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SEATTLE (AP) — Weeks after the Metropolitan King County Council voted to move ahead with making Juneteenth a paid county holiday, the council has reversed itself, stalling the legislation and rendering its future uncertain. Council Chair Claudia Balducci and Councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles voted last week to send the legislation back to committee, citing the need…

Watch live news conferences here throughout the day Monday. 11:30 a.m. – Governor John Bel Edwards 1:30 p.m. – EBR Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome 6 p.m. – Governor John Bel Edwards Click HERE to watch the news conferences on WBRZ Plus, which is available online and on TV.   Permalink| Comments Top Featured Tags: – Louisiana…

BATON ROUGE –  East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome, declared a state of emergency due to back to back storms headed towards Louisiana. Mayor-President Broome provided a tropical weather update Sunday afternoon. She held the conference to update EBR Parish residents about both Tropical Storm Laura and Hurricane Marco. “This is a historic event and we need…

Zoom’s video conference software is suffering from nationwide service outages Monday. “We have received reports of users being unable to start and join Zoom Meetings and Webinars. We are currently investigating and will provide updates as we have them,” the company said in a statement to ABC News. “We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience.” As…

Get the latest storm forecast and information here. Watch live newscasts here. Ascension Parish Public Schools All schools and offices of Ascension Public Schools will close Monday, Aug. 24, and Tuesday, Aug. 25, due to the projected impacts of Tropical Storm Marco. These closures include the suspension of all instructional services, both in-person and online.…

LIVINGSTON PARISH – Residents from the small Livingston Parish community called Carthage Bluff Landing are preparing for heavy rainfall from Tropical Storms Laura and Marco.  “When it floods it’s a major inconvenience, and plus the fact that when the water is all gone, I’m still cleaning up and disinfecting.” Arthur Lobell said. Lobell who is 81-years-old has lived in…

BATON ROUGE – The Diocese of Baton Rouge announced that all Catholic schools under the Diocese will be closed until Monday, August 31. The Diocese announced on Saturday that all schools will be closed for all of next week due to expected heavy rainfall. The office emailed out a statement in regards to the closure:  …

BATON ROUGE- State Representative Ted James said he began asking questions to the Louisiana Workforce Commission after the WBRZ Investigative Unit exposed Darius Credit’s story. Credit is a veteran who served nearly two decades before he was injured in Kuwait and retired. He came back to Louisiana and suffered with what he said was a…

OPELOUSAS – Troopers are investigating a single-car crash that claimed the life of 20-year-old Jason Guillory of Washington, Louisiana. Guillory was driving south on LA 749 in a 2009 Ford Mustang. The vehicle crossed the median and ran off the road, running into a ditch and overturning, according to authorities.  Police say Guillory was not…

UPDATE – Last night around 11:00pm Eddie Curtis was located on Scenic Highway.   Curtis appeared safe and unharmed.   He was returned to his residence. ——————— BATON ROUGE- The Baton Rouge Police Department is searching for 76-year old Eddie Curtis, who authorities believe suffers from dementia. Police say Curtis was last seen around 3…

SORRENTO – Ascension Parish will be activating a pumping station this weekend as the gulf coast braces for the potential impact of two tropical systems. Parish President Clint Cointment says the Marvin Braud Pumping Station will be activated around 7 p.m. Sunday. The station will begin drawing down parish waterways later that evening. Parish officials…

BATON ROUGE – The Catholic Schools under the Diocese of Baton Rouge announced on Friday morning all sports competitions are suspended for the fall for elementary and middle schools. The cancellation affects about 25 Catholic schools through the eighth grade. According to the Catholic Schools Office, “Athletic competition at diocesan high schools is not affected…

BATON ROUGE – Southern University is offering free COVID-19 test not only for students and faculty but for the public as well. Testing is located in the F.G. Clark Activity Center parking lot right next to the A.W. Mumford Stadium. Testing started on Thursday, August 20 and will end on Saturday, August 29. Hours of…

LONDON – A sheep farmer in Britain has been found guilty of planting baby food laced with metal shards in stores as part of a plan to blackmail a supermarket chain. Prosecutors said Nigel Wright, 45, contaminated jars of Heinz baby food between 2018 and February, and sent dozens of emails and letters to Tesco…

ST. HELENA PARISH – Deputies are searching for a man who is wanted for attempted second-degree murder.  The St. Helena Sheriff’s Department is asking the public for assistance in the search for William Marshall Baker. Baker alledgedly tried to kill and 39-year-old man on Karen Lynn Road in Amite on Saturday, August 15, 2020.   Baker…

BATON ROUGE – LSU is offering free testing for students and faculty after the university reported that over 20 people from the LSU community tested positive for COVID-19. LSU is offering testing at two sites on campus after the university confirmed that 22 people tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday, August 15.  Testing is…

BATON ROUGE – Movie Tavern has announced plans to reopen its Baton Rouge and Denham Springs locations later this month. The company says both capital area locations will be back open starting Aug. 28. Following local health and safety guidelines, masks will be mandatory for movie-goers unless eating or drinking and table service is temporarily…

NEW YORK (AP) — Apple is the first U.S. company to boast a market value of $2 trillion, just two years after it became the first to reach $1 trillion. Apple shares have gained nearly 60% this year as the company overcame the shutdown of factories in China that produce the iPhone and the closure…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are ticking higher on Wall Street Wednesday, adding a bit more to the S&P 500′s record in another morning of muted moves for the market. The S&P 500 was up 0.2%, a day after it wiped out the last of its losses created by the pandemic and surpassed its Feb.…

BATON ROUGE –  A lottery ticket worth $150,000 was sold at a retailer in East Baton Rouge. According to Louisiana Lottery, a winning Powerball ticket worth that amount was sold at a Race Trac store on Sherwood Forest Boulevard.  The winnings were part of Saturday night’s drawing, but it’s unclear whether the prize has been…

At the order of the US Food and Drug Administration, a new way of testing patients for COVID-19 is now available. This new fifth testing option is a saliva-based procedure that was given Emergency Use Authorization this week. Saliva may not engender the most pleasant images in one’s mind, but the test might be preferable…

WASHINGTON (AP) — As he works to curry favor with women voters, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will pardon Susan B. Anthony, a women’s suffrage leader arrested for voting in 1872 in violation of laws permitting only men to vote. Trump’s support has been eroding among suburban white women in battleground states since…