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• Entergy lineworker rushes to help mom rescue choking child

  June 29, 2022 12:08 PM

  TANGIPAHOA PARISH - An Entergy worker raced to help when he saw a woman trying to stop her child from choking. According to new details Entergy released Tuesday, Jacob Crawford and a co-worker were on their way back from a job when they saw a car stop abruptly and... more »

• Heroic dog credited with saving sick baby's life

  December 16, 2021 6:01 PM

  HARTFORD, Ct. - An 8-year-old Boston terrier is being lauded as a hero for saving the life of his 9-month-old human sister. Jeff and Kelly Dowling told ABC News that their dog, named Henry, began acting strangely Tuesday night. He repeatedly headbutted his way into the baby's nursery to... more »

• 101-year-old WWII veteran from Baton Rouge awarded Purple Heart decades later Play Video

  June 27, 2021 4:30 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A national hero from Louisiana was honored with the prestigious Purple Heart decades after he overcame several injuries to fight in the D-Day invasion. Baton Rouge native Johnnie Jones was finally honored Saturday, 77 years after he was wounded in Normandy during World War II. ... more »

• Zachary cemetery cancels annual Memorial Day Service due to virus pandemic Play Video

  May 24, 2020 11:50 PM

  ZACHARY - A handful of people visit the Port Hudson National Cemetery around this time because of the big Memorial Day Ceremony they hold every year . Visitors like Rosia Hutchinson of Baton Rouge and her daughter visit the cemetery every Memorial Day because they have several relatives buried there.... more »

• 'Suspicious' overnight fire sends Central firefighter to hospital

  July 20, 2019 12:12 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A late-night house fire near North Sherwood Forest Drive sent a firefighter to the hospital. Central Fire Department says they received reports of the blaze on the 4300 block of Fort Myers Drive around 11:48 p.m. Friday night. Once crews arrived on scene they found the... more »

• Black History Month: Ernest Gaines Play Video

  February 25, 2019 12:27 AM

  OSCAR - The first printing press came to Louisiana through New Orleans more than 250 years ago in 1764. Since then, Louisiana writers, such as Kate Chopin and Grace King, have put the Cajun and Creole cultures into words but none told the story of people of color. That is... more »

• Good samaritan saves man's life Play Video

  December 8, 2018 11:46 PM

  BATON ROUGE- On average it takes East Baton Rouge EMS five to eight minutes to respond to calls. While that seems fairly quick, sometimes the difference between life and death is mere seconds. For Charles Prather, it's what his neighbors did during those seconds, that he says kept him alive.... more »

• Veteran who helped Las Vegas shooting victims to receive free truck

  October 9, 2017 2:36 PM

  LAS VEGAS - A car dealership is offering a free truck to the Marine veteran who commandeered a vehicle and used it to rush dozens of victims to hospitals during the mass shooting in Las Vegas. A report from the Arizona Republic says 29-year-old Taylor Winston found keys to... more »

• Deputies save suspect from drowning, then arrest him

  August 4, 2017 8:53 PM

  SLIDELL - Deputies in St. Tammany Parish arrested a man after a deputy saved him from drowning in a canal. Officials say detectives in the STPSO Narcotics Task Force were conducting an undercover operation in the parking lot of a restaurant when they saw the suspect in a vehicle... more »

• Deputy killed Saturday was epitome of public servant Play Video

  March 19, 2017 1:54 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Authorities identified the deputy killed in the line of duty late Saturday night as Shawn Anderson. Anderson worked out of the Kleinpeter substation and was a 1992 graduate of Baker High School. A year ago, Anderson was highlighted by the Baton Rouge newspaper The Advocate... more »

• WATCH: Hero Central teen gets huge welcome home from hospital Play Video

  December 16, 2016 12:48 PM

  CENTRAL – Daniel Wesley, the teenage hero of a deadly Essen Lane tirade last month, was released from the hospital and got a huge welcome home Friday. "I didn't know this was happening, so it's kinda cool," Wesley said. WBRZ reporter Chris Nakamoto posted video on social media... more »

• Hero teen meets paramedic injured in Essen shooting Play Video

  December 2, 2016 8:06 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Dr. Randall Cornateanu was on his way home from a stressful day of work at our lady of the lake. Seventeen-year-old Daniel Wesley was headed home from the Mall of Louisiana. He'd been shopping for a present for his girlfriend. Within minutes, their world's collided, and their... more »

• Hero student shot helping victim speaks out from hospital bed Play Video

  November 30, 2016 6:53 PM

  BATON ROUGE- A teenager now labeled a hero who stopped to help a woman who was dumped on the side of the road is speaking out from his hospital bed after he was shot twice by the gunman who killed her. Daniel Wesley, 17, recalled the gunman Terrell Walker... more »

• St. Amant native killed on duty as Shreveport cop memorialized on bridge today

  October 22, 2016 12:09 PM

  SHREVEPORT - A St. Amant native who was killed in the line of duty as a Shreveport Police officer last year will be memorialized in namesake on a bridge that crosses Lake Bistineau. Thomas LaValley was killed in August 2015 after being shot multiple times after answering a call... more »

• WATCH: Incredible video shows WBRZ news crew rescuing woman from burning car Play Video

  August 30, 2016 12:24 PM

  DENHAM SPRINGS - A WBRZ photographer and other good Samaritans helped rescue a woman from a burning car on Highway 63 Tuesday morning. A 21-year-old woman, 7-months pregnant was driving on Highway 63 near Highway 444 when she apparently lost control, ran off the road and crashed into trees... more »

• La. troopers killed in the line of duty

  May 9, 2016 5:57 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Tuesday, State Police will add two names to a memorial of State Troopers who have been killed in the line of duty. Twenty-nine troopers have died while serving the people of Louisiana since the department formed in 1922. Tuesday, the names of Steven J. Vincent and... more »

• Train hero missed college rampage due to TV show

  October 2, 2015 4:01 PM

  ROSEBURG, Ore. - One of three young Americans who stopped a gunman on a Paris-bound train this summer would have been at an Oregon community college where a shooter killed nine people if he had not been rehearsing for ABC's "Dancing With the Stars." ABC News reported Friday that... more »