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EBR prepares for mosquito season
BATON ROUGE, LA (NBC33) - The East Baton Rouge Mosquito Abatement Facility is getting ready for mosquito season. Todd Walker, the director of the facility, said cases have been reported in West Baton Rouge, and now it is time for us to take precautions. "We're submitting mosquito pools for analysis of West Nile," Walker said. "We haven't gotten any positive yet, but ...
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Annual New Roads Rummage sale offers more than just hidden treasures
NEW ROADS, LA - It's a big weekend for New Roads. The annual "From Me to You" rummage sale will begin tomorrow on Mill Street. It's not just about arts and crafts and resale, though, there will also be carnival rides and food! The city will line the streets from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The city's mayor says it's "a great opportunity for the people and ...
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Louisiana in urgent need of additional foster families
BATON ROUGE, LA - As part of Foster Care Awareness Month, as proclaimed by Governor Bobby Jindal for May, the Department of Family and Children Services (DCFS) is focusing its efforts on recruiting new foster families. The effort is part of the Faith in Families initiative, which seeks to identify and encourage potential foster families and promote adoption of foster children. As of April 30, ...
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Baton Rouge officers deputies honor those lost in the line of duty
BATON ROUGE, LA (NBC33) - Officers and deputies from across the parish gave their respects this morning to those lost in the line of duty. The annual law enforcement memorial service was held downtown on Friday, May 17, and over a hundred people showed up. The crowd observed a moment of silence, and sang songs in honor and memory of those lost. The Baton Rouge Police Department officers, ...
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Shelter euthanizes dog after owner arrives to claim it
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - The director of the East Baton Rouge Companion Animal Alliance admits her city-parish shelter messed up big time Friday."We take full responsibility," Beth Brewster, CAA director "CAA takes full responsibility for what happened."Patrick Morris has had his dog Bow Wow for almost 18 years. A week ago, Bow Wow got out of his gate. Patrick and his wife ...
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Revisiting Laplace after Isaac
cleanup LAPLACE - Hurricane season just is days away. For some, the memory of Isaac is still fresh, since the cleanup hasn't stopped. St. John the Baptist is one of those parishes still picking up the pieces after Isaac devastated the town of Laplace. "We feel like we're coming back to the same thing because we still have a lot of cleaning up to do," said Kenneth ...
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$3000 reward being offered for information in Whooping Crane shooting
RED RIVER PARISH, LA - Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division agents and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) officials are looking for leads regarding a whooping crane that was found shot to death in Red River Parish. The whooping crane was found and recovered from the bank of the Red River about two miles northwest of Loggy Bayou on April 16. After a ...
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Gator From swamp to table
HAMMOND, LA (NBC33) - Kliebert's Turtle and Alligator Farm is a family business, four generations strong. "We're actually one of the first legal operating alligator farms in the United States," says T-Mike. He's one of the one of the managers here. They do tours, have a variety of animals, nearly 50 thousand turtles and more than 2500 gators. About 220 of the gators ...
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Residents upset about random vandalism car windows all shattered
Walker, La (nbc33) - Residents in a small subdivision in Walker are upset and looking for answers after they woke up this morning to shattered car windows. Walker Police says it appears to have been a bb gun and it all happened between 10:00 Thursday night and 6:00 Friday morning at homes located on JR Dr. Residents I talked to are furious. They say this is not only a threat to their ...
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Chief Officers made a mistake in wrong neighborhood attack
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Five days after a family was attacked for being in the "wrong neighborhood," Baton Rouge Interim Police Chief Carl Dabadie issued statement saying officers made a mistake and an error of judgement. The family stopped at a gas station on Plank Road in Baton Rouge and the man, his wife and his daughter were all brutally attacked. The family is white and the ...
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Parish still waiting for sinkhole payments
texas brine BAYOU CORNE- In Assumption Parish, cashing in is a lot harder as parish leaders try to collect money from a company blamed for a massive sinkhole. Parish president Martin Triche says Texas Brine owes the parish more than $130,000 for operating a command post and patrolling the evacuated area. The parish bills Texas Brine every month, but Triche says the parish hasn't seen ...
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OSHA impersonator gets 57 months in oil spill scam
spill NEW ORLEANS - A woman has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for bilking Gulf Coast residents by posing as a federal safety official after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The U.S. Justice Department said Friday that 47-year-old Connie Knight, formerly of Belle Chasse, had claimed to be an Occupational Safety and Health Administration safety instructor. She held classes in ...
