• Top Story

    Hospital warns some patient information missing

    Updated: 6:36 PM 5/18/2012

    BATON ROUGE - Officials with Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center warned patients today that some of their personal information may have been compromised after a laptop went missing. The computer vanished from a physician's office sometime in March. The information on it was being used to conduct a... (More)
  • National News

    Railroad worker crushed by paper

    Railroad worker crushed by paper

    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.

  • National News

    G-8 protesters predict peaceful behavior

    G-8 protesters predict peaceful behavior

    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. 

  • Local News

    Recent LSU and Southern grads find jobs in sought-after careers

    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)
  • Local News

    Livingston Parish schools facing $4.5M hole

    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)
  • Local News

    Budget cut criticisms don't scare temporary LSU system leader

    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)
  • LSU Sports

    Tigers take another early 1-0 lead

    Tigers take another early 1-0 lead

    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.

  • Local News

    Baton Rouge Police investigate three shootings

    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)
  • National News

    Worker crushed by roll of newsprint

    Worker crushed by roll of newsprint

    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)
  • Local News

    Three arrested in McLelland Dr. shooting

    Three arrested in McLelland Dr. shooting

    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)
  • National News

    Facebook falls flat in public debut

    Facebook falls flat in public debut

    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)
  • LSU Sports

    Gausman throws second straight complete game in LSU win

    Gausman throws second straight complete game in LSU win

    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.

  • Local News

    Coin toss decides Texas city council election

    Coin toss decides Texas city council election

    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)
  • Saints

    Loomis won't take Brees' comments personally

    Loomis won't take Brees' comments personally

    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)
  • Local News

    Roemer fails to get Americans Elect nomination

    Roemer fails to get Americans Elect nomination

    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)
  • National News

    Motive in Mississippi highway shootings

    Motive in Mississippi highway shootings

    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)

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