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MANDEVEILLE — A man previously convicted on drug charges was arrested again after officials in two parishes found guns, cash and drugs in Mandeville and Ponchatoula homes. Byron Seymour, 49, was arrested Thursday on multiple counts of possession with the intent to distribute and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon after the St. Tammany…

BATON ROUGE – A man who was wanted for a May 2023 murder in Baton Rouge was arrested in Georgia and extradited to Louisiana. The Baton Rouge Police Department said 34-year-old Keith Williams was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Dekalb County, Georgia. Williams was wanted on murder charges for his involvement in the death of…

BATON ROUGE – Two people were arrested after one of them fired a gun while running away from police and hit an innocent bystander in their home.  The Baton Rouge Police Department said officers were investigating a “suspicious incident” when they saw three people get in a car and leave. Police said they pursued the…

BATON ROUGE – Authorities say the fire that burned down a vacant house off N. Acadian Thruway Saturday night was arson. Baton Rouge firefighters responded to the scene on Dalton Road at 10:30 p.m., where they found a chair on fire in the living room. The fire spread to the roof but was brought under…

BATON ROUGE — While visiting Baton Rouge, civil rights lawyer Ben Crump shared new evidence that claims the death of Avoyelles Parish inmate Jerome Stevenson may have been condoned and sanctioned by prison officials. The evidence Crump presented at Friday morning’s press conference suggested that Stevenson’s death was not only premeditated but was part of…

BATON ROUGE – An accident involving a fire truck on the intersection of Airline Highway and Cedarcrest Avenue resulted in one injury, according to the Baton Rouge Fire Department. According to the fire department, the crash happened as the vehicle was responding a medical call, and one person was injured and transported to the hospital…

BATON ROUGE – After opening up with a hard fought win in the NCAA Tournament on Friday, the LSU women’s basketball team will take the court in their second round game against Middle Tennessee State at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday afternoon in a game televised on WBRZ. LSU will continue their march in the Madness…

BATON ROUGE – A group of LSU entomology students and professors gathered outside of Tipsey McStumbles in Augusta, Georgia. Outside, the sound of gunshots was loud and clear; inside, the normal sound of a livened Irish pub. After a full day of presentations at the Southeastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America Meeting —…

COLUMBIA, MO – After dropping their series to Ole Miss last week, No. 2 LSU softball lost another SEC game against No. 15 Missouri Friday evening. Missouri led 7-3 after the second inning, and while LSU clawed back to take the lead 9-7 after the top of the fourth, Missouri promptly responded by tying the…

BATON ROUGE – One person was taken to the hospital after a house caught fire early Friday morning.  The Baton Rouge Fire Department said the fire happened at a home on 39th Street. One person was rescued from inside the home and was awake and talking when they were taken to the hospital for injuries. …

BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Community College’s Film and New Media Production Program received a substantial cash infusion from the state’s Entertainment Development Fund.  BRCC’s production curriculum will receive $750,000 over three years to create a more comprehensive, career-oriented education for students looking to pursue a job in the entertainment industry. The grant is intended…

BATON ROUGE – An LSU freshman is having her name and work put into mathematics history.  During a math contest at her high school, there was a bonus question: to come up with a new way to prove the Pythagorean Theorem.  “There was also a monetary incentive, $500, and that was really great for a…

BATON ROUGE- The United Christian Faith Ministries will host gun violence awareness events. The goal is to touch the community by giving them resources. “We don’t want to just address and put a band-aid over something. We want to be consistently here in the community,” says organizer AV Mitchell.  On Thursday, the group will host…

BATON ROUGE — Gov. Jeff Landry said Thursday that he wants current state public defender Rémy Starns to run Louisiana’s new public defenders office, and he also named four members of a new, nine-member Public Defender Oversight Board that must affirm the appointment. At Landry’s behest, lawmakers this year changed the way Louisiana governed its…

BATON ROUGE — Election Day is Saturday. The primary ballot measure for many across the Baton Rouge area will be the partisan presidential primaries.  Both the Democrats and Republicans in other states have already selected their party’s nominations for the general election in November. Across Louisiana, 39 parishes have only the presidential primaries on the…

GRAMBLING – The Grambling men’s basketball team is tipping off for the first match of the 2024 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.  GSU secured its first trip to Division I after defeating Texas Southern in the Southwestern Athletic Conference on Saturday. They entered the SWAC tournament as the No. 1 seed and currently sit at a…

BATON ROUGE — One month after a fire destroyed St. Luke’s Episcopal church, investigators are still trying to determine what started the blaze.  In a report published Tuesday by the Baton Rouge Fire Department, investigators said the fire was not set intentionally. Agents ruled out arson, but have not figured out what started the fire. …

CLINTON – The sentencing for Clay and Sheila Fletcher, who were both convicted of manslaughter after their daughter Lacey was found “melted” into a couch, is set to take place Wednesday morning.  On Feb. 20, both Sheila and Clay Fletcher surrendered to the East Feliciana Parish Prison and were booked into jail. East Feliciana Coroner…

BATON ROUGE – Louisiana’s Department of Children and Family Services “took no action whatsoever” that would have prevented the death of a 2-year-old from a fentanyl overdose in 2022, the state Office of the Inspector General said in a report released Monday.  The OIG report detailed what the state agency and law officers did prior…

BATON ROUGE – A centuries-old tradition is being celebrated in the capital city Tuesday.  2une In’s Mia Monet met with the St. Aloysius Catholic Church Tuesday morning to see their St. Joseph’s Day spread.  Permalink| Comments Top Featured Tags: – Louisiana News Press Release Distribution Service

ADDIS – A former Addis Police officer pleaded guilty to manslaughter and negligent injuring Monday for a fatal chase that killed two teenagers on New Year’s Eve in 2022. Former officer David Cauthron ran a red light while chasing a suspect and crashed into a car, killing Brusly High students Maggie Dunn and Caroline Gill.…

BATON ROUGE – Police officers are searching for a woman who allegedly forged a signature on a bank withdrawal slip and stole $10,000 from a bank account in November 2022.  According to an arrest warrant, a woman called police after she was alerted by her bank that someone withdrew $10,000 out of her account. The…