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  • Emmylou Harris charged with hit-and-run in LA

    January 30, 2013 3:15 PM

    LOS ANGELES- Los Angeles prosecutors have charged country star Emmylou Harris with misdemeanor hit-and-run related to an accident last year. The Grammy-winning singer was charged Wednesday for failing to exchange information with a driver whose car she hit on a freeway on Oct. 1. A criminal complaint filed in Beverly... more »
  • Saints place rookie RT Bryce Harris on IR

    November 28, 2012 10:18 AM

    METAIRIE - Saints assistant head coach Joe Vitt says the club has placed rookie right tackle Bryce Harris on injured reserve, ending his season. Harris made his first start against San Francisco on Sunday, but left in the first quarter with a broken bone in his right leg. ... more »
  • Sharlo shooting leaves police searching for clues Play Video

    April 16, 2012 6:21 PM

    BATON ROUGE- Police are still looking for answers after investigators found Brandon Harris, 29, shot to death near Tigerland this weekend. The shooting happened on the 1430 block of Sharlo Avenue just after 2 a.m. Sunday morning. "We heard three distinct slow shots, and they even said, I'm... more »
  • Suspect in Gibbs murder arrested in Texas

    March 5, 2012 5:25 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Texas Southern University Police arrested the suspect in the murder of former Southern running back Silas Gibbs Monday. Police took Walter Jerome Fort, 22, into custody in Houston after a tip led them to a campus bus stop where Fort was sitting. Fort initially... more »
  • Tulane professor lands show on MSNBC

    January 6, 2012 7:01 AM

    NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Tulane University political science professor Melissa Harris-Perry's frequent appearances on MSNBC have paid off. The cable news network said Thursday that she is joining the team and will host her own talk show every Saturday and Sunday, beginning Feb. 4. Harris-Perry, an author and frequent guest... more »
  • Former Baton Rouge man in federal custody

    December 6, 2011 3:15 AM

    BATON ROUGE - A man who faked his own death 16 years ago is now in federal custody. Milton Windsor Harris, 67, appeared Friday before a U.S. Magistrate in Baton Rouge. U.S. Attorney Don Cazayoux Jr. says Harris was apprehended in Northern Ireland earlier this year. Harris... more »
  • Greg Harris convicted of manslaughter

    April 9, 2011 10:42 PM

    BATON ROUGE- It took jurors three and a half hours to convict Greg Harris of manslaughter at district court this evening. Harris killed his wife, Chiquita Tate, in her downtown law office more than two years ago. Though, it was a verdict that drew disappointment from both sides of... more »
  • Defense rests in Harris murder trial

    April 8, 2011 5:45 PM

    BATON ROUGE- After weeks of testimony the defense in the Greg Harris murder trial rested its case in District Court this morning. Before doing so, though, defense attorney Lewis Unglesby introduced several key witnesses to the stand, including Dr. Alfredo Suarez, a forensic pathologist at Earl K. Long Hospital. ... more »
  • Prosecutors call tape "smoking gun"

    April 6, 2011 5:54 PM

    BATON ROUGE- Prosecutors called a piece of evidence played in court for the high profile murder trial of a Baton Rouge attorney a "smoking gun" today. The interrogation tape played for jurors shows Greg Harris admitting he was in the Gardere area the night Tate was murdered. Tate's... more »
  • Investigator: Crime of Passion

    April 2, 2011 6:44 PM

    BATON ROUGE- The lead investigator in the murder case against Greg Harris said in court he thought the murder was a crime of passion, citing the number of stab wounds and the fact that nothing of extreme value was missing from the law office. "These guys they get a... more »
  • Witnesses take stand in Harris murder trial

    March 26, 2011 6:51 PM

    BATON ROUGE- Prosecutor Prem Burns brought several witnesses to the stand in the second day of the murder trial of Greg Harris. Harris is accused of killing his wife, Chaquita Tate, in her downtown law office. Burns introduced Lessie Hookfin early in the morning to jurors. Hookfin was Tate's... more »
  • Witnesses, BRPD at odds over fatal shooting

    March 7, 2011 6:47 PM

    BATON ROUGE - An internal investigation continues into what exactly happened early Sunday morning when a Baton Rouge Police officer shot and killed a driver at a nightclub near Cortana Mall. Early Sunday morning, BRPD officers at Insomnia took Ryan Dominique into custody for resisting arrest and reckless operation... more »
  • Police say interrogation tactics helped solve "Good Samaritan" shooting

    February 14, 2011 10:30 PM

    Police say the latest developments in the case of "Good Samaritan" Charlie Cangelosi are the last developments as three people are put behind bars for shooting him. Police say good detective work cracked the case, and that includes interrogation tactics that sometimes lead suspects to point the finger at... more »
  • Face behind Facebook

    February 9, 2011 10:53 PM

    BATON ROUGE- People across the Capital City have embraced Facebook in their daily lives and now the social networking website has caught the eyes of the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank. Chelsea Harris is the ‘Face behind Facebook’ at the Food Bank and she’s bringing a little bit of herself... more »
  • Thibodaux man accused of raping 11-year-old relative

    August 23, 2010 11:49 AM

    A Thibodaux man is behind bars after he was accused of raping an 11-year-old boy. According to the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office the boy’s mother filed a complaint with them Saturday afternoon. Investigators say she told them the suspect, 46-year-old Gregory Harris, was a family member and had sexually abused... more »

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