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• Volunteer firefighters in Ascension Parish rescue dog from drainage box

  August 15, 2025 1:42 PM

  ST. AMANT — Volunteer firefighters rescued a German Shepherd from a drainage box in a St. Amant neighborhood, the department said on Facebook on Friday. The dog was found earlier in the week when the St. Amant and 5th Ward volunteer fire departments were called out to reports of... more »

• Sea turtle hatchlings found at only nesting site in state for third consecutive year Play Video

  October 11, 2024 11:00 AM

  CHALMETTE — Sea turtle hatchlings have been found on the Chandeleur Islands for the third year. On Thursday, the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service announced the 60 loggerhead hatchlings emerging from their nests.... more »

• Firefighter adopting kitten saved from house fire on Ford Street Play Video

  October 11, 2024 9:19 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A kitten has a new home and a dog was saved after a fire on Ford Street Friday morning. The Baton Rouge Fire Department said it was responding to a house fire on Ford Street shortly after 8 a.m.. It was not immediately clear what caused... more »

• Heroic dog credited with saving sick baby's life

  December 16, 2021 6:01 PM

  HARTFORD, Ct. - An 8-year-old Boston terrier is being lauded as a hero for saving the life of his 9-month-old human sister. Jeff and Kelly Dowling told ABC News that their dog, named Henry, began acting strangely Tuesday night. He repeatedly headbutted his way into the baby's nursery to... more »

• LSU Super Fan Colton Moore celebrates Tigers' big win with Coach O

  October 13, 2019 11:32 PM

  BATON ROUGE- LSU super fan Colton Moore's LSU dream is the gift that keeps on giving. After LSU'S big win against undefeated Florida Friday, Colton got a special call from his new best friend, Coach Orgeron. His mom Jennifer Moore posted a picture on Facebook saying Colton's night... more »

• ADORABLE: This little man was born to be an LSU fan

  October 12, 2019 5:32 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Decked out in purple and gold this baby truly beams Tiger Bliss. Emily Cotton and her husband, Jacob posted a picture on Facebook of little Marshall Matthew Cotton. He was born just 8 days ago and he's already got the Tiger spirit. His parents couldn't miss... more »

• Baton Rouge Zoo welcomes adorable baby bongo 'Beignet'

  March 28, 2019 5:05 PM

  BATON ROUGE- BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo has announced the birth of an adorably big-eared baby bongo. The newborn African antelope named Beignet was born on February 24 but is only now making her debut. She is her 5-year-old mother's second bongo. The Baton Rouge Zoo says the bongo's pregnancy... more »

• A Halloween twist on 'Da crane' and the Sunshine Bridge

  October 28, 2018 4:45 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Halloween costumes are always a challenge, to be the goriest of them all or to be cutest but this couple went the wittiest. Nicole Jackson and her husband Ron Jackson got creative this Halloween dressing as a current event. They dressed as the Sunshine bridge and the... more »

• Airport honors service dog with retirement party after 5 years on the job

  June 17, 2017 10:50 PM

  ORLANDO, Fla. - After years on the job, one lucky dog got the retirement party of a lifetime. Gema, a service dog who worked at Orlando International Airport for nearly five years, was feted with a party last week. "We're celebrating the retirement of one of our most... more »

• Boy or Girl? It's a sloth, so we don't know yet

  February 17, 2017 8:55 PM

  HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Zookeepers are waiting for a DNA test to learn whether Hattiesburg Zoo's baby sloth is a boy or a girl. That's because sloths' sex organs are internal. Mammal curator Stephen Taylor says they'll have to send a bit of fur to a lab to learn the gender... more »