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• Two weeks before school, area district facing cyber attack

  July 29, 2019 4:07 PM

  AMITE – The public school system here hopes it may be able to thwart an attempted attack on its IT infrastructure by shutting down email and phone lines Monday. Sunday night, a potential cybersecurity issue was discovered on Tangipahoa Parish School System computer servers, the district reported. The... more »

• Report of gunshot prompts school lockdown Thursday

  October 5, 2017 11:12 AM

  BATON ROUGE – Sounds similar to a gunshot heard in woods near a school caused a scare Thursday morning. The Runnels School was on lockdown at the main campus after a sound was heard in woods near the school. The sheriff's office was called to investigate, the school said... more »

• Federal government announces new 'strike force', other initiatives to combat crime in BR Play Video

  October 2, 2017 3:44 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Federal authorities have announced new measures to address violent crime in Baton Rouge. At press conference Thursday, U.S. Attorney Corey Amundson detailed a number of steps the Department of Justice is taking to combat crime, including a new "strike force" force to target violent criminals. ... more »

• DOTD warns drivers ahead of solar eclipse: Don't forget you're driving a vehicle

  August 18, 2017 2:16 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Ahead of Monday's solar eclipse, state highway leaders reminded drivers it's illegal to use the shoulders for anything other than pulling over during an emergency. It's likely people will want to pull over to see the event around midday but DOTD asked drivers not to. In... more »

• 45 deputies sworn in to work in EBR; More Tuesday

  July 18, 2016 6:30 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Forty-five sheriff's deputies from area parishes were sworn in to work in East Baton Rouge Monday evening. The deputies will work patrols on the streets, helping to ease the stress the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office is feeling. A deputy was shot and killed in... more »

• Workers' hands taped during BR eatery robbery

  July 13, 2016 6:53 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Three employees were inside an area restaurant when robbers tied them up and stole the store's cash, WBRZ has learned. The heist happened Monday night before midnight at the Olive Garden on Siegen Lane. Authorities said the workers' hands were taped by the crooks. Little... more »

• WATCH: The cost of trailing the governor out of town Play Video

  November 17, 2015 12:13 AM

  BATON ROUGE - The state has spent millions on sending a team of State Troopers with the governor when he travels outside of Louisiana. In the last few years, there has been an increased amount of travel as Bobby Jindal built a platform to run for president. He traveled... more »

• New push for mandatory seat belts on school buses

  November 10, 2015 5:55 AM

  BATON ROUGE- The Federal Traffic Safety Administration is considering making seat belts mandatory on school buses. Safety administrators say school districts need to work with bus manufacturers and the government to implement the safety belts. But, school leaders say some of the details still need to be finalized. "I don't... more »