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  • Bald eagle euthanized after being found injured at area landfill Play Video

    March 12, 2019 5:46 PM

    BATON ROUGE - A bald eagle had to be euthanized at the LSU Vet School Tuesday after it was found at the parish landfill in poor health and unable to be resuscitated. "It was beautiful... it was sitting on the ground," the animal control agent who found it, Isaac... more »
  • Deputies rummaging through dump after report of someone seeing a bone

    August 22, 2018 11:05 AM

    SORRENTO - What appeared to be a bone caused a stir at the landfill in Ascension Parish Wednesday morning. Sheriff's deputies rushed to the dump on La. 70 south of the Sorrento exit on I-10 around nine o'clock after a worker there found what they believe is a bone.... more »
  • Gunfire outside Sorrento landfill escalates environmental fight Play Video

    January 17, 2017 12:32 AM

    SORRENTO- As workers entered the BFI Colonial Landfill on Highway 70 Monday morning, witnesses say a woman shot her gun in the air after yelling at them. A short time later Ascension Parish Sheriff deputies arrested Genie LeBlanc, 62, charging her with a misdemeanor offense. LeBlanc was on her... more »
  • Residents against landfill expansion in Sorrento Play Video

    January 3, 2017 6:29 PM

    SORRENTO – A controversial landfill is up for discussion in Sorrento Tuesday night. The BFI Colonial Landfill is trying to renew a permit and apply for a football field-sized expansion. However, residents who live close to the landfill are not happy with the proposed expansion. One resident, Tony... more »
  • Debris trucks causing extra stink in quiet community Play Video

    September 1, 2016 10:14 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Residents in north Baton Rouge are just about fed up with the debris clean-up. Residents along New Rafe Mayor Road say their once quiet community has gotten noisy and smelly and a nearby landfill is to blame. The city-parish says it's picked up about 200,000 cubic... more »
  • Long lines at landfill delays debris pickup Play Video

    August 24, 2016 7:49 PM

    L IVINGSTON – Some may be wondering why that pile of storm debris is still sitting in front of homes. One reason is that it is taking longer just getting it to the landfill. Piles of debris, some six feet tall, line the street in Denham Springs and causing a... more »

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