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BATON ROUGE – Activity is picking up around the LSU lakes and dredging will soon begin to start the clean-up process. It’s something we’ve seen for far too long, with green muck and the occasional fish kill covering the waters, but soon, people will be able to truly enjoy the lakes and the beauty they…

HAMMOND – A teenager was arrested after killing another minor in an accidental shooting at a home in Tangipahoa Parish. The Hammond Police Department said the shooting happened July 8 on Willow Street. Investigators believe the weapon went off by accident while it was being handled by a 14-year-old, fatally shooting the 13-year-old victim. Sources…

BATON ROUGE – A family is shocked to learn about their new auto insurance policy. They say it’s up nearly 200 percent in two years. It’s a cost that is unaffordable to many. Becky Hillman recently added their 16-year-old son to their policy and the price to insure four motorists and three vehicles skyrocketed. “This…

ST. FRANCISVILLE – Deputies arrested a man after he allegedly killed his girlfriend and left her in her car Sunday morning.  The West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested Lorenzo Green, 26, for second-degree murder after his girlfriend, 25-year-old Radayisha King, was found dead in her car.  Investigators did not immediately release a cause of death,…

BATON ROUGE- A 41-page filing from District Attorney Hillar Moore shows that a possible major development in the killing of Devin Page Jr. may have been wasted after an ankle monitoring company failed to track an accused killer. The DA’s office says that person was a minor named Johnny Brown. Roughly two months after Devin…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing female gymnasts including Olympic medalists, was stabbed multiple times during an altercation with another inmate at a federal prison in Florida. Two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press the attack happened Sunday at United States Penitentiary Coleman. The…

ASCENSION PARISH – After a closed-door discussion at the Ascension Parish Council on Thursday, councilmembers gave Parish President Clint Cointment the go-ahead to join a fight against the state for an audit of how $1.2 billion dollars of flood relief money was spent.  Cointment says Ascension Parish hasn’t seen the aid that was promised after…

BATON ROUGE – Police are looking for the driver in a deadly hit-and-run on U.S. 61 in East Baton Rouge Parish Saturday night. According to Louisiana State Police, 40-year-old Jacob Perez was walking in the northbound lanes of the highway shortly after 8:30 p.m. when someone driving an unknown vehicle struck him. That driver then…

ST. TAMMANY PARISH – A Tennessee man has been arrested after he allegedly burglarized four different restaurants and ran from police. The burglaries occurred between 10:30 p.m. Friday night and 2:30 a.m. Saturday morning. A total of four restaurants were burglarized in St. Tammany Parish. Deputies with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office believe a…

BATON ROUGE – Newly filed court documents have revealed that during a traffic stop last year detectives found a gun linked to the long-unsolved killing of a 3-year-old, though it appears the weapon has not led police to an arrest in the toddler’s murder more than a year later. Watch live newscasts here.  The revelation…

BATON ROGUE – Baton Rouge Police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred on Plank Road early Saturday morning. Police say the shooting happened shortly after 12 a.m. Saturday on Plank Road, near Amarillo Street. 56-year-old William Clemmons was transported to a local hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries. This is an ongoing…

BATON ROUGE- It seemed to be a no-brainer for the East Baton Rouge Metro Council last Wednesday as they signed off on $1.8 million for channel clearing projects in East Baton Rouge Parish. “Some of these projects are going to cost a little more, but in reality, it’s accomplishing exactly what we want to do,”…

BATON ROUGE – Police are investigating a deadly shooting off of Highland Road that took place Friday night. The shooting was reported around 8:30 p.m. near the corner of Highland and West Johnson Street. Police say that officers arrived on the scene to find 30-year-old Jaylan Stanton dead from multiple gunshot wounds. The motive and…

BATON ROUGE – Two people were shot in a shopping center along Siegen Lane after a car meet-up turned violent late Tuesday night. The shooting happened around 11:45 p.m. in the Siegen Lane Marketplace, where a group was holding a Fourth of July car meet. At some point, someone started launching fireworks at another group…

PORT ALLEN – Law enforcement is responding to a crash on US 190 in West Baton Rouge that involved two semi trucks.  The wreck was reported around 9 a.m. near Gremillion Road. The right lane of US 190 west was blocked, but traffic was still able to pass in the left lane.  Photos shared by…

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers pulled back on hiring but still delivered another month of solid gains in June, adding 209,000 jobs, a sign that the economy’s resilience is confounding the Federal Reserve’s drive to slow growth and inflation. The latest evidence of economic strength makes it all but certain that the Fed will resume…

Meta has unveiled an app called Threads to rival Twitter, targeting users looking for an alternative to the social media platform owned — and frequently changed — by Elon Musk. Threads is billed as a text-based version of Meta’s photo-sharing app Instagram that the company says provides “a new, separate space for real-time updates and…

BATON ROUGE – Two people were hurt in a shooting at a convenience store near the corner of Goodwood Boulevard and South Flannery Road on Wednesday evening.  Authorities said the shooting happened at the Save Max near the intersection around 8:15 p.m. One person is in critical condition and the other victim is stable.  No…

GONZALES – Detectives are searching for a man who stole several tools from a hardware store, including a bolt cutter that he used to escape.  The Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office said the man shoplifted several tools from a hardware store in Gonzales on June 22. Among the tools he took was a bolt cutter, which…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House was briefly evacuated Sunday evening while President Joe Biden was at Camp David after the Secret Service discovered suspicious powder in a common area of the West Wing, and a preliminary test showed the substance was cocaine, two law enforcement officials said Tuesday. Secret Service agents were doing routine…

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina woman died Tuesday after she was attacked by an alligator while walking her dog near a golf course, authorities said. The 69-year-old woman, who has not been named, was found dead in the Spanish Wells community of Hilton Head Island, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office said…

CENTRAL – A woman was killed in an accident Tuesday afternoon when their car left the road and flipped, authorities said.  Central Police Chief Roger Corcoran said 43-year-old Erica Harrison was killed around 4:20 p.m. near the corner of Hooper and Blackwater roads. Chief Corcoran said witnesses told police that Harrison was driving more than…