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Denham Springs man arrested for allegedly soliciting child porn in multiple states
Posted 12:44 PM 5/1/2024 by Domenic Purdy
DENHAM SPRINGS — An 18-year-old man from Denham Springs was arrested for allegedly using social media to solicit child pornography from 12 and 13-year-olds in multiple states.
The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office booked Glenn Walter April 23 on several counts of computer aided (More)
Yesterday
US judges throw out newly-drawn Louisiana Congressional maps
Posted 11:50 AM 5/1/2024 by Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A new congressional district map giving Louisiana a second majority-Black House district was rejected Tuesday by a panel of three federal judges, fueling new uncertainty about district boundaries as the state prepares for fall congressional elections.
The 2-1 (More)
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Georgia Republican wants vote next week on whether Johnson should stay as Speaker
Posted 11:13 AM 5/1/2024 by Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking; Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Wednesday she would call a vote next week on ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson, forcing her colleagues to choose sides in a difficult showdown after Democratic leaders announced they would provide the votes to save the (More)
Yesterday
St. George leaders say they want East Baton Rouge to return residents' tax dollars
Posted 9:56 AM 5/1/2024 by Alexis Marigny
ST. GEORGE - As St. George moves towards becoming its own city, leaders are demanding the City-Parish pay back the taxes St. George residents paid to (More)
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Truck driver dead after running off Iberville Parish gravel road Tuesday afternoon
Posted 8:13 AM 5/1/2024 by Sarah Lawrence
WHITE CASTLE - Deputies are investigating after a service truck driver ran off a gravel road and into a cane field, overturning his vehicle and being fatally injured Tuesday afternoon.
The Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office said the truck driver was driving on a gravel road off River (More)
Yesterday
Parents facing charges following fight in a Watson neighborhood
Posted 1:13 PM 5/1/2024 by Abigail Whitam
WATSON - The mom of a middle school girl from Watson is taking legal action after her daughter was involved in a fight that happened right outside their home.
Elissa Boudreaux says her 8th grade daughter has been in a feud with another 8th grader who attends Live Oak Junior High for (More)
4/29/2024
East Baton Rouge leaders answer questions about future of parish schools within St. George boundaries
Posted 5:53 PM 4/30/2024 by Alexis Marigny
ST. GEORGE - Some East Baton Rouge Parish School System properties fall within the future City of St. George, which has folks asking whether those properties (More)
Yesterday
Baton Rouge teenager arrested, allegedly called in bomb threat to South Carolina school
Posted 9:03 AM 5/1/2024 by Logan Cullop
BATON ROUGE - A 19-year-old from Baton Rouge was arrested and will be extradited after allegedly calling in a bomb threat to a South Carolina high school.
According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, Trenton Brown called Carolina Forest High School on Wednesday, April 24, and said there (More)
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DOTD accidentally installs wrong traffic signal at Florida, Sherwood Forest intersection
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Suspect taken in on murder warrant after Baker standoff was on probation, records say
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Archdiocese of New Orleans under investigation for decades-long child sex trafficking coverup
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Broken water line leaks for days, water company prioritizing jobs
