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DONALDSONVILLE — Two teenagers were arrested after an armed robbery at a Donaldsonville liquor store. The two teenagers, 16 and 17, were booked Wednesday night on armed robbery charges after Ascension Parish Sheriff’s deputies responded to an armed robbery at LA-1 Discount, a liquor and smoke shop near Bayou Oaks Drive. The robber reportedly entered…

Now that clouds have cleared the area, we will enter a long duration period of quiet weather. Not to say there won’t be changes, as unseasonable warmth will gradually take hold. Tonight & Tomorrow: Mainly clear skies and northwest breezes will continue overnight. Look for low temperatures to sink into the upper 40s. With ample…

BATON ROUGE — The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office on Thursday announced the creation of a new unit that will target gangs responsible for a large share of violence in the community. Sheriff Sid Gautreaux, at a news conference, said the operation would be called the Gang Intelligence and Enforcement Unit. It will target…

BATON ROUGE – The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office is hosting a press conference to announce to formation of a new “gang unit” to address organized crime in the parish.  Watch the conference here: Permalink| Comments Top Featured Tags: – Louisiana News Press Release Distribution Service

BATON ROUGE — April is Safe Digging Month. Experts talk about what needs to be done before anyone digs a hole in the ground. (If you sever phone lines or things like that, it’s possible to be held liable.) Permalink| Comments Top Featured Tags: – Louisiana News Press Release Distribution Service

WEST FELICIANA PARISH – Superintendent Hollis Milton said schools would stay closed Thursday in the wake of severe weather passing through the state.  “Due to damage and power outages throughout the parish and at the schools, West Feliciana Parish Schools will remain closed Thursday, April 11,” Milton said. “Please continue monitoring the weather to stay…

BATON ROUGE – If a proposed bill passes, any public employee giving public funds to the American Library Association would be subject to up to two years in prison and a $1,000 fine.  The American Library Association is a non-profit, professional organization that provides accreditation to those studying higher-education for library based studies. Librarians said…

The following schools will be closed Wednesday, April 10, for expected severe weather in the area: Ascension Parish Public Schools Assumption Parish Schools Central Community School System Central Private Dalton Elementary School East Baton Rouge Diocesan Catholic Schools East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools East Feliciana Public Schools  GEO Academies Helix Community Schools Holy Family…

BATON ROUGE – Officers arrested two juveniles after they allegedly stole two cars from Uber drivers in an armed robbery routine.  On Mar. 9, the Baton Rouge Police Department started investigating a vehicle theft that happened on Dawson Street near Plank Road. An Uber driver said they were instructed to drive to that location by…

SLIDELL – Police are searching for a woman after a man alleged she chased him out of the woods – naked and brandishing an axe.  The victim told the Slidell Police Department he was helping a homeless man on his way back home to Mississippi. When the victim approached the man waiting in a patch…

HAMMOND — Police in Hammond are searching for a man that walked into a Hobby Lobby and reportedly stole a nearly $500 mirror in the middle of the day. The Hammond Police Department responded to the West Thomas Street Hobby Lobby near LA-190 on April 1. A man was seen on security footage entering the…

LABADIEVILLE — A Gonzales teenager was arrested for reportedly burglarizing the grounds of St. Philomena Catholic Church. The teenager, 13, was charged with two counts of simple burglary for two separate incidents on April 1 and April 4 where he reportedly forced his way into an old school on the church’s grounds that is now…

BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired is one of two places in the state with a unique tool to help the Blind and Low Vision community to experience the eclipse in a different way.  The school has a LightSound device: a solar eclipse sonification tool that coverts light intensity data to…

HAMMOND — Deputies are searching for a man suspect of burglarizing a Hammond boat dealership. A man reportedly entered Boat City USA on West Club Deluxe Road right off I-12 and attempted to steal an ATV early March 24. He was seen on multiple security cameras making his way around the property. Although the man…

SLIDELL – A Slidell man was killed Saturday morning in a crash along the Twin Span Bridge.  State Police said 57-year-old Alfred Robair Jr. was driving a Nissan Titan truck along the Twin Span toward New Orleans around 11 a.m. Saturday.  Troopers said a 2022 Chevy Trailblazer was driving in the westbound lane ahead of…

POINTE COUPEE PARISH – Deputies are investigating after a three-year-old girl drowned in False River on Thursday.  Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff Rene Thibodeaux said the girl was found in the water near a pier on False River around dusk on Thursday evening. She was taken by AirMed to a hospital in Baton Rouge, where she…

BATON ROUGE – LSU football coach Brian Kelly met with the media after Saturday’s spring practice. LSU’s spring game is next Saturday, April 13 at 1 p.m. Permalink| Comments Top Featured Tags: – Louisiana News Press Release Distribution Service

BATON ROUGE – Former LSU and Capitol High women’s basketball player Seimone Augustus was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Saturday. Congratulations to 4x @WNBA Champion, 8x WNBA All-Star and 2x Naismith College Player of the Year, #24HoopClass inductee Seimone Augustus. pic.twitter.com/TdfZdp3aA3 — Basketball HOF (@Hoophall) April 6, 2024 Augustus was a…

BATON ROUGE – Two LSU seniors conducted a study that shows revealing data about the high drug use on LSU’s campus.  Nearly 1,000 LSU students participated in a study about drug use on campus. 96% of students said they have never seen Narcan anywhere on campus and wish it could be easily available.  LSU seniors…

BATON ROUGE – A grand jury rejected a second-degree attempted murder charge for LSU running back Trey Holly Friday. According to The Advocate’s Wilson Alexander, the Union Parish grand jury still charged Holly with one felony count of illegal use of a weapon or dangerous instrumentality. His attorney, Mike Small, said Holly will plead not…

HAMMOND – A man was arrested Thursday for sex crime charges after he allegedly raped a young child.  Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office said William Porter, 33, was arrested for one count each of first-degree rape of a child under 13 and owning pornography involving a juvenile under 13.  Porter was arrested after an investigation…

BATON ROUGE — The state-run Ida Sheltering Program that provided thousands of temporary homes for those displaced by the August 2021 hurricane is set to formally end by the end of April. The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness announced it the program is scheduled to end April 30. For the past two…