Jr., 24, Trazadreon Gaines, 22,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns that had been struck down by lower courts. The justices by a 5-4 vote had previously intervened to keep the regulation in effect during the legal fight. Ghost guns, which lack serial…

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BATON ROUGE – A vacant home burned down Saturday afternoon and law enforcement is looking for the arsonist responsible for setting the fire.  The Baton Rouge Fire Department said firefighters arrived at the empty house on Helene Street just after 7 p.m. and the fire was under control within minutes, but the home was a…

BATON ROUGE – The 2024 NCAA Gymnastics champions will be headed back to Baton Rouge on Sunday and fans can greet the Tigers when they arrive.  The team is holding a reception at the LSU Gymnastics Training Facility and Championship Plaza on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. No more details were provided.  A parade to celebrate…

BATON ROUGE – One Louisiana basketball star received recognition from another after the New Orleans Pelicans’ Brandon Ingram gave LSU’s Flau’jae Johnson his jersey after the Pelicans clinched their ticket to the NBA Playoffs. In the video posted by the Pelicans, Ingram takes off the jersey and signs it for Johnson before posing for a…

BATON ROUGE – An LSU study exposed high drug use on campus, and now LSU claims the university doesn’t have a drug problem and researchers used faulty data. Rylye Young, one of the student researchers, is at a loss for words. “I think holistically I don’t know how anybody could arrive at the position that…

FORT WORTH, Texas – The LSU gymnastics team is the favorite heading into Saturday’s NCAA Championship Final. The No. 2 Tigers will face off with No. 3 California, No. 4 Florida, and No. 5 Utah in a quest for LSU’s first-ever national title. The two-time defending national champs, (1) Oklahoma, was surprisingly eliminated in Thursday…

BATON ROUGE — A federal judge voided NBA Youngboy’s house arrest Thursday after Utah law officers booked the Baton Rouge rapper this week and accused him of leading a large-scale prescription fraud drug ring. The rapper, whose real name is Kentrell Gaulden, was arrested Tuesday on 63 counts including identity fraud, forgery and obtaining or…