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• 'He got his arm because of the Baton Rouge community,' capital area raises money for teen's bionic arm Play Video

  November 27, 2025 3:41 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A 15-year-old is thanking the Baton Rouge community for raising the money needed to purchase him a bionic arm. John Francis is like many teens his age. He likes video games like Minecraft and Guild Wars, activities like Taekwondo and riding bikes and playing instruments like... more »

• Report: Wisconsin woman suffers second-degree burns after Fitbit explodes

  April 24, 2017 3:51 PM

  WISCONSIN – A Wisconsin woman's Fitbit fitness tracker exploded while she was wearing it, resulting in second-degree burns on her arm, ABC News reported. Dina Mithell said she owned her Fitbit Flex 2 for two weeks when the fitness tracking device allegedly caught fire on her arm while reading... more »

• Severed arm found in canal along I-10 east near LaPlace

  January 5, 2017 1:43 PM

  LAPLACE – The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating the discovery of a severed arm found near the Reserve Canal along I-10 east near LaPlace. Deputies were called to the waterway on Dec. 29 around 8:30 a.m. after receiving a report from a fisherman who found the... more »