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BATON ROUGE — A car caught fire Tuesday morning between the Airline Highway and Sherwood Forest Boulevard exits on Interstate 12 westbound, blocking traffic in one lane and backing traffic up 2.5 miles. Fire officials responded to the scene around 10:45 a.m. and within 10 minutes, the blaze was extinguished. Traffic on I-12 was backed…

HAMMOND — The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office is looking for who stole three riding lawnmowers. Deputies responded to Star Equipment on the East I-55 Service Road in Hammond on Wednesday about the three stolen Kubota zero-turn mowers. Detectives say the suspects stole one older mower and two new mowers. The total value of the three…

BATON ROUGE — One person was injured after a vehicle overturned Tuesday morning at the intersection of Highland and Perkins roads, officials said. The crash happened around 9 a.m., officials said. According to St. George Fire officials, the wreck required extrication after the driver was trapped. Fire officials said that the northbound portion of Highland…

BATON ROUGE – A Sunday night fire at a vacant two-story building on North Street was caused by arson, Baton Rouge Fire officials said Monday. Crews arrived to find the second story fully engulfed in flames. Baton Rouge Fire said they could keep the fire off the adjacent home. The vacant building is a total…

LETTSWORTH – One person was killed and two others — including a child — were airlifted from a wreck in Pointe Coupee Parish on Sunday.  The Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff’s Office said the wreck happened shortly before 7 p.m. along LA-1 near Highway 15 in Lettsworth. Deputies said the crash happened between a car with…

BATON ROUGE – Monticello and Park Forest East residents gathered Sunday afternoon for a ‘Meet Your Neighbor on the Median’ gathering hosted by Metro Councilman Darryl Hurst. Hurst said that he hopes the event sparks communication between neighbors and leads to decreased crime rates.  “What we’ve seen is a lot of breakdowns in north Baton Rouge,…

PLAQUEMINE – A mobile home and another structure caught fire on JR Drive Sunday morning, according to the Plaquemine Fire Department. Officials began responding to the fire around 10:47 a.m. The extent of the damage is currently unknown. No other information is available at this time. Permalink| Comments Top Featured Tags: – Louisiana News Press…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has become the first state where judges can order offenders guilty of certain sex crimes against children to undergo surgical castration under a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry on Tuesday. While the punishment of surgical castration is used in other countries that are known for harsher criminal sanctions —…

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Sha’Carri Richardson earned her spot in the Paris Olympics, winning the 100-meter final Saturday at U.S. track trials in 10.71 seconds, the best time in the world this year. Richardson started pounding her chest a few steps before she crossed the finish line, celebrating a .09-second win over training partner Melissa…

BRIDGE CITY – A 17-year-old from Thibodaux escaped from a juvenile detention center in New Orleans, according to the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office. Blaze Crochet was remanded on probation violation related charges at the Bridge City Detention Center, according to TPSO. He is described as 5-foot-6, about 170 pounds and having brown hair and blue…

SATSUMA – The Civil Air Patrol will be conducting emergency service training in Livingston Parish Saturday, according to the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office. The training will consist of multiple flyovers and low-flying aircraft. People in the are should expect to see people in Civil Air Patrol uniform and orange vests. The training will take place…

ST. GEORGE — Additional members of St. George’s initial government will be sworn in Monday night at its temporary City Hall on Airline Highway, then take up a proposal to transfer revenue raised under a 2 percent sales tax from East Baton Rouge Parish to the new city. The ceremony will start at 6:30 p.m.…

ST. GEORGE — Members of St. George’s initial government will be sworn in Monday night at its temporary City Hall on Airline Highway, then take up a proposal to transfer revenue raised under a 2 percent sales tax from East Baton Rouge Parish to the new city. The ceremony will start at 6:30 p.m. in…

AMITE CITY — A man was arrested in Amite City for allegedly beating an elderly man near death and attempting to choke an infant, police said. Damonte Allen, 23, was arrested Thursday by Amite City Police and is being charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder. Officers arrived at the 300 block of Gullett…

BATON ROUGE – After an incomplete AMBER alert application delayed a notice being sent out to the state for reports of missing children, a local representative is calling on the governor to push for reform.  The AMBER alert for missing girls Erin and Jalie Brunett was delayed by three hours due to an incomplete application.…

UPDATE: The caregivers for the children have been located.  The children reportedly missed their teachers at Zachary Early Learning Center, so they had packed their bags and set out to visit them! “Thank you all for sharing so that we could quickly reunite this family,” the Zachary Police Department said. — ZACHARY – Two juveniles…

BATON ROUGE – A vehicle ran into the front of the All Pets Hospital on Perkins Road Thursday morning, cutting off gas to the building but leaving no one injured.  The Baton Rouge Fire Department said the vehicle ran into the front of the building, hitting a pole which appeared to take out the front…

BATON ROUGE – “Sean Strong:” It’s a slogan that has captured the hearts of the Southern University community since last October when assistant football coach Sean Wallace announced he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Now, Coach Wallace has a big announcement for all of those who love and support him. “I am almost cancer-free totally.…

SORRENTO — The Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office K9 Unit seized $44,000 of cocaine from a Biloxi man during a traffic stop in Sorrento. Deputies performed a traffic stop Monday on Binh Truong, 52, on Interstate 10 near Sorrento. During the stop, K9 Deputy Krya located two kilograms of cocaine with a street value of around…

BATON ROUGE – A fenced-in underpass may be coming to O’Neal Lane to remove the homeless camps there. DOTD’s director Fred Raiford says he has been working closely with the department and a contractor to find a solution for the never-ending camps under and near the O’Neal Lane underpass.  Raiford said they are having their…

BATON ROUGE – Baton Rouge will celebrate Juneteenth on Wednesday evening with a Unity Festival at The Main Library on Goodwood Boulevard. The festival will have live entertainment, food trucks and creative activities like character art. “It is important for us to be involved, be a part because it is essentially our work. We are…

BATON ROUGE – Prison rights advocacy group Voices of the Experienced has filed suit against the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Commissions. The lawsuit will be heard in federal court for the first time Tuesday afternoon. The lawsuit, Voices of the Experienced v. James LeBlanc, fights against Angola’s infamous hard labor practices where inmates…