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• Woman in anti-smoking PSA says her daughter helped her kick the habit Play Video

  May 8, 2013 5:45 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Pictures are all that Tiffany Roberson has left of her mother, who died from lung cancer when Tiffany was just 16. "She missed out on, of course, senior prom, my high school and college. She missed out on the birth of my daughter," she told News... more »

• Senate rejects caps on free tuition through TOPS

  April 25, 2013 3:04 PM

  BATON ROUGE- An attempt to control the costs of Louisiana's free college tuition program known as TOPS, by establishing a cap on awards, has been rejected by the Senate Education Committee. Legislation to place limits on the popular free tuition program are killed year after year in the Legislature. ... more »

• Dentists accept smiles as payment from patients Play Video

  March 15, 2013 3:52 PM

  DENHAM SPRINGS - People started camping out around 5 a.m. in Denham Springs, not for a new phone or game tickets but for free dental work. David Borne was one of the first in line for the free procedures. "My teeth were bothering me and I didn't have... more »

• Free dental work offered today

  March 15, 2013 10:55 AM

  DENHAM SPRINGS - Dentists from Livingston Parish and Baton Rouge gathered together today to provide free work for people in need. Patients can get one free filling, extraction or cleaning on a first-come, first-served basis. The event, part of a nationwide movement called "Dentistry from the Heart," was... more »

• Beach Boys to headline free pre-bowl concert

  November 30, 2012 10:44 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - The Beach Boys and English rock band Bad Company are headlining a free concert the night before next month's New Orleans Bowl game. It'll be The Beach Boys' second show in New Orleans this year. The "Good Vibrations" Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band performed at... more »

• Sandy victims to get free gasoline from feds

  November 3, 2012 10:12 AM

  NEW YORK- People here recovering from Superstorm Sandy will receive free gas, on the Federal Government's dime. Gasoline will be distributed with a 10-gallon per-person limit. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday morning that the U.S. Department of Defense will set up emergency mobile fuel stations around... more »

• Builders start on wounded Army vet's home Play Video

  August 2, 2012 5:02 PM

  PRARIEVILLE- Builders started work today on a house for an army veteran wounded in Afghanistan. The Prarieville home won't cost him a penny. Corporal Jeffery Argrave says he needs a pinch to make sure this is real. "This isn't me, this is like a paranormal dimension," Argrave said.... more »

• Free, confidential HIV testing in Baton Rouge today

  June 27, 2012 4:42 PM

  BATON ROUGE - It's National HIV Testing Day, and the Baton Rouge AIDS Society wants to provide the opportunity for people to take part. The society is offering free and confidential testing until midnight tonight. It's the eighth year they have held the testing, and their goal is to... more »

• BR General offering free skin cancer screenings Play Video

  June 6, 2012 9:37 AM

  Baton Rouge General's Pennington Cancer Center is sponsoring a free skin cancer screening tomorrow at the Bluebonnet campus. Doctors will be conducting skin screenings and information on sun safety will also be provided. Registration is required. Call 763-4281 to make an appointment or visit http://www.brgeneral.org for more... more »

• St. Tammany to offer free microchips for pets

  June 1, 2012 6:41 AM

  COVINGTON- The St. Tammany Parish Department of Animal Services is offering free microchipping of dogs and cats on Saturday. Animal Services will chip up to four animals per resident. Proof of residency is required. Officials said in a news release that using the technology and keeping registration current is the... more »

• Hurricane supplies tax-free this weekend in La. Play Video

  May 24, 2012 2:06 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's tax-free holiday for people to get ready for hurricane season is this weekend. The Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday runs this Saturday and Sunday, May 26 and 27. During the annual two-day holiday, the state sales tax is waived on the first $1,500 of... more »

• Ex-bondsman charged in plot to free defendants

  April 17, 2012 5:49 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - A former New Orleans bail bondsman has been charged with conspiring with a former employee of the Orleans Parish sheriff's office to illegally release criminal defendants from the sheriff's custody without a judge's authorization. A federal court filing Tuesday claims 56-year-old Willie J. Irons Jr. paid Gilishia... more »

• Man convicted in deaths to go free

  March 28, 2012 7:45 AM

  AMITE - Officials say Brandon Franklin of New Orleans, tried on charges of shooting two men and then burning their bodies during a 2007 drug deal in Tangipahoa Parish, has been sentenced to five years in prison. His defense attorney says Franklin was given credit for the four years and... more »

• Jimmy Buffet, Kiss and Black Keys free concert in NO

  March 20, 2012 10:25 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - Jimmy Buffet, Kiss and the Black Keys are scheduled to give free concerts in New Orleans the weekend of the NCAA Men's Final Four. They're appearing in the league's annual "The Big Dance Concert" series which will be held this year in Woldenberg Park. Kiss... more »

• Feds investigating Nagin travel, family business

  February 10, 2012 4:22 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - People with direct knowledge of the investigation say federal authorities are looking into longstanding questions about free trips and gratuities that former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin allegedly accepted while in office. The people told The Associated Press on Friday that authorities also are investigating how... more »

• Cee-Lo Green, Neville Brothers to perform free in New Orleans

  January 5, 2012 2:36 PM

  NEW ORLEANS- Monday night's BCS National Championship, pitting LSU against Alabama, is more than just the football game. Two evenings of free concerts cap an all-day fan fest in the parking lot of Jax Brewery near Jackson Square. Cee-Lo Green, known for his hit song "Forget You," headlines a concert... more »

• Pratt can remain free on bail pending appeal

  December 16, 2011 3:14 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge has ruled that a former Louisiana lawmaker can remain free on bond while she appeals her conviction and sentence for plotting to loot more than $1 million from taxpayer-funded charities. U.S. District Judge Ivan Lemelle's ruling Thursday says former state Rep. Renee Gill Pratt... more »

• Livingston council faces insurance premium bump

  November 30, 2011 10:59 AM

  LIVINGSTON - Livingston Parish government faces a 13.8 percent increase in health insurance premiums in order to continue providing free health care for its workers and their families. A Parish Council committee voted 3-0 Tuesday to recommend that the full council pay the increase rather than switching to a... more »

• Folks pack River Center for holiday meal Play Video

  November 24, 2011 5:51 PM

  BATON ROUGE - 1,500 hungry folks packed the River Center Thursday morning for the Thanksgiving meal, provided by Holiday Helpers. That's the highest number the organization has seen since it first began serving lunch in 1987. 25 years later, and the meal is still the same: turkey, ham, cornbread... more »

• DHH offers free HIV tests at Bayou Classic

  November 22, 2011 3:02 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - Bayou Classic fans are being encouraged to take a free HIV test while in New Orleans for the annual football matchup between arch rivals Southern University and Grambling State. The game between the two predominantly black colleges will be played Saturday at the Superdome. Kickoff... more »

• Man released from prison after wrongly jailed for 30 years

  October 21, 2011 11:58 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- A man was released from Angola State Penitentiary this morning after being cleared of a rape conviction that kept him behind bars for nearly 30 years. Henry James, now 50, was convicted and sentenced to life without parole on May 7, 1982. JenDe O'Keefe Trigg, managing director... more »

• Free admission to LSU's first basketball game

  October 13, 2011 2:41 PM

  BATON ROUGE - LSU's season opening basketball game against Nicholls State in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on Nov. 12 will be open to the public free of charge. The game is part of the second-ever basketball-football doubleheader on the LSU campus as LSU will have its homecoming football... more »

• Newly freed, newly wed, Edwards to celebrate 84th

  July 30, 2011 10:14 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- Weeks after ending his federal detention, and a day after getting married for the third time, former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards continues his return to the public eye in New Orleans with a weekend news conference, book signing and "roast" to celebrate his upcoming 84th birthday. Saturday's... more »

• 5-year-old girl gets free flight to rehab hospital

  July 11, 2011 4:44 PM

  BATON ROUGE- A family's wish was granted today when their five-year-old girl got a free flight to a rehab hospital in Chicago, in order to get treatment for a severe spine injury. Sianna Paddie held her teddy bear close as she was lifted onto an AirMed airplane. Today was... more »

• La. free fishing weekend scheduled June 11-2

  May 7, 2011 9:58 AM

  BATON ROUGE- The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission says June 11-12 will be a free fishing weekend for people who don't have recreational fishing licenses. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries education manager John Sturgis said Friday that it's is meant to encourage licensed recreational fishermen to introduce others to... more »

• Free HIV tests for fans at Bayou Classic

  November 24, 2010 2:07 PM

  Bayou Classic fans will be able to get a little more than a football game in New Orleans on Saturday. The state health department is giving free tests for the AIDS virus. It's part of a daylong health fair outside the Superdome, where Southern and Grambling will be... more »

• LSU instructor asks to teach for free

  November 3, 2010 4:50 PM

  BATON ROUGE - An instructor in the Russian department at LSU has been given the go-ahead to teach her Russian class next semester for free. The class would have been lost due to budget cuts at LSU, but the instructor asked to be able to teach the course without compensation.... more »

• Thibodaux man arrested after flinging fast food

  October 29, 2010 1:07 PM

  THIBODAUX, La. - Police arrested a man in Thibodaux last night after they said he demanded free food at a fast food restaurant he used to work at, then made it himself when workers refused. 25-year-old Terrance Shepard faces charges of disturbing the peace and remaining after forbidden from the... more »

• Tax free weekend for hunters starts today

  September 3, 2010 4:57 PM

  If you like the outdoors, this weekend is your chance to stock up on items you need. The second annual tax free weekend for hunters started today and continues through Sunday. Retailers are offering everything from guns and ammo to clothing and ATV's with no taxes. Bowie Outfitters said... more »

• Volunteers organize free clinic in New Orleans this week

  August 30, 2010 10:26 AM

  People without health insurance can get the care they need at a free clinic in New Orleans this week. The National Association of Free Clinics is holding a large medical clinic for the uninsured this Tuesday and Wednesday, August 31 and September 1, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.... more »

• Medical relief events to mark Katrina anniversary

  August 26, 2010 5:20 AM

  Free medical, vision, and dental services will be provided for residents in Orleans, Jefferson, and St. Bernard parishes this weekend. The free services will be available Friday through Sunday, beginning at 6 a.m. each day at the Taylor Center/Park in New Orleans. The services being offered during the three-day... more »

• Free tuition offered at state technical college

  August 23, 2010 5:46 PM

  Dozens of students won't have to worry about how to pay for school in Iberville Parish. That's because Capital Area Technical College Westside Campus offered free tuition to some students this semester. For a handful of students who transferred from Ascension College, free tuition was a blessing. Many didn't... more »

• 2-day free clinic in N.O. for uninsured

  August 20, 2010 5:10 AM

  A doctors' group that examined more than 1,000 uninsured patients in one day last year at the New Orleans convention center is coming back for two days of free clinics. The National Association of Free Clinics is sponsoring the event Aug. 31-Sept. 1. Executive Director Nicole Lamoureux says it's not... more »

• Free concert to benefit wetlands, fishermen

  August 19, 2010 5:06 AM

  Nationally-recognized and locally-based country musicians will share the stage at a free concert to benefit Louisiana fishermen and the wetlands. The free concert will feature several artists including Jamie O'Neal, Joe Diffie, Doug Stone, Sammy Kershaw, Jo-El Sonnier and David St. Romain. It will be held at Fort Jackson in... more »

• La. shrimpers reporting clean 1st day catch

  August 17, 2010 5:48 AM

  Commercial shrimpers in the Gulf of Mexico say the first catch since the oil spill was plentiful and free of oil. The new season opened amid anxiety over whether the catch will be tainted by crude and whether anyone will buy it even if it is clean. Louisiana ranks first... more »

• Shaq negotiating deal with the Celtics

  August 3, 2010 6:30 PM

  A source knowledgeable of negotians between former Cleveland Cavalier Shaquille O'Neal and the Boston Celtics says the Celtics are making progress on a deal that would land Shaq in Boston. O'Neal says he would rather retire than play internationally and is searching for a contract from a team that... more »

• Sources say LeBron favors Miami

  July 8, 2010 4:28 PM

  Though the world does not officially know what jersey LeBron James will sport in the fall yet, sources are reporting that "King" James is leaning toward the Miami Heat. James is set to make his big announcment on ESPN tonight at 8 p.m. in a one-hour special called "The... more »

• Wade and Bosh to Miami

  July 7, 2010 12:43 PM

  NBA superstars Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh announced that they will team up and sign with the Miami Heat. Although they are both expected to get the maximum amount of money allowable under the league's collective bargaining agreement, contracts cannot be signed until Thursday. With the possible addition of... more »

• Imagination Movers' free concert to air on Disney

  May 12, 2010 5:18 AM

  Hometown fans of the Imagination Movers will get the chance to see them at a free concert next month that will be broadcast on the Disney Channel for the group's first-ever television special. Officials say tickets for the June 6 event at Lakefront Arena were distributed last Saturday in under... more »

• Lafayette gets ready for annual festival

  April 19, 2010 7:59 AM

  Lafayette is getting ready for the annual Festival International de Louisiana which returns to downtown Thursday through Sunday. There will be an increased focus on children's activities Saturday and Sunday. New technology will also help you keep up with this year's musical lineup with a free Festival International iPhone application. more »

• Go green for free

  March 28, 2010 10:28 AM

  A nonprofit hurricane recovery organization is giving away free tree seedlings today. The seedlings vary from several inches to two feet long with roots and include live oak, red oak, red maple and bald cypress. All the trees are Native to Louisiana. The Arbor Day Foundation donated the... more »

• 2 Your Health for Jan. 26

  January 27, 2010 5:41 PM

  A needle recall and free ways to get healthy are discussed in this 2 Your Health report. more »

• Holden free on bond

  January 4, 2010 3:01 PM

  Less than a week after being arrested for threatening to expose her six-year affair with a married man, in exchange for money, Evelyn Holden is out of jail. Holden, who is the sister of Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden, bonded out Monday morning. In addition to her arrest,... more »

• Beautiful Black Girls have fashion show to raise money

  November 24, 2009 6:44 AM

  Beautiful Black Girls, Inc. is a group of women who reach out to young girls and teach them to be strong, positive people for free. Frances Farlow joined Whitney Vann with more on what they do. "Beautiful, Radiant Gems and Jewels" Fashion Show Southern University in the Smith-Brown Memorial... more »

• 2 Your Health for Nov. 13

  November 13, 2009 5:41 PM

  This 2 Your Health report includes information about a free health clinic in New Orleans, pieces of trash found in drug vials, laser therapy that may help with chronic neck pain, a technique to re-grow breast tissue and the number of smokers in the U.S. more »

• Mayor's Neighborhood Expo

  November 5, 2009 5:24 AM

  The Mayor's Neighborhood Expo will present information on services available to the public. Workshops and Presentations Presented By: Department of Public Works, Baton Rouge Police Department, Mayor's Office, Parish Attorney's Office and the City-Parish Planning Commission To find out more Expo information please call 389-3100 or email expo@brgov.com Mayor's... more »

• Free flu shots for seniors at Baton Rouge General

  September 25, 2009 3:38 PM

  WBRZ and the Baton Rouge General will provide Flu Shots For Seniors at Baton Rouge General Medical Center's two locations over a two-week period. Flu shots will be available from 7 am until noon in Baton Rouge. The Mid City campus, located at 3600 Florida Boulevard, will give shots... more »