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BESE to review student data storage and sharing
database BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's top education board is reviewing how the state education department stores and shares public school student data. The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education agreed Wednesday to create a task force looking at the issue after concerns were raised about a state data-sharing agreement with an outside organization. Superintendent of Education John ...
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Baton Rouge mother saved her five daughters from a house fire
early morning fire destroyed a family's home , but they survived. Now, the Baton Rouge mother tells us even though her house is gone, she is just happy her kids are safe. Sheron Mitchell said her first thought when she smelled the smoke was to get her five daughters out. They are all safe, but their entire house is destroyed. "By the time they made it, the whole house entire side ...
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Tigers return from College World Series
POSTED: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 6:00pm UPDATED: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 6:04pm The LSU baseball team is back in Baton Rouge today after their run at the program’s seventh national title fell short on Tuesday. The record setting season from the Tigers ends on a sour note after losing two straight games at the College World Series. The LSU offense scored just 3 runs in 2 games; ...
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Louisiana teen allegedly killed half-sister with TV wrestling moves
Police car lights. (QMI Agency) A 13-year-old boy has been charged with murder in New Orleans after causing the death of his 5-year-old half-sister using wrestling moves he had seen on television, police said. Viloude Louis died Sunday afternoon of blunt force trauma to her body, including broken ribs and a damaged liver, police said, after the boy wrestled with her using World Wrestling ...
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Jindal signs equal pay bill for state workers
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Gov. Bobby Jindal has agreed that state agencies should be banned from paying unequal wages to employees of different genders for the same ...
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Waterspout forms in Grand Isle LA
waterspout Wednesday afternoon. WWL-TV in New Orleans says that the Grand Isle Fire Department is reporting a power line was knocked down and there was some shingle damage on a home, as the spout mostly stayed out to sea. The waterspout happened around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. The video was shot by Tyler Smith of Grand Isle. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...
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BRPD looking for armed robbery suspect
POSTED: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 4:30pm UPDATED: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 4:34pm The Baton Rouge Police Department needs the public's help in located a fugitive wanted on robbery charges. Johndell Taylor is wanted for Armed Robbery. If you have information on the location of Taylor contact Crime Stoppers at 344-STOP(7867), text CS225 plus your message to CRIMES(274637) or ...
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Red Cross app offers hurricane preparedness tips
Baton Rouge, La (NBC33) - With hurricane season in full swing, it’s time to start thinking ahead and getting prepared at home. Red Cross has an app you can download to get information on how to prepare, as well as where to find help. This is also the busiest season for the organization, so our local chapter says it's always looking for volunteers. As for being ready, officials say ...
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Truck plunges into New River in Gonzales
According to our news partners at The Creole , The Gonzales Fire Department was on the scene of the one-vehicle accident today at New River Street and Coontrap Road. The Fire Department received the call shortly after noon today. "We arrived on scene and secured a wench cable onto a bulldozer that was being pulled by the truck on a trailer," sated Gonzales Fire Chief Tracey ...
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Prairieville man arrested on child pornography charges
The search for a missing 10-month-old boy from Birmingham is over. Birmingham police say he and his alleged captor were found in Dallas, Texas around 11:30 Tuesday night. A missing child alert was ...
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Privatization backed for LSUs Bogalusa hospital
bogalusa medical center BATON ROUGE - The LSU Board of Supervisors has agreed to a contract privatizing its rural Bogalusa hospital in January. The Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, which operates four private hospitals in Louisiana, will take over management of LSU's Bogalusa Medical Center, effective Jan. 6. As with similar previous deals, the board signed off on the ...
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Woman wanted for firing gun causes a stir on social media investigators aware of comments
firing a gun during the middle of the day and shouting "I’ll kill all y'all " sparked some major discussion on the NBC33 Facebook page; primarily because the accused was the one doing much of the writing. "I don’t bother anybody, but I’m not gone let nobody bother me either," a post from Crystal Price reads. The comments from Price were in reaction ...
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Atlanta TV station severs ties with fired radio hosts station over Gleason skit
NEW ORLEANS, LA (WDSU-CNN) - After three Atlanta radio hosts aired a segment in which they mocked former Saint and ALS patient Steve Gleason, a network affiliate in Georgia has severed ties with the radio station. Not only were Nick Cellini, Steve "Steak" Shapiro and Chris Dimino fired from 790 The Zone, but their horribly unfunny skit lead CBS Atlanta to terminate its arrangement ...
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Family of seven survives fire that destroys duplex
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - A Baton Rouge couple and their five children are safe and are thankful they survived a fire that destroyed their home early Wednesday morning. The father was at work when the fire started and the mother jumped into action to get her children out of the house. The fire sparked at a duplex in the 700 block of Holt Drive in Baton Rouge shortly after 3 a.m. Holt is off ...
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Drunk driver asking for shorter sentence again
wreck BATON ROUGE - Attorneys for the Greensburg man who killed seven people in a drunken crash said they're going to ask a judge to reduce his sentence again. Brett Gerald pleaded guilty this past December to seven counts of vehicular homicide in the May 2012 wreck. He initially received a 70 year sentence, but in May a judge reduced that to 35 years to comply with a Supreme Court ...
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Man dies after crashing into trains tanker cars
Ouachita Parish, La - One man is dead and another one is injured after colliding with a train in Ouachita Parish. On June 18 at 5:35 p.m., State Troopers were sent a fatal crash that involved a train on Louisiana Highway 134 east of Louisiana Highway 139. The preliminary investigation revealed that a truck, driven by Jason Hensley, 22, of Lake Providence, was traveling east on Louisiana ...
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Purse snatcher drops spoils of crime picks up time behind bars after causing crash
LAFAYETTE, LA (NBC33) - An accused purse snatcher did not get the chance to benefit from the spoils of the crime before ended up behind bars. "The victim explained that the suspect was reentering the white vehicle when the purse was dropped outside of the passenger door," Cpl. Paul Mouton, Lafayette Police Department, explained. The suspect, Kellie Colomb, 23, allegedly grabbed the ...
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Ex-BP employees face new indictments over spill
Federal prosecutors have secured new indictments against a former BP engineer and a former BP executive charged separately with obstructing probes of the company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of ...
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Attorney School board president will not face additional charges in deadly wreck
ALBANY, LA (WAFB) - Sherman Mack, the attorney for Livingston Parish School Board President Malcolm Sibley, says his client will not face any additional charges for his role in a wreck Saturday morning that killed a Mississippi man. Investigators with Louisiana State Police executed a warrant Monday morning to seize the truck owned by ...
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Louisiana Sheriffs discuss hurricane prep in New Orleans Wednesday
Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman hosted Wednesday's meeting. At a news conference, he discussed evacuation plans for his office's facilities and inmates in the Orleans Parish Prison. Also discussed were New Orleans' booking procedures for anyone arrested during or after an evacuation; and, coordination with neighboring sheriff's ...
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Seafood board oversight shifted to lt. governor
board BATON ROUGE - Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne has received new responsibilities from state lawmakers, giving him oversight of a board that promotes Louisiana seafood. Dardenne spoke to the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board on Wednesday about the change. While Dardenne said he didn't seek the new responsibility, he said the board will fit into his office, which is charged with ...
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Cazayoux to join Long Law Firm
resigning BATON ROUGE - U.S. Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. will be joining the Long Law Firm in early July when he leaves his federal job. Cazayoux announced his resignation June 12 after three years as the head federal prosecutor for the Middle District headquartered in Baton Rouge. Long Law Firm was established 25 years ago by U.S. Sen. Russell B. Long. David Guerry, a managing partner, ...
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LSU vet school offers disaster preparation tips to pet owners
Baton Rouge, La - If an emergency or bad weather forces you and your pets from your home, Will you know what to do and what to bring? If you are forced to evacuate your home because of a hurricane or other emergency, don’t forget to make preparations for your pets. Pets, just like any other member of your family, have their own special needs. Here are some tips from the Louisiana State ...
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Minden man dies in crash after running into a tree
Webster Parish, La - A man has died after a fatal crash in Webster Parish. On June 18, at 8:02 p.m., Troopers assigned to Louisiana State Police Troop G responded to a single vehicle fatal crash on Louisiana Highway 518 east of U.S. Highway 79. The preliminary investigation revealed that a vehicle driven by Joshua Shine, 18, of Minden, was traveling east on Louisiana Highway 518 at a high ...
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LOCATED Prairieville runaway located in Jefferson Parish unharmed
PRAIRIEVILLE, LA - UPDATE: Jacquasha Carter, who left her Prairieville residence on May 23, has been located. Carter was picked up by Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office today according to Major Kevin Hanna. Carter is being brought back to Ascension Parish. ORIGINAL: Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office is actively searching for a 15-year-old runaway, Jacquasha Carter, who left her ...
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Mayor Holden’s preparing Baton Rouge for the future.
Baton Rouge’s mayor, Kip Holden, has spent most of his tenure as mayor outside the city on foreign or domestic trips to business conferences or meetings aimed at promoting cultural ties. It’s a strategy that has been successfully employed by some of the world’s greatest leaders.
The Mayor of Baton Rouge, Kip Holden, is going out of his way to increase economic activity in Louisiana’s capital by undertaking a series of what one might call ‘promotional’ trips to cities around the US and the world, promoting Baton Rouge as a serious contender for investment by big businesses. Read more
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