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JARREAU — A 25-foot pontoon boat ran over and injured a group of three kids on False River over the weekend, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said Tuesday morning. According to officials, the boating incident happened Saturday afternoon when a boat was towing three children in a tube when they fell off the…

PORT ALLEN — The West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office is attempting to identify two people who stole a shopping cart full of merchandise from a Port Allen Walmart in May. Deputies released photos of the individuals, a Black man and a Black woman, entering the store and leaving with full shopping carts without paying.…

BATON ROUGE – A free event in the capital to celebrate Juneteenth is being postponed due to forecasted inclement weather. Unity Fest, the city’s free Juneteenth celebration, has been postponed to Wednesday due to the weather. The event will now be hosted on Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Main Library on Goodwood. …

BATON ROUGE – Our Lady of the Lake is experiencing a critical shortage of blood donations, specifically types O-, O+, and platelets.  2une In’s Brandi B. Harris spoke with a representative from OLOL on how to donate and help.  Permalink| Comments Top Featured Tags: – Louisiana News Press Release Distribution Service

MANDEVILLE – Someone has the ticket to $50 thousand stowed away in a pocket or purse somewhere, and they’ve got one more day to figure it out.  As of Monday, no one has stepped forward to claim a ticket matching four Powerball numbers to win $50 thousand. The ticket was sold at Diaz Market on…

BATON ROUGE – Greenoaks Funeral Home and Memorial Parks is holding a Father’s Day tackle box turn-in and snowballs event Sunday. Ninja Snowballs will provide snowballs as people can visit their loved one’s memorial site. Additionally, the Central High School Fishing Club will accept any tackle boxes, lures and fishing rods at the event “in…

BATON ROUGE – Middle-schooler Rishaan Reddy took home $10,000 after winning the Louisiana Learning Institute’s 2024 Spelling Bee.  Event organizers said 15 students from around the state competed in the finals Saturday. Each student won a regional tournament earlier in the month.  Reddy is a student at Glasglow Middle School in Baton Rouge.  Permalink| Comments…

NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans FBI office is investigating the murder of a Tangipahoa Parish mother and the kidnapping of her two children, one of whom was also killed.  The FBI is asking for people who spoke to Callie Brunett or her children 6-year-old Jalie and 3-year-old Erin on Tuesday, June 11, through Thursday,…

A Boeing 737 Max suffered damage to parts of the plane’s structure after it went into a “Dutch roll” during a Southwest Airlines flight last month, U.S. investigators said Friday. The incident happened as the jet cruised at 34,000 feet from Phoenix to Oakland, California, on May 25, but Southwest did not notify the National Transportation Safety Board about the roll or damage…

BATON ROUGE – Love Heals The Boot will be holding a free clinic at Southern University’s Mini Dome from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. According to the group, the clinic provides free eye exams, prescription glasses, dental cleanings, fillings, extractions, medical exams, treatment of chronic illnesses, and prescription medications. No ID, appointment or no…

SAINT GABRIEL – The country is getting ready to celebrate the holiday of Juneteenth, while the city of Saint Gabriel, Louisiana already has a head start. The city kicked off its weekend full of celebration for Juneteenth with the fourth annual Buffalo Soldiers Freedom Ride. The two-mile ride honored a group of historic African Americans.…

LORANGER — Jackson officials Friday released a booking photo of a man linked to the death of a Loranger woman, the abduction of her two daughters and the death of one of the girls near Jackson, Mississippi, and federal and Mississippi state investigators said they were joining the probe. Daniel Callihan, 36, was arrested Thursday…

BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Police on Friday identified the victim killed in a Thursday morning shooting on Pocahontas Street. The 10:30 a.m. shooting left Leslie Bourgeois, 58, dead. She was found in a home on Pocahontas Street near the intersection of Madison Avenue. Police said they are still investigating the circumstances around Bourgeois’ death.…

ST. GEORGE — The intersection of Nicholson Drive and Bluebonnet Boulevard was closed Friday morning after a truck overturned, St. George Fire said. According to fire officials, hazmat crews responded to the scene. East Baton Rouge deputies and State Police also responded. Fire officials said that the truck was carrying raw waste and must be…

LORANGER – A mother’s two young children are unaccounted for after she was found dead in her Loranger home early Thursday morning.  Detectives with the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office said they were investigating the homicide of Callie Brunett, 35, after she was reported missing for 24 hours and ultimately found dead in her home early…

BATON ROUGE — Former LSU Tiger and current Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson is one of five NFL receivers featured in a new Netflix docuseries that premieres in July. The new series, “Receiver,” will chronicle Jefferson and the other receivers’ 2023 season. Similar to Netflix’s 2023 series “Quarterback,” the eight episode season will cover…

BATON ROUGE — A section of College Drive will be shut down going southbound on Saturday while a natural gas leak is repaired under the roadway, the city-parish’s public works department said. The two lanes, north of Perkins Road, will be shut down on Saturday starting at 6 a.m. and will remain closed through 11:30 p.m.,…

SALINE – Six hunters were arrested for allegedly catching hogs in Texas and using them as winning entries into Louisiana hog hunting contests.  Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries found evidence that the six participants—Trace Davis, 30, of Longville, Hunter Webb, 27, of Pitkin, Colby Bushnell, 26, of Dry Creek, Davy Haymon,…

DETROIT (AP) — Just before 2 a.m. on a chilly April night in Seattle, a Chevrolet Silverado pickup stopped at an electric vehicle charging station on the edge of a shopping center parking lot. Two men, one with a light strapped to his head, got out. A security camera recorded them pulling out bolt cutters.…

BATON ROUGE – Police arrested a man for a fatal shooting that happened in late May. The Baton Rouge Police Department said it arrested Dilson Ramirez, 32, on Wednesday. Ramirez is accused of shooting and killing 27-year-old Leonel Valeuy-Morales on May 26.  The shooting happened along Riverlon Avenue less than a mile from the Department…

GROSSE TETE – A state senator is frustrated with the seeming “snail’s pace” that repairs for the Grosse Tete bridge seem to be taking almost a week after a boat hit it and, in a moment, created an hour-long detour.  Though repairs for the bridge are estimated to take between three and six months, a…

PONCHATOULA — The Ponchatoula police chief said Tuesday that the mayor and city council have adopted a budget that will cost his agency two positions. The move comes a month after some officers engaged in an impromptu strike. Chief Bry Layrisson said that the increases in his agency budget — $197,000 — will be offset…