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• WATCH: Funeral mass for beloved pastor Mark Beard

  August 4, 2023 10:27 AM

  AMITE - Parishioners will say their final goodbyes to Father Mark Beard on Friday. A funeral mass is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday at St. Helena Catholic Church. Watch the funeral mass live here Beard died in a highway wreck near the Louisiana-Mississippi state line on Wednesday.... more »

• Lowe's donates supplies after thieves steal pastor's tools Play Video

  March 2, 2017 3:14 PM

  BATON ROUGE – A Capital City Lowe’s donated “quite a few” tools to a pastor who lost his tools to thieves earlier this week. The national home improvement store donated the tools to Pastor H. Lewis Jones and the United Methodist Church Thursday. Tuesday, Jones had to call... more »

• Police say teen pastor admitted to molesting children Play Video

  January 25, 2016 1:27 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Members of the Baton Rouge Police said a teenage pastor admitted to detectives recently that he molested more than a dozen children over a period of several years. Baton Rouge Police charged 18-year-old Kentrell Jackson with indecent behavior with a juvenile and booked him into the... more »

• Pastor investigated, sentenced in federal court Play Video

  September 15, 2015 8:00 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A pastor under investigation for questionable business practices was sentenced in federal court Tuesday afternoon. Judge Brian Jackson sentenced Reginald Stewman to three years probation, calling his conduct "deceitful, dishonest and wrong." The Investigative Unit first reported on his questionable handling of special needs adults in... more »