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DENHAM SPRINGS – Officers are searching for a potential suspect after multiple burglaries left $7,000 worth of construction equipment missing.  The Denham Springs Police Department said the equipment was reportedly stolen from the area of the Hampton Inn Hotel after multiple burglaries.  Officers were seeking a person of interest and the vehicle he may be…

LIVINGSTON – A man from Springfield was sentenced to 50 years in prison and physical castration after pleading guilty to raping a 14-year-old girl multiple times.  District Attorney Scott Perrilloux’s Office said 54-year-od Glenn Sullivan Sr. pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree rape on Wednesday.  The DA’s office said in July of 2022, a…

BATON ROUGE – LSU gymnastics coach Jay Clark stopped by the WBRZ studios just days after his Tiger team won the school’s first ever national championship in the sport. Clark and the Tigers took home the title in Fort Worth, Texas on Saturday beating Cal, Utah and Florida for the programs first national title. LSU…

BATON ROUGE – Firefighters were called to a scene on Cloverfield Avenue in response to a house fire Tuesday morning.  The Baton Rouge Fire Department arrived to the apartment building on Cloverfield at Gladiola Street shortly after 7 a.m.. The building sustained heavy smoke and water damage and two residents were displaced.  There were no…

BATON ROUGE — Seven 17-year-olds previously incarcerated at the chronically-full East Baton Rouge Parish Juvenile Detention Center have been transferred to the Jackson Parish Correctional Center in Jonesboro as of Friday, officials said Monday morning. The prisoners’ move to Jackson Parish comes after a new state law went into effect Friday that classifies 17-year-olds as adults…

BATON ROUGE – Officers seized guns and drugs during a traffic stop Friday night that led to three arrests.  On Friday shortly before midnight, two officers stopped a vehicle for a traffic stop. Inside, they found 14 pounds of marijuana, two guns, and several hundred dollars in cash.  Jerome Walker Jr., 24, Trazadreon Gaines, 22,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns that had been struck down by lower courts. The justices by a 5-4 vote had previously intervened to keep the regulation in effect during the legal fight. Ghost guns, which lack serial…

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BATON ROUGE – A vacant home burned down Saturday afternoon and law enforcement is looking for the arsonist responsible for setting the fire.  The Baton Rouge Fire Department said firefighters arrived at the empty house on Helene Street just after 7 p.m. and the fire was under control within minutes, but the home was a…

BATON ROUGE – The 2024 NCAA Gymnastics champions will be headed back to Baton Rouge on Sunday and fans can greet the Tigers when they arrive.  The team is holding a reception at the LSU Gymnastics Training Facility and Championship Plaza on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. No more details were provided.  A parade to celebrate…

BATON ROUGE – One Louisiana basketball star received recognition from another after the New Orleans Pelicans’ Brandon Ingram gave LSU’s Flau’jae Johnson his jersey after the Pelicans clinched their ticket to the NBA Playoffs. In the video posted by the Pelicans, Ingram takes off the jersey and signs it for Johnson before posing for a…

BATON ROUGE – An LSU study exposed high drug use on campus, and now LSU claims the university doesn’t have a drug problem and researchers used faulty data. Rylye Young, one of the student researchers, is at a loss for words. “I think holistically I don’t know how anybody could arrive at the position that…

FORT WORTH, Texas – The LSU gymnastics team is the favorite heading into Saturday’s NCAA Championship Final. The No. 2 Tigers will face off with No. 3 California, No. 4 Florida, and No. 5 Utah in a quest for LSU’s first-ever national title. The two-time defending national champs, (1) Oklahoma, was surprisingly eliminated in Thursday…

BATON ROUGE — A federal judge voided NBA Youngboy’s house arrest Thursday after Utah law officers booked the Baton Rouge rapper this week and accused him of leading a large-scale prescription fraud drug ring. The rapper, whose real name is Kentrell Gaulden, was arrested Tuesday on 63 counts including identity fraud, forgery and obtaining or…

WASHINGTON (AP) — House congressional leaders were toiling Thursday on a delicate, bipartisan push toward weekend votes to approve a $95 billion package of foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as well as several other national security policies at a critical moment at home and abroad. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson this week set…

CENTRAL – The Central Police Department warned parents of a vape that is shaped like a pen and can write being distributed within schools. According to the Facebook post from the police, the “Penjamin Cart Pens” advertise that they are “super discreet,” “rechargeable,” “writes with ink” and “increases rizz.” “It is an actual pen that…

BATON ROUGE – Joseph Hayes, 24, swore that police had arrested the wrong person as he was being put into a police car and taken to the Parish Prison to be booked with first-degree rape.  “Y’all got the wrong dude,” Hayes said. “They’re looking for another dude … I didn’t do that, I swear to…

SORRENTO — A Sorrento man faces 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to the murder of his child’s mother in 2016.  The Advocate reported 33-year-old Jarvis McNair pleaded guilty to manslaughter Tuesday. He admitted to shooting and killing Shondrica Dejoie just feet away from their then-10-month-old child.  Following the shooting, McNair was originally arrested…

BATON ROUGE – The countdown is on for Dancing for Big Buddy, a night of festivities and fun as local celebrities dance for charity.  Storm Station Meteorologist Emma Kate Cowan will be one of the star dancers! You can vote for her, see the list of every dancer participating, and purchase tickets for the event…

SOUTH CHARLESTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man who authorities say fatally shot an Uber driver who he thought was trying to rob him after scam phone calls deceived them both has been indicted on a murder charge. William Brock, 81, also faces counts of kidnapping and felonious assault in the indictment handed up Monday…

PONCHATOULA — A Ponchatoula man was arrested for the March killing of his estranged wife. David Hernandez, 49, was booked Monday on second degree murder and obstruction of justice charges for the March 20 homicide of his wife, Lisa Hernandez, 45.  The couple had been separated for a year when David Hernandez began stalking Lisa…

BATON ROUGE – LSU senior gymnast Haleigh Bryant has been nothing short of amazing during her time in Baton Rouge, and the entire country knows it. The senior was named the 2024 AAI Award Winner Tuesday. The award is voted on by head coaches and given to the top senior gymnast in the nation. The…