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• Cedarcrest Southmoor Elementary dismisses students early after natural gas scare Wednesday

  September 15, 2021 1:48 PM

  BATON ROUGE - An odor briefly forced administrators to clear out a school building in Baton Rouge Wednesday. A spokesperson for the Baton Rouge Fire Department said students at Cedarcrest Southmoor Elementary School were relocated after an employee smelled what seemed to be natural gas. Officials later said it... more »

• Rouses co-owner apologizes for attending Trump rally in Washington

  January 22, 2021 2:53 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Rouses co-owner Donald Rouse Sr. issued a public apology during a radio interview Friday, about two weeks after he was photographed at a pro-Trump protest that ended with rioters inside the U.S. Capitol. Rouse told WBOK in New Orleans that he exercised "poor judgment" in attending... more »

• Firefighter injured while responding to house fire

  February 23, 2020 6:42 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Another vacant house was set on Sunday and a firefighter was injured while working to extinguish it. Around 2:50 p.m., firefighters responded to 2554 Cable Street near 110 Interstate in reference to a house fire. Upon arrival, first responders found the house engulfed in flames... more »

• BRFD seeking information about vacant house purposely set on fire

  February 22, 2020 1:22 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Fire crews responded to a house fire in the 11300 block of Black Oak Drive Friday night. Around 10:30 p.m. the Baton Rouge Fire Department arrived on scene to the property located near N. Sherwood Forest Drive. When officials arrived, the house was engulfed in... more »