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OUACHITA PARISH – A senior citizen who suffers from dementia is missing and The Louisiana State Police has issued a Silver Alert on behalf of the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office. They are requesting assistance in locating 85-year-old Kenneth Joseph Russell, who was reported missing at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 1. He was last…

BATON ROUGE – LSU sent an email to students and faculty further detailing plans for the fall semester. Those plans will include signage inside building directing students in order to help keep everyone socially distanced. Cleaning materials will also be provided in classrooms for faculty and students to wipe down their desks and workspaces.  The…

BATON ROUGE – LSU sent an email to students and faculty further detailing plans for the fall semester. Those plans will include signage inside building directing students in order to help keep everyone socially distanced. Cleaning materials will also be provided in classrooms for faculty and students to wipe down their desks and workspaces.  The…

BATON ROUGE – A shooting occurred in the Winbourne Avenue/North Acadian Thruway area that left one person with minor injuries, police said. According to a representative with the Baton Rouge Police Department, the incident occurred within the 3400 block of Winnboure around 4 a.m., Tuesday. Police say the person wounded was male and his apparent…

BATON ROUGE – The Southern Jags are quickly adapting to the changes necessitated by the spread of COVID-19, this is illustrated by how quickly university officials implemented health/safety measures students and campus visitors would be required to follow on move- in day. On Tuesday, August 4, students and their move-in helpers are following university directions…

BATON ROUGE – The Southern Jags are quickly adapting to the changes necessitated by the spread of COVID-19, this is illustrated by how quickly university officials implemented health/safety measures students and campus visitors would be required to follow on move- in day. On Tuesday, August 4, students and their move-in helpers are following university directions…

BATON ROUGE –The MOVEBR program, a series of community development projects designed to improve East Baton Rouge Parish, kicked off its first construction project Tuesday (August 4) morning. The first project will take on the task of building new sidewalks on 72nd Avenue. Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome broke ground for the construction, Tuesday…

BATON ROUGE –The MOVEBR program, a series of community development projects designed to improve East Baton Rouge Parish, kicked off its first construction project Tuesday (August 4) morning. The first project will take on the task of building new sidewalks on 72nd Avenue. Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome broke ground for the construction, Tuesday…

BATON ROUGE – LSU sent an email to students and faculty further detailing plans for the fall semester. Those plans will include signage inside building directing students in order to help keep everyone socially distanced. Cleaning materials will also be provided in classrooms for faculty and students to wipe down their desks and workspaces.  The…

BATON ROUGE – LSU sent an email to students and faculty further detailing plans for the fall semester. Those plans will include signage inside building directing students in order to help keep everyone socially distanced. Cleaning materials will also be provided in classrooms for faculty and students to wipe down their desks and workspaces.  The…

Deputies have charged a man more than a year after he ran over a woman during a robbery in West Baton Rouge Parish, leaving her in a coma for months until she ultimately died.  The sheriff’s office said Charles Carr of Baton Rouge was booked Monday on charges of second-degree murder and simple robbery. Deputies…

KENNER — A Pulitzer Prize-winning Louisiana author passed away Monday, August 3 due to complications brought on by a stroke. According to The New Orleans Advocate, Metairie-based author, Shirley Ann Grau, died at a Kenner health care facility.  Grau’s career spans an impressive fifty years, during which she penned six novels, four collections of short stories…

WEST BATON ROUGE – Officials are increasing mosquito abatement efforts in West Baton Rouge Parish after several samples tested positive for West Nile Virus. According to West Baton Rouge Mosquito Control, eight of the 40 samples – roughly 20 percent – submitted to an LSU diagnostics lab last week tested positive for the virus.  The…

WEST BATON ROUGE – Officials are increasing mosquito abatement efforts in West Baton Rouge Parish after several samples tested positive for West Nile Virus. According to West Baton Rouge Mosquito Control, eight of the 40 samples – roughly 20 percent – submitted to an LSU diagnostics lab last week tested positive for the virus.  The…

BATON ROUGE – State officials say Louisiana currently has thousands of known, active coronavirus cases as of Tuesday. During Governor Edwards’ news conference, Dr. Alex Billioux with the Department of Health said the state has about 50,000 active cases. That’s more than a third of the state’s total of about 124,000 cases reported since the…

BEIRUT (AP) — A massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings across the capital and sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. At least 50 people were killed and 2,700 injured, with bodies buried in the rubble, officials said. Hours later, ambulances still carried away the wounded as…

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting between small gains and losses Tuesday as Wall Street’s big rally over the last couple months lets off the accelerator. The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in midday trading after erasing an earlier loss of 0.2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 124 points, or 0.5%,…

CINCINNATI, OH – Joe Burrow has officially taken the practice field for the first time as a Cincinnati Bengal. The team shared a photo Tuesday showing Burrow practicing in his new orange and black jersey.  ?? In the pocket like Burrow ?? pic.twitter.com/fAyPDpivPX — Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) August 4, 2020 The star quarterback just signed…

BATON ROUGE – State officials say Louisiana currently has thousands of known, active coronavirus cases as of Tuesday. During Governor Edwards’ news conference, Dr. Alex Billioux with the Department of Health said the state has about 50,000 active cases. That’s more than a third of the state’s total of about 124,000 cases reported since the…

The Southeastern Conference adjusted the dates for fall football practices, scaling back the potential time that coaches and athletes could be out on the field in the lead-up to the start of the season. Teams were allowed to practice for the last week on a limited basis, and full practices were to begin four weeks…

BATON ROUGE- The first reported case of a dog with COVID-19 in Louisiana has been reported by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) on Tuesday. LDAF says this dog is SARS-CoV-2 positive, which is the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans. “Initially, it was believed pets could not get the disease, but the…

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