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2 lanes blocked on I-10 E between Essen and Highland
Louisiana State Police reports I-10 East is closed at Whiskey Bay on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge due to multiple crashes. Traffic on I-10 East is being diverted onto I-49 North.Drivers trying to get ...
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Inmate caught after walking off work release site
captured BATON ROUGE - U. S. Marshals said they caught up to a work release inmate this afternoon after the man walked off his job site Monday. Marshals arrested Tederick Bessie, 30, around 4 p.m. Tuesday afternoon in Baton Rouge. Authorities reported Bessie missing Monday after they said he wasn't at his work release site, a candy factory in Ponchatoula. Authorities said they dropped ...
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Livingston school board president is upset remorseful over fatal hit and run
BATON ROUGE, LA (NBC33) - Two days after being arrested for a fatal hit-and-run crash, Livingston Parish School Board President Malcolm Sibley is saying he's sorry. "[He is] Very upset, very remorseful. I mean, we read these kinds of things in the paper and we get upset for the families we read about. And after being in the situation he's in, he's very sorry for the victim, ...
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Woman points gun at victims screams ‘I’ll kill all of y’all
Baton Rouge, La - A woman is wanted by the EBRSO after she pulled a gun on multiple victims. The incident took place at a residence in the 5600 block of Hartford on June 11 at around 1:26 p.m. According to reports, deputies were initially sent to a home in the 5700 block of Silverleaf Avenue in reference to a disturbance. When they arrived, deputies contacted multiple victims that stated ...
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Louisiana plant explosion kills 1 injures 5
HOUSTON, June 14 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and five others were injured in an explosion that rattled a fertilizer plant in the U.S. state of Louisiana Friday evening, local media reported. The explosion, caused by a nitrogen vessel rupture, happened at around 6:15 p.m. at CF Industries in Donaldsonville, a southern city located along the west bank of the Mississippi River, local media ...
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ATC conducting summer crackdown on unlawful sales of alcohol and tobacco to minors
Baton Rouge, La - Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control (ATC) Commissioner Troy Hebert announced that his Agency will conduct an increased number of random compliance checks at alcoholic beverage and tobacco retail outlets statewide during the summer months. "ATC conducts compliance checks throughout the year, but we are increasing our efforts this summer to ensure that ...
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Buras meth lab found one arrested
Buras, La - Authorities in Plaquemines Parish have busted a meth lab and arrested the man operating the lab. In early June 2013, the PPSO Narcotics Division began investigating a possible methamphetamine lab being operated in Buras. Loran Anthony Williams, Jr., aka "Tony", 28, was thought to be cooking methamphetamine at his home in Buras, and possibly selling it to citizens in the ...
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Police search for 20-year-old wanted for indecent behavior with a juvenile
Louisiana State Police reports I-10 East is closed at Whiskey Bay on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge due to multiple crashes. Traffic on I-10 East is being diverted onto I-49 North.Drivers trying to get ...
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Cause of gas line explosion still under investigation
enon FRANKLINTON - A pre-dawn gas line explosion shook residents out of their beds in a rural, wooded area of Washington Parish, briefly knocking out power to thousands of people but not injuring anybody. State Trooper Nicholas Manale says an 80-foot section of 30-inch pipeline ruptured about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday southeast of Franklinton. Washington Parish Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy ...
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Sheriffs deputies searching for rape suspect
wanted GONZALES - Deputies in Ascension Parish asked for the public's help finding a man wanted for raping a young girl. Chief Deputy Tony Bacala released a photo of Justo Venegas, 31, who's wanted for forcible rape of a juvenile. Bacala said on June 9 deputies were called out to the victim's residence and told Venegas had raped her. They said he fled the scene on a bicycle, ...
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Deputies searching for work release walk-off
Ponchatoula, La - Authorities are searching for a man that walked away from his work release program job. Deputies with the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office are searching for Tederick Bessie, 30. Bessie walked away from the Elmer’s Chocolate Factory in Ponchatoula at around 6:00 a.m. today. Bessie is a non-violent offender serving time for Simple Robbery. He was scheduled for ...
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Dead zone predictions much less spread than 2012
NEW ORLEANS -- Scientists in Michigan and Louisiana are predicting a big summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico. In the Chesapeake Bay, a smaller than average dead zone is expected.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released predictions Tuesday for areas with too little oxygen to support life.It says the Gulf zone prediction is 7,286 to 8,561 square miles - anywhere ...
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13-year-old charged with 2nd degree murder of 5-year-old sister
TERRYTOWN, LA (WAFB) - A 13-year-old boy was arrested and charged with second degree murder after his 5-year-old sister died Sunday. Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Detectives say the boy admitted to practicing "WWE" moves on the girl, even after she told him that she was in pain. According to reports, Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Deputies were called to a house in Terrytown, LA ...
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Bald eagles poisoned in Thibodaux
THIBODAUX, LA (WAFB) - Officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife Fisheries are offering a $3,500 reward for information on who poisoned a pair of bald eagles.The eagles were found in a field near Martinez Rd. in Thibodaux. Testing revealed that the eagles had ingested large amounts of poison in late March or early April. X-rays performed on the birds ...
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North Carolina adds a run in the third inning
OMAHA, NE (WAFB) - Landon Lassiter started the top of the third inning with a double down the third base line for North Carolina. Moran followed with his second hit and Lassiter scored from second giving the UNC a 3-0 lead over LSU.Brent Bonvillain replaced Glenn and quickly gave up a single to Holbertson and a walk to Cody Stubbs to load the bases. Bonvillain retired the next three batters ...
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No injuries reported in pre-dawn Louisiana gas line explosion fire
A pre-dawn blast at a natural gas line lit up the eastern Louisiana sky Tuesday, but no injuries or significant property damage were reported, officials said. The explosion occurred about 5:30 a.m. CDT south of Franklinton, the seat of Washington Parish, The (New Orleans) Time Picayune reported. The 30-inch line was quickly shut down and the fire extinguished, said Vicki Granado, a spokeswoman ...
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JPSO Boy 13 kills relative 5 with ‘WWE-style wrestling moves’
Homicide Detective Matt Vasquez says he learned the victim was home alone with her 13-year-old relative who performed "WWE-style wrestling moves" on her the morning of the ...
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Gleason accepts Atlanta radio hosts apology We have all made mistakes
Former Saints Safety Steve Gleason walks off the field with quarterback Drew Brees during the third game of the 2011 season against the Houston Texans at the ...
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$3500 reward in fatal poisoning of 2 bald eagles
killed NEW ORLEANS - Federal investigators say someone poisoned and killed two bald eagles in Thibodaux. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries are offering $3,500 for information leading to the conviction of whoever killed the national birds. Fish and Wildlife Service agent Sidney Charbonnet says the eagles were found in early April, about ...
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200 gallons of gas spilled in Bossier Parish
Louisiana BENTON- Hazardous materials crews are on the scene of a gas spill in Bossier Parish. Lt. Bill Davis of the Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office says it happened just before noon at an Exxon gas station on Highway 3 at Highway 162. KTBS-TV reports a motorist apparently hit a hose attached to a fuel truck and gas began to spew. Approximately 200 gallons of gas was spilled. ...
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Inning-by-Inning recap of LSU vs North Carolina
Omaha, NE (NBC33) - The LSU baseball team is facing #1 seed North Carolina right now in the College World Series. The loser will be eliminated from the tournament. LSU batting order: 1.McMullen 2.laird 3.Bregman 4.Katz 5.Rhymes 6.Ibarra 7.Ross 8.Jones 9.Stevenson Here is an inning-by-inning recap of the ...
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Judge dismisses lawsuit over Dixie Brewery building
demolition NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Dixie Brewing Co. in an effort to stop any demolition of a brewery as part of the new VA hospital under construction in New Orleans. The Advocate reports the VA plans to demolish some parts of the German Romenesque building, which opened in 1907 but was crumbling even before Hurricane Katrina damaged it. Dixie ...
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Authorities looking for Lafayette armed robbery suspect
LAFAYETTE, La - The Lafayette Police Department is looking for a man that robbed a convenience store. On June 17 at around 10:25 p.m. police went to a store located in the 2300 block of Ambassador Caffery Parkway regarding an armed robbery. The employee there told officers that an unknown black male entered the convenience store armed with a handgun and demanded money from the cash ...
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Alaska feeling the heat nothing new in Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. (NBC33) - While south Louisiana has basked in the heat and humidity for several weeks now, residents in southern Alaska are wiping their brows with record high temperatures in the 80s and 90s. A large, clear air-mass, sitting over southern Alaska, is to blame for heating things up in towns surrounding Anchorage, Alaska. On Monday afternoon, the towns of Talkeetna, Cordova, ...
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Last radio transmission reveals pilot knew he was going to crash Baker investigation continues
BAKER, LA (NBC33) - The cockpit voice recorder aboard the plane that crashed in Baker is being examined in Washington, DC, according to information provided in the preliminary investigation report. Reports note that pilot John Fowler did not have a flight plan for his trip on Friday, June 7 from the Baton Rouge Airport to McComb, Mississippi. His last transmission to the tower at BTR stated ...
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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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