WBRZ - Baton Rouge

Updated: 8:02 PM 5/18/2012

A railroad engineer was crushed to death by a roll of newsprint that fell out of a boxcar near Philadelphia. It was at the printing plant that produces the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News. The newspaper company says the worker was below the platform to offload the 18-hundred pound rolls when one fell out after shifting in the boxcar.

Updated: 7:56 PM 5/18/2012

Protesters say they plan peaceful demonstrations for the G-8 Summit at Camp David this weekend. They will take up their position in the nearby town of Thurmont, Maryland. Protesters with the Occupy movement from as far away as Arizona arrived Friday waving signs and banners along the road that leads to Camp David but police kept them miles away. Organizers say they want to educate the public, not disrupt the meeting of leaders of the Group of Eight industrial nations. 

Updated: 7:03 PM 5/18/2012

BATON ROUGE- Thousands of college students graduated today in Baton Rouge and will soon make the move into the workforce. Competition is tough with millions of people across the country still looking for work, but some grads already have jobs waiting for them. Southern University engineering major Fate... (More)

Updated: 7:00 PM 5/18/2012

LIVINGSTON - The Livingston Parish School Board is in the red for the second year in a row, facing a $4.5 million shortfall. Superintendent Bill Spear said he and others in the administration have a long summer ahead of them as they search for ways to fill the gap.... (More)

Updated: 6:46 PM 5/18/2012

BATON ROUGE- $100 million in budget cuts to the LSU system may not happen. State senators say they don't like the financial hit on higher education and health care planned in next year's state budget. LSU System Interim President William Jenkins says that's good news for the Baton Rouge... (More)

Updated: 6:45 PM 5/18/2012

COLUMBIA, S.C. - In a bit of deja vu, the LSU Tigers have jumped out to another 1-0 lead in game two of their series against South Carolina.

After Mason Katz and Raph Rhymes walked in the first inning, Tyler Moore singled to center, scoring Katz to give LSU the early advantage.

The game is currently 1-0 Tigers in the top of the third inning. Aaron Nola has given up just one hit through two frames.

Updated: 6:05 PM 5/18/2012

BATON ROUGE - Investigators are trying to pinpoint a motive in two shootings that sent two men to the hospital with life threatening injuries. Around 11:30pm Thursday night, police responded to an apartment complex at 3700 East Brookstown Drive where a man was found lying in the parking lot... (More)

Updated: 5:42 PM 5/18/2012

KING OF PRUSSIA - A railroad engineer near Philadelphia has been killed by a roll of newsprint that fell out of a boxcar and crushed him. Officials say the death occurred Friday morning at a plant that produces the Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News. A newspaper company spokesman says the... (More)

Updated: 5:22 PM 5/18/2012

BATON ROUGE - Police arrested three people in connection with a deadly shooting in north Baton Rouge. Cpl. L'Jean Mckneely said detectives arrested Carzel Robertson, 21, Jerrid Davis, 17, and Keymah Hills, 17, in connection with the shooting yesterday on McClelland Drive. Mckneely said Robertson and another man... (More)

Updated: 4:16 PM 5/18/2012

NEW YORK - After all the hype, Facebook's first day as a public company ended where it began. In its much-anticipated debut on the Nasdaq Stock Market, Facebook's stock closed Friday at $38.23, up 23 cents. It had been priced at $38 per share on Thursday night. After an anxiety-filled... (More)

Updated: 3:51 PM 5/18/2012

BATON ROUGE - LSU sophomore Kevin Gausman threw his second straight complete game, limiting South Carolina to five hits and two runs in the Tigers' 5-2 victory.

Jordy Snikeris went 2-4 with 3 RBI, including a two-run homer in the ninth inning. Mason Katz went 2-5 with an RBI on his solo shot.

With the win, LSU (41-13, 18-10) pulled into a first place tie with Kentucky for the overall SEC lead.

Watch WBRZ News 2 at 6:00 for the highlights.

Updated: 3:08 PM 5/18/2012

LUBBOCK, Texas - A winner has been chosen by a coin toss in a Texas city council election. Bruce MacNair won Friday's flip that decided the race between him and Bryan Studer. The two had agreed to have a coin toss decide the contest for a seat on the Wolfforth... (More)

Updated: 2:49 PM 5/18/2012

NEW ORLEANS - Saints general manager Mickey Loomis says he isn't taking any of Drew Brees' recent complaints about slow contract negotiations personally. Loomis says the star quarterback's next contract is going to have a significant effect on the team for a long time, so it has to be... (More)

Updated: 2:48 PM 5/18/2012

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer's foundering bid to run for president as an independent candidate has taken another significant hit. Roemer had hoped to get the nomination of Americans Elect, a nonpartisan group pushing for a third-party candidate. But Americans Elect shut down its efforts... (More)

Updated: 2:32 PM 5/18/2012

JACKSON - Authorities say robbery appears to be the motive of a suspect in a pair of killings that frightened motorists in northwestern Mississippi. Tunica County Sheriff K.C. Hamp said Friday that 28-year-old James D. Willie was arrested after the investigation of an alleged rape turned up evidence linking him... (More)