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Neighbors reach out to family whose home burned
donating ST. AMANT- Neighbors are opening their hearts and wallets to a St. Amant family who lost everything to a house fire. The Guedry family says people in the community have been donating essentials like clothes and food ever since their house went up in flames Thursday morning. Trulena Guedry says her husband and her four children are staying with relatives right now, but plan to ...
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Musicians honored for volunteer work
ascension parish BATON ROUGE - The musical duo "The Thomas Brothers" stopped by the studio to talk about their community service events in Ascension Parish. The pair was named Community Service Volunteers of the Year at Volunteer Ascension for inspiring others through their music. The two are students at Southern University, and their music is gaining a steady following on the ...
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BRPD No change or new charges against suspects in Mother’s Day beating
BATON ROUGE, LA (NBC33) - The Baton Rouge Police Department and the FBI have reviewed the charges against the three suspects accused of beating a family on Mother’s Day. Officials say the original charges will stand and no new ones will be filed. ...
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Overwhelming support for family who lost everything in a fire
The Clark County Coroner's office released the name of a boy who died after, police say, he was run over by two suspects in a vehicle who took off with his ...
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Southern falls to Prairie View in SWAC elimination game
Fort Worth, TX (WAFB) - Southern was eliminated Friday from the SWAC Baseball Tournament, falling to Prairie View 11-4.Prairie View jumped out on the Jags early with a quick run in the first inning and two more in the second inning.In the bottom of the second, trailing 3-0, Southern struck back. Brian Rowry singled with one out and after a Jose DeLa Torre walk and Sean Washington's ...
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State Fire Marshal returns from West Texas explosion scene
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Louisiana State Fire Marshal Butch Browning recently returned from West, Texas. West is the site of a fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14 and injured 200 more. The blast happened April, 14th and was triggered by a fire that was reported 20 minutes earlier. Twelve of the 14 killed were first responders. Louisiana State Fire Marshal Butch Browning met with ...
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Another arrest made in parade shooting aftermath
mother's day NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans police say they have arrested a 19-year-old woman and accused her of helping a suspect avoid arrest in the shooting spree that left 20 people injured during a Mother's Day street parade. She's identified as Monique Pepe. She faces a charge of accessory after the fact of attempted second-degree murder. She also faces drug-related charges. ...
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Backhoe blamed for hit-and-run injury
accident BATON ROUGE - Witnesses said a backhoe driver is to blame for a hit-and-run which sent a man to the hospital today in Baton Rouge. It happened on Sennette Street near Thomas Delpit in old south Baton Rouge just before 2 p.m. Witnesses told News 2 a man driving a backhoe struck another man on foot, then fled the scene on the heavy machinery. Police and EMS responded to the scene ...
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Ruling doesnt resolve family restaurant squabble
judge NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge's ruling hasn't resolved a family's power struggle for control of Brennan's, one of New Orleans' best-known restaurants. U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan ruled Friday that Owen "Pip" Brennan, a son of the restaurant's late founder, is a shareholder in Brennan's Inc. and retains his right to vote those shares ...
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Group rallies in opposition to allowing gay Scouts
on my honor BATON ROUGE - Opponents of allowing openly-gay members of the Boy Scouts gathered today in Baton Rouge to voice their concerns. About 15 members of the group "On My Honor" held signs and Scouting uniforms at the Pennington Boy Scouts building on Brookline Drive. It was one of 40 events the group scheduled across the nation for this afternoon. The national Boy Scouts ...
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Analyst says funding gap for LSU hospital deals
privatization BATON ROUGE - The first three LSU hospital privatization deals appear to use up 94 percent of the funding Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration set aside for eight such arrangements. That was the assessment Friday of the Legislative Fiscal Office, a nonpartisan office that provided an update to the Senate Finance Committee about concerns with the 2013-14 budget. Jindal is ...
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Judge delays ex-BP engineers trial
NEW ORLEANS -; A federal judge in an order Friday agreed to postpone the trial of a former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company's response to its 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The judge also had some stern words for attorneys on both ...
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Elite Airline to add service at Baton Rouge Airport
BATON ROUGE, LA (NBC33) - There's a new airline coming to the Baton Rouge airport this summer. Elite Airways will start flying in and out of metro airport in mid-July. An airport spokesperson told NBC33 News there's no final word on what cities the airline will service just yet, or how many daily flights there will be. Elite currently operates as a charter airline. They'll ...
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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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