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Tips to avoid Thanksgiving fire hazards Play Video
November 21, 2012 4:04 PM
BATON ROUGE - Nationwide, Turkey Day can be a dangerous day, even if you never leave your home. Thousands of fires are reported every year on Thanksgiving Day, most caused by cooking. One of the major hazards includes frying turkeys. Firefighters in Baton Rouge had these important points... more » -
How to protect your home
December 21, 2010 4:57 PM
BATON ROUGE - Recent crime and home invasions during the holidays have many people questioning how to better protect their home. Our Home Depot "How To" expert, David Stringfellow gives us tips on how to keep your home safe with less than $100. One of the most important ways... more » -
Man indicted in theft of 200 fire extinguishers
August 26, 2010 6:37 AM
An employee of the LSU Fire and Emergency Training Institute who is accused of stealing and selling 200 fire extinguishers has been indicted by a Baton Rouge grand jury. William Landry of Albany is charged with one count of felony theft for trying to sell the FEMA-donated fire extinguishers for... more » -
Galvez Middle classrooms vandalized
September 21, 2009 3:18 PM
Update: A fire extinguisher was discharged and graffiti written with permanent marker on whiteboards in several Galvez Middle School classrooms. The vandals broke-in through a window in one of the classrooms according to Johnny Balfontz with the Ascension Parish School Board. A fire extinguisher was discharged in two... more »
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Ascension to hire 50 new teachers
May 23, 2013
GONZALES - Ascension Parish is looking to hire 50 new teachers. The school board is poised to hire the new teachers in an effort... more » -
Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban
May 23, 2013
GRAPEVINE, Texas - The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership votes today on whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks. The roughly 1,400... more » -
Thunderstorms, hail slow Oklahoma tornado cleanup
May 23, 2013
OKLAHOMA CITY - A band of thunderstorms is battering the Oklahoma City area and slowing cleanup operations in the southern suburb where a tornado killed... more » -
Man fatally shot in car on I-10
May 23, 2013
NEW ORLEANS - Homicide detectives in New Orleans are investigating a fatal shooting this morning on Interstate 10. Officers responded around 4:45 a.m.... more » -
Obama to speak about national security
May 23, 2013
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is likely to talk about the need for greater transparency in U.S. drone strikes when he delivers a speech this... more »
