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• Barricades going up at infamous Baton Rouge overpass amid efforts to drive away vagrants

  August 16, 2023 5:31 PM

  BATON ROUGE - This week, crews with DOTD are building a barricade beneath an I-10 overpass well-known for drugs and its omnipresent panhandlers. WBRZ was at the overpass on Siegen Lane as the state workers put up metal gates blocking off the median beneath the interstate, a space regularly... more »

• Three south Louisiana men injured in North Carolina plane crash Play Video

  June 20, 2022 5:27 PM

  TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N.C. - A group of men from Louisiana, including a businessman from Baton Rouge, were involved in a plane crash near Asheville, NC. Thursday. The men, who are alive and recovering in the hospital, have been identified as Jeffrey Trufant, Sean Harrison and Michael Franco. Franco... more »

• New summer camp aims to educate through sports Play Video

  May 3, 2021 8:48 PM

  ST. FRANCISVILLE - A new summer camp is coming to schools in West Feliciana Parish to help motivate students to get back to learning after being cooped during the pandemic. "With the pandemic, our kids have been through so much," West Feliciana School Superintendent, Hollis Milton said. The... more »

• Deputies search for missing trailer; last seen at Central church Play Video

  May 23, 2020 3:42 PM

  CENTRAL - The City of Central is asking for assistance in locating a camp trailer owned by the Boy Scouts of America Troop 13. The trailer was stolen earlier this week when it was stationed at Blackwater United Methodist, an affiliate of the BSA-Troop 13. Inside the trailer is... more »

• BREC offering virtual and on-site summer camp options for 2020

  May 21, 2020 1:42 PM

  BATON ROUGE - If you're looking to keep your kids active during the summer but worried about COVID-19, BREC summer camps is offering a safe option you can consider. Kids will be able to play it safe for Summer 2020 with BREC's virtual summer camp! The various summer... more »

• Surveillance video shows man stealing equipment intended for disabled children's fundraiser Play Video

  September 20, 2017 6:18 PM

  GEISMAR - A man is caught on camera taking items from a business, having no idea those items were meant to be used for a jambalaya event benefiting the Muscular Dystrophy Association. It happened September 10 around 4 p.m. Surveillance video shows a man walk into MasterVac on Highway... more »

• Saints to hold 2017 training camp at practice facility in Metairie

  February 9, 2017 5:16 PM

  NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Saints will hold their annual training camp this summer at the team's practice facility in Metairie, Saints General Manager and Executive Vice President Mickey Loomis announced. The Saints held the first phase of their past three training camps at the Greenbrier in White... more »

• Elementary students in Port Allen to participate in NFL Saints camp

  January 30, 2017 12:53 PM

  PORT ALLEN – Cohn Elementary students in Port Allen will get the opportunity to participate in the NFL New Orleans Saints/ Gatorade Junior Training Camp on Friday, Feb. 3. The program targets third, fourth and fifth graders and focuses on getting more children playing the game of football, while... more »

• Ponchatoula man dead after camp fire on Tangipahoa River

  January 24, 2016 6:34 PM

  LEE’S LANDING – Investigators believe a wood burning stove was the cause of a deadly fire at a camp on the Tangipahoa River that left one man dead and one woman with burns. State and local fire investigators responded to a fire at a camp on the Tangipahoa River... more »