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• Business owner repeatedly charged for security light that doesn't exist Play Video

  March 14, 2023 3:42 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A business owner says she has been paying for a security light that she hasn't had since October 2021. Dorothy Holden says she's tired of waiting on Entergy to adjust her bill. "They keep saying they're going to do something and nobody does anything," Holden... more »

• Wooden board flies through windshield on Ohio interstate

  June 22, 2021 1:15 PM

  PORTAGE COUNTY, Ohio - A woman is lucky to be alive after a wooden board flew off the back of a truck and into her windshield. Kimberly Awada's dashcam caught the horrifying moment June 17 when a six-foot-long board crashed through her windshield while driving on I-80 in Portage... more »

• Three people injured in car accident on Plank Road

  June 5, 2020 2:02 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Three people have been transported to the hospital following a Friday afternoon car accident. Around 12:30 p.m. emergency crews responded to a two-vehicle accident involving an 18-wheeler cab without a trailer on Plank Road near Lavey Lane. Emergency crews transported three people to a local... more »

• Two people injured in Haley Drive shooting

  May 9, 2020 5:56 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police are responding to a Saturday afternoon shooting. Around 4:45 p.m. authorities arrived to the 3300 block of Haley Drive near Plank Road. Emergency crews transported two people to a local hospital. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, one man received a non-life... more »

• Deputies arrest man for attempted murder, discover he has 54 previous arrests

  April 4, 2017 2:34 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Deputies arrested a man for attempted murder Monday after reports say he violently beat another man with a board. According to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a hospital Mar. 3 in reference to a batttery that reportedly occurred on Byron Street. There,... more »

• Two hurt in shooting on Sycamore Street Friday night

  January 20, 2017 8:34 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police say two people were hurt in a shooting near Plank Road Friday night. The shooting happened on Sycamore Street just before 7:30 p.m. Friday. According to Baton Rouge Police Sgt. L'Jean McKneely, one victim was shot in the leg and the other victim was shot... more »

• Arrest made in November good Samaritan tire shop shooting Play Video

  December 9, 2016 4:55 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Police say they have arrested a man who was wanted for the shooting death of a man at a tire shop on Plank Road in November. According to Baton Rouge Police, 21-year-old Curtis Lee Brown was arrested Thursday in Dallas, Texas for the shooting death of... more »

• Police make arrest in connection to fatal event hall shooting

  November 17, 2016 8:45 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police have arrested a man in connection with a fatal shooting at a Plank Road event hall in October. Police say Kwame Orlando Robinson went to the Renaissance Center in early October with Marquise Bailey and Alvin Donahue, with intentions of robbing employees at the business.... more »

• Police identify suspect wanted for Plank Road tire shop shooting

  November 17, 2016 5:01 PM

  BATON ROUGE – BRPD has released the identity of a suspect who is wanted for the shooting death of a man at a tire shop on Plank Road that occurred last week. 21-year-old Curtis Lee Brown is wanted for first degree murder and armed robbery. A BRPD spokesperson... more »

• 3 injured in shooting Tuesday night; police searching for suspect

  September 13, 2016 11:59 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Baton Rouge Police detectives are investigating a shooting that occurred Tuesday night around 10 p.m. in the 2800 block of Erie Street that injured three people. The victims, one 35-year-old man, one 54-year-old woman and one 61-year-old man were hit while standing outside at the location. Family... more »

• Firefighters from 4 departments battle apartment fire on Plank Road

  May 29, 2016 4:39 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Firefighters from four different departments battled a fire at an apartment complex on Plank Road. The fire occurred in the 11000 block of Plank Road, which is in the Brownsfield Fire Department's jurisdiction, but crews from Baton Rouge Fire, Central Fire and Baker Fire were all... more »

• Police identify suspect in Evangeline Street murder

  March 23, 2016 12:13 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Baton Rouge Police have identified the suspect in the murder of a man on Evangeline St. earlier this month. Michael Demond Davis, 32, is wanted on 1st degree murder charges. He's accused of shooting Tyrone Dyer, 34, in the 3800 block Evangeline near Plank Rd. The victim's... more »

• Bicyclist dead after being struck by 18-wheeler

  March 17, 2016 12:48 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Baton Rouge Police Traffic Homicide is investigating a deadly crash involving a bicyclist and an 18-wheeler in Baton Rouge Thursday. According to BRPD, an 80-year-old Elwyn Pate was riding a bicycle northbound in the southbound lane of Plank Road when he was struck by an 18-wheeler... more »