BATON ROUGE - The LSU Gymnastics team is rolling through campus Wednesday evening during a parade in their honor. 

To stream the parade on WBRZ+, click here. 

The celebration starts at 6:30 p.m. in front of the Music Building on Dalrymple Drive. From there, the parade will roll to the traffic circle outside the Journalism Building and then down the hill to the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. A celebration will follow inside the PMAC at about 7 p.m.

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CENTRAL - Days after a crash that caused the most complicated rescue effort in decades, police are calling out to the driver who caused the crash, encouraging them to turn themselves in. 

The Central Police Department responded to a crash on April 19 that left an 18-wheeler overturned with the driver trapped inside. After being stuck for three hours, police and fire departments were able to rescue them. 

Though the cause of the crash was not immediately known, further investigation led police to find out the type of vehicle that caused it. 

"We have obtained video evidence that a vehicle crossed the centerline and entered the opposing lane in front of the tractor-trailer," the police department said. "Rather than hit the vehicle head-on, the [18-wheeler] driver steered right leaving the roadway and overturned. That driver's choice likely spared the other driver serious injury or death."

Police said the vehicle that caused the crash was likely a 2014-2018 white GMC 4 DR truck. 

"To whomever owns this vehicle and/or was driving this vehicle Friday evening, both Central and the surrounding areas have license plate readers. There may be thousands of images to review, but the likelihood we will identify you is high. You may want to consider turning yourself in."

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BATON ROUGE — Six men with connections to the "Motion Boys" gang were arrested on drug and gun charges after East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office deputies raided multiple locations suspected to be used to distribute narcotics.

On Tuesday, the EBRSO Gang Intelligence and Enforcement Unit booked the following on various gang-related charges, along with gun and drug possession charges:

   - Stanley "Head" Wilson, 22

   - Tyquan Holliday, 22

   - Tredarius Keller, 18

   - Jacory Williams, 22

   - Samuel Love, 22

   - Jermaine Henderson, 24

Wilson was also in violation of a restraining order, while Williams, Love and Henderson were additionally booked on resisting arrest.

Two members of the gang, Chedrick Townsend, 34, and Mitchell "Scooby" Johnson, 25, are still at large for similar charges. Johnson, who is on probation for a March methamphetamine conviction, was identified by deputies as the leader following a two month investigation.

When agents executed five search warrants on residences connected to the "Motion Boys," they found 47.6 pounds of marijuana, 114 doses of oxycodone, 55 doses of tapentadol, 33 doses of alprazolam, 16 doses of hydrocodone, 16 doses of morphine pills and 10 doses of Adderall.

They also found $27,709 cash, various drug paraphernalia and 13 firearms, one of which was reported stolen to the Gulf Port Police Department in Mississippi.

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A steady warming trend will continue through the end of the month. Humidity will ramp up as well.

Tonight & Tomorrow: Overnight tonight, mainly clear skies and calm winds will allow for temperatures to cool into the low 60s, noticeably warmer than previous nights. We will see an increase in dew points over the next 24 hours which could result in patchy areas of fog early Thursday morning. Thermometers will warm into the upper 80s with little problem beneath mostly sunny skies. The record high for the date is 89 degrees and it is not out of the question some thermometers could challenge that mark.

Up Next: A few more clouds will be around on Friday and this could stall the warming trend for a day. Highs will still shoot for the upper 80s but will be in line or potentially a bit lower than Thursday. Over the weekend, mornings will begin sticky in the low 70s followed by warm afternoons in the upper 80s. Skies will feature a mix of sun and clouds with an outside shot at a shower, mainly on Sunday. Our next reasonable chance for rain will arrive on Monday. A front stalled out to our northwest, combined with some energy in the upper levels of the atmosphere, could result in scattered showers and thunderstorms to begin the new week. Neither severe weather nor heavy rain look to be threats.

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– Josh 

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