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• WATCH: Baton Rouge bishop, mayor and other community members attend vigil for missing LSU student Play Video

  April 11, 2021 11:01 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Hundreds gathered in prayer and song at the Sunday night vigil for missing LSU student Kori Gauthier. Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome, Bishop of Baton Rouge Michael Duca, Opelousas Mayor Julius Alsandor and LSU interim president Tom Galligan attended the vigil, along with Gauthier's family... more »

• Retired General Russel Honore joins search for missing LSU student Play Video

  April 10, 2021 9:02 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Retired General Russel Honore, who helped restore order in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, joined the Saturday search effort for missing LSU student Kori Gauthier. Honore said he was glad that law enforcement showed up to coordinate with volunteers, but said they needed to step up... more »

• Students arrested for illegal Tiger Stadium joyrides caught on video Play Video

  February 28, 2020 9:10 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Three LSU students were arrested for allegedly breaking into Tiger Stadium and joyriding on stolen ATV's across the field on two separate occasions. Earlier this month WBRZ obtained video of one of the joyriding incidents. >Click here to view the video< LSU Police say... more »

• LSU Police: Student fires off angry email, is arrested for cyberstalking

  January 9, 2020 6:16 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Police with Louisiana State University say one of the university's online students has been arrested for cyberstalking. According to a police report, 39-year-old Melaynie Williams had been using her LSU email address to send inappropriate emails since Dec. 4. But police say none of her... more »

• Autopsy reveals LSU student Balser's death was result of mixing alcohol, drugs

  October 16, 2017 5:06 PM

  BATON ROUGE – The coroner announced Wednesday that the autopsy of LSU student Benjamin Balser revealed his death was the result of "combined effects of cocaethylene, alprazolam and alcohol." The office has determined Balser's death was accidental. Benjamin Balser was found dead in an apartment on E. Boyd... more »

• Two arrested after scuffle in LSU Student Union bathroom

  March 26, 2017 3:43 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Two men were arrested after an apparent brawl in a bathroom at the LSU Student Union Friday. According to arrest records, an officer was called to the LSU Student Union in reference to criminal damage to property around 7 p.m. The witness told the officer... more »

• 20-year-old LSU student killed after struck by train in Tuscaloosa

  January 10, 2017 10:31 AM

  TUSCALOOSA – A 20-year-old LSU student was hit by a train early Tuesday morning in Tuscaloosa. According to ABC 33 in Birmingham, Katie Keogh was walking with several others on 10th Avenue in Tuscaloosa when they tried to beat a Norfolk Southern train. According to the Associated Press, pedestrians... more »

• LSU student gets his stolen instruments back Play Video

  June 4, 2016 9:29 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Four stolen musical instruments are back in the hands of their owner tonight, thanks to Baton Rouge Police detectives. Last month, we told you the story of an LSU student musician who had multiple musical instruments stolen. Friday, he got them back. Police found Thomas... more »

• LSU students threaten to disrupt campus events over officer's comments

  April 12, 2016 12:41 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A small gathering of about 30 LSU students rallied together Monday night to discuss what to do about a police officer's comments about rape they found offensive . They're frustrated by this quote from LSU spokesman Lt. Kevin Scott in the student newspaper "The Reveille": "If you... more »

• LSU student accused of photographing teens showering in campus dorm

  November 6, 2015 3:51 PM

  BATON ROUGE - An LSU student with a previous arrest for several counts of child pornography possession was arrested again last week after authorities reviewed new evidence that indicated he had photographed teenaged girls in his campus dormitory. 18-year-old Andrew Easterly was booked on charges of two counts of... more »