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East Baton Rouge school board to tackle budget
meeting BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board is scheduled Thursday to approve its annual operating budget, but board members remain divided on some of Superintendent Bernard Taylor's proposed spending and cutting plans. The School Board is debating a proposed $426.6 million budget that includes $6.2 million worth of cuts. That budget, however, doesn't reflect the ...
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Louisiana Senator Elbert Guillory Discusses His Decision To Become A Republican
Hello, my name is Elbert Lee Guillory, and I'm the senator for the twenty-fourth district right here in beautiful Louisiana. Recently I made what many are referring to as a 'bold decision' to switch my party affiliation to the Republican Party. I wanted to take a moment to explain why I became a Republican, and also to explain why I don't think it was a bold decision at all. ...
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Alleged sexting teacher may face upgraded charge
EUNICE, La. (AP) -- The "sexting" case against former Eunice High School teacher Jackie Fruge, originally filed in Eunice Municipal Court, is likely to be upgraded to a felony and moved to the state district ...
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Baker school system reveals food service deficit
http://bit.ly/141FLlC ) the East Baton Rouge city-parish government is in the process of refunding the school system for the past year of service, but the payments can only be made $17,000 at a ...
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Deputies identify suspect wanted for several car break-ins
HAMMOND, LA (WAFB) - Authorities report they have identified the man suspected of numerous car break-ins over the past couple of weeks. The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said the man seen in a surveillance image is Kenneth Dunkin, 55, of Hammond. A warrant has been issued for his arrest. Sheriff Daniel Edwards said Dunkin will be charged with attempted burglary when he is ...
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LSU fans react to Tiger loss at College World Series
LSU fans watched on pins and needles from the get go Tuesday afternoon as the Tigers fell behind early in their elimination game at the College World Series. Fans like Thomas Allen, who called in ...
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State approves plans to meet worker demand
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The Louisiana Workforce Investment Council has approved a detailed plan on how to help the state meet the impending demand for skilled crafts ...
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La. Housing Corporation receives HUD grants
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- In efforts to help families and individuals with housing needs and foreclosure prevention, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development officials are awarding more than $40 million in housing counseling grants to 334 national, regional and local organizations. Among those groups, the Louisiana Housing Corporation in Baton Rouge was named as the only agency in the ...
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Rapides board considers moving 6th graders
http://townta.lk/11L3gfX ) the education committee of the Rapides Parish School Board on Tuesday sent the issue to the full board meeting set for July ...
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No open guns at federal Corps of Engineers sites
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) -- Even after a new Mississippi gun law takes effect July 1, federal law will still prohibit people from openly carrying weapons on property run by the U.S. Army Corps of ...
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Teacher jobs saved in Tangipahoa Parish
AMITE, La. (AP) -- An increase in state funding and some shifting of local funds enabled the Tangipahoa Parish School Board's Finance Committee to recommend adoption of a 2013-14 budget that would maintain the district's number of ...
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DEQ gets $500K from Temple Inland for 2011 spill
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Louisiana has received a $500,000 check as part of Temple Inland's sentencing for polluting the Pearl River in 2011 with illegal discharges from its Bogalusa paper mill that killed thousands of ...
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Lafayette board approves school spending plan
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) -- The Lafayette Parish School Board has approved a proposed $256 million spending plan for the 2013-14 school year that offers a $3,979 ...
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$60M marine auction slated in Morgan City Gibson
MORGAN CITY, La. (AP) -- About $60 million worth of marine vessels and support equipment ranging from bunk beds to barges used as living quarters by people working on the BP oil spill cleanup are going on the auction ...
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LSU Southern boards must list scholarship awards
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Members of the LSU and Southern University system governing boards will have to disclose which students receive scholarships from ...
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BRFD investigates house fire
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Investigators are trying to figure out what caused a house fire early Wednesday morning. It sparked at a home in the 700 block of Holt Drive in Baton Rouge around 3:30 a.m. Holt is off Goodwood Boulevard near its intersection with South Flannery Road. The Baton Rouge Fire Department said the fire is under control and no injuries have been reported. It is not ...
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Civil service board to approve BRPDs police chief test scores
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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BRAVE looking to expand into 70802 zip code
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - The program to reduce crime in East Baton Rouge Parish is set to take on another zip code racked with trouble. Almost one year after the Baton Rouge Area Violence Elimination project, or BRAVE, enforcement officers took to the 70805 zip code, they're now looking to take on more. "My cousin got shot right around that corner some years back over an incident ...
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Police search for missing New Orleans East teen
New Orleans police said 15-year-old Shanna Rodgers was last seen about 10 p.m. Monday in her home in the 4600 block of Gabriel Drive. Rodgers' mother told officers she checked on her daughter, but she was not in her ...
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UNC eliminates LSU baseball from CWS 4-2
From LSU Sports OMAHA, Neb. – North Carolina pitcher Trent Thornton limited top-ranked LSU to two runs over seven innings and a comeback bid came up short as the Tar Heels eliminated the Tigers from the College World Series by a score of 4-2 on Tuesday afternoon at TD Ameritrade Park. LSU (57-11) concluded a memorable season, tying the school and Southeastern Conference record for ...
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BESE approves $2M for Course Choice program
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The state education board is on track to spend $2 million from an oil and gas trust fund for a pilot program to expand online high school course offerings to public school ...
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COL BB North Carolina 4 Louisiana State 2
Trent Thornton hurled seven efficient innings and Brian Holberton homered Tuesday in North Carolina's 4-2 College World Series win over Louisiana State. Thornton, a freshman, allowed two runs on nine hits and overcame four walks while Colin Moran chipped in with three hits, an RBI and two runs scored as the top-seeded Tar Heels eliminated LSU. With the victory, North Carolina advances to ...
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Dead zones predicted for Gulf Chesapeake Bay
NEW ORLEANS -- Scientists in Michigan and Louisiana are predicting a big summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico unless a tropical storm hits the area shortly before or during the annual measurement. In the Chesapeake Bay, scientists expect a smaller-than-average area where there's too little oxygen to support fish, shellfish and other aquatic life.The hypoxic zone in the Gulf ...
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Two more lanes opened on I-10
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 captured who walked away from work release program
PONCHATOULA, LA (WAFB) - U.S. Marshals have captured an inmate who walked away from a work release program. According to reports, Tederick Bessie walked away from Elmer's Chocolate Factory in Ponchatoula around 6 a.m. Monday. He was captured just before 5 p.m. Tuesday by the U.S. Marshals Office. Bessie, 30, had been serving time for simple robbery. He was scheduled for release in ...
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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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