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• Man playing hide-and-seek with authorities on river

  May 14, 2013 8:57 PM

  BRUSLY- A man, possibly naked, is apparently playing a bizarre game of hide-and-seek with authorities on the Mississippi River. Sources tell WBRZ News 2, the U.S. Coast Guard was called after deputies in East Baton Rouge asked for help locating a missing boater earlier Tuesday. Deputies were trying to... more »

• Records in LSU presidential search not released

  May 11, 2013 2:08 PM

  BATON ROUGE, La. - Two Louisiana news organizations are asking a judge to punish LSU's Board of Supervisors for not releasing documents related the university's presidential search. Lori Mince is an attorney representing The Times-Picayune/NOLA Media Group and The Advocate newspaper. She filed a motion Friday asking Judge Janice Clark... more »

• Search committee named to pick LSU-A chancellor

  April 24, 2013 11:37 AM

  ALEXANDRIA - LSU System President Dr. William L. Jenkins has named a 20-member search committee of faculty, staff and students, as well as community leaders to help select the next chancellor for LSU-Alexandria. The Town Talk reports Dr. Haywood Joiner, chair of LSU Alexandria's Department of Allied Health, and Charles... more »

• Manhunt underway for Boston suspect, other killed by police

  April 19, 2013 7:12 AM

  WATERTOWN, Mass. - Authorities have identