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  • US stock markets open higher

    April 10, 2013 9:11 AM

    NEW YORK- Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street, a day after the Dow Jones industrial average closed at its second all-time high in a week. Shortly after the opening bell the Dow Jones industrial average rose 72 points, or 0.5 percent, to 14,744. The Standard & Poor's 500 index... more »
  • Ex-Braves player Jones accused of dragging wife

    December 26, 2012 10:49 AM

    ATLANTA - Police say the wife of former Atlanta Braves star Andruw Jones accused him of dragging her down a staircase, grabbing her neck and saying he wanted to kill her. A police report obtained by The Associated Press says the fight happened around 1:30 a.m. on Christmas Day, after... more »
  • Vols hire Cincinnati's Jones as next coach

    December 7, 2012 10:38 AM

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee has hired Cincinnati's Butch Jones as its next football coach. Jones has a 50-27 record in six seasons as a head coach. He went 27-13 in three seasons at Central Michigan and has gone 23-14 at Cincinnati the last three years. He followed Notre Dame's Brian... more »
  • Ethics board postpones decision on Orange-Jones

    July 20, 2012 2:30 PM

    BATON ROUGE- The state ethics board has deferred a decision on whether state Board Elementary and Secondary Education member Kira Orange-Jones can keep her elected seat and her job as executive director of the New Orleans branch of Teach for America. Alainna Giacone, spokeswoman for the ethics board, said Friday... more »
  • LSU coach Johnny Jones hosts Tiger Cub Camp

    June 26, 2012 8:44 AM

    BATON ROUGE - LSU head basketball coach Johnny Jones continues his 2012 Basketball Camps this morning at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center and the new basketball practice facility. The purpose of the Tiger Cub Camp is to introduce future Tigers to the most basic fundamentals of the game of basketball... more »
  • LSU board approves pay for Jones, Chavis

    June 9, 2012 10:07 AM

    BATON ROUGE- The LSU Board of Supervisors has approved a $1.1 million annual pay package for new basketball coach Johnny Jones and a raise for football defensive coordinator John Chavis that will take his average annual pay to $1.1 million over the next three seasons. The board, which met Friday,... more »
  • LSU Supervisors to discuss coaching contracts, pay raises

    June 5, 2012 12:28 PM

    BATON ROUGE - The LSU Board of Supervisors is set to discuss numerous pay increases for assistant football coaches along with the approval of new Men's Basketball Coach Johnny Jones' contract at their monthly meeting on Friday. Jones' contract runs from April 14, 2012 through June 30, 2017 earning... more »
  • Johnny Jones talks about his plans for LSU basketball

    May 14, 2012 9:55 AM

    BATON ROUGE - Johnny Jones was introduced as LSU's basketball coach on April 16th, and he hasn't stopped working ever since. Jones has rounded out his coaching staff along with his incoming recruiting class. Watch WBRZ Sports 2 at 6:00 and 10:00 for a special two-part interview with... more »
  • Stocks close at highest level since '07

    May 1, 2012 3:28 PM

    NEW YORK - The Dow Jones industrial average is closing at its highest level in more than four years. The fastest growth in U.S. manufacturing in 10 months gave stocks a lift Tuesday. Orders, hiring and production all rose in April. The Dow added 66 points to 13,279, its highest... more »
  • Davy Jones autopsy results

    April 5, 2012 4:28 PM

    WEST PALM BEACH - An autopsy report confirms Monkees star Davy Jones died of a heart attack. The report showed the 66-year-old Jones had severe build-up in his heart's arteries. Toxicology reports came back negative for any signs of drugs in his system other than cannabinoids, a class of drugs... more »
  • Suspect captured in attempted murder of state trooper Play Video

    March 23, 2012 9:51 AM

    BATON ROUGE - Louisiana State Police captured the suspect accused of trying to run over a trooper early Friday morning. Police found Jakarta Carter Jones, 35, at a Baton Rouge motel and was brought in for questioning. Investigators say Jones led a trooper on a chase through the... more »
  • Baton Rouge lawyer suspended for 1 year

    January 26, 2012 7:50 AM

    BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Supreme Court has suspended a former Baton Rouge civil-rights attorney from practicing law for one year and placed him on probation for two years after he refused to return $10,000 to a client who fired him in 2006. The court upheld a recommendation from the... more »
  • 15-year-old charged in Buttonwood Drive slaying

    December 16, 2011 3:45 AM

    BATON ROUGE - The teenager accused in a deadly shooting on North Buttonwood Drive last month has been formally indicted. A grand jury charged 15-year-old Branikin Jones with the second-degree murder of Daylon Wheeler, 16. Jones shot Wheeler at a home in the Glen Oaks Place neighborhood November... more »
  • BR businessman pleads guilty in corruption case

    February 18, 2011 5:28 PM

    NEW ORLEANS - A Baton Rouge man has pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe a former New Orleans city official in a kickback scheme involving contracts for the city's crime surveillance program. Prosecutors say 51-year-old Dwaine Hodges helped a businessman, Mark St. Pierre, funnel payoffs to Anthony Jones, who... more »
  • AG: Man arrested for convincing NC girl to run away

    February 1, 2011 6:05 PM

    DENHAM SPRINGS – Authorities have found a 17-year-old North Carolina girl who’d been missing since last summer in Denham Springs, and arrested the man investigators said convinced her to run away. Authorities arrested 34-year-old William David Jones after they said they found Faith Manuel at his residence in Denham Springs.... more »
  • Former New Orleans official charged in federal court

    December 15, 2010 12:22 PM

    NEW ORLEANS - A former New Orleans city official has been charged in federal court with taking more than $20,000 in payoffs from a businessman who did business with the city. Anthony Jones of New Orleans was the city's chief technology officer during former Mayor Ray Nagin's administration. A bill... more »
  • EBRSO arrests man after vehicle, foot chase

    September 17, 2010 11:04 AM

    Sheriff's deputies have arrested a man in East Baton Rouge after he fled from the in a car, and then on foot. According to Casey Hicks with EBRSO, a tip had been called in early Friday morning from someone who knew where they could find Ben Jones, who was... more »
  • Stolen car police chase

    July 19, 2010 11:39 AM

    A 23-year old Haughton man was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted homicide of a police officer after he ran into two police units. Officers say they were trying to stop a stolen car on La. Hwy 157 Sunday, when Javis Dontreal Jones rammed a deputy's car... more »
  • Chad Jones moved to New York Hospital

    June 29, 2010 10:54 AM

    Former LSU two-sport star, Chad Jones, is headed to a New York hospital, after being seriously hurt in a car crash Friday in New Orleans. The New York Giants rookie safety is being moved to Presbyterian Hospital for plastic surgery and additional orthopedic procedures. Jones underwent nearly eight... more »

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