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• Dumping further troubles street already closed for repairs Play Video

  April 15, 2024 4:02 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Piles of trash are accumulating along Greenwell Street under I-110 in Baton Rouge and some fed-up homeowners called 2 On Your Side. It's an area of the city that Savannah Perry says is being taken advantage of by illegal dumpers. It could be that the people... more »

• Neighbor upset over blight, contacts 2 On Your Side for clean sweep Play Video

  April 26, 2022 4:45 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A blighted property on River Road near West Roosevelt Street has become a dumping ground and a place for people to rummage through junk. Jackie Williams lives next door and says she has been in touch with the City-Parish about the condition of the lot since... more »

• Police investigating dead body found in dumpster on Bard Avenue

  February 28, 2021 10:12 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Baton Rouge Police are currently investigating a body found on the 11000 block of Bard Ave. Sunday morning. Authorities say a caller reported a body found and when police arrived at the scene, they discovered a corpse in a dumpster around 7:40 a.m. The cause... more »

• Overnight mail dump caught on home security camera Play Video

  August 13, 2020 10:01 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Mick Dubuis and his neighbors were sound asleep early Thursday when a sedan moved through his cul-de-sac. Just before 3 a.m., a passenger dropped mail out the window of the car before driving away. Dubuis saw the mess when he got up and went out... more »

• Dozens of used tires dumped in flood victim's backyard Play Video

  June 21, 2018 4:34 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A flood victim, who is waiting to rebuild her Park Forest home, recently discovered a mess dumped in her backyard. Demetra DeRouen says she has no idea who turned her property into a dumping ground. There are at least 70 used tires that were left on... more »

• Business owner fed up with trash pile in local shopping center Play Video

  March 21, 2018 6:40 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A tenant at a Baton Rouge shopping center is tired of looking at a large pile of trash that's been growing next to his business for months. There's so much trash, it doesn't all fit in the dumpster, picked up by Waste Management every Friday. It's... more »

• Utility trailer sitting outside house for years finally removed Play Video

  December 21, 2017 7:16 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Frances Watson tells 2 On Your Side she's been looking at a dump outside her house for the last year and a half. The problem is feet from her driveway and Watson says she's tired of looking at it. "No one really looks at it... more »

• Overturned sewage truck closes Highway 74 in Ascension Parish

  August 16, 2017 3:39 PM

  PRAIRIEVILLE - Authorities say an overturned sewage truck caused blockage on Highway 74 in Ascension Parish Wednesday. The crash occurred on Highway 74 between Bluff Road and Highway 30 around 2 p.m. Wednesday. The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office says a man was taken from the scene with non life-threatening... more »

• Gunfire outside Sorrento landfill escalates environmental fight Play Video

  January 17, 2017 12:32 AM

  SORRENTO- As workers entered the BFI Colonial Landfill on Highway 70 Monday morning, witnesses say a woman shot her gun in the air after yelling at them. A short time later Ascension Parish Sheriff deputies arrested Genie LeBlanc, 62, charging her with a misdemeanor offense. LeBlanc was on her... more »

• Tricky fix after truck crashes on bridge with rickety history Play Video

  March 1, 2016 10:50 PM

  ST. FRANCISVILLE - A tricky situation for crews to deal with Tuesday after a truck damaged a bridge then flipped over in a rural part of St. Francisville. The bridge has a rickety history and has been the focus of past WBRZ reports. The accident happened on the Island Road... more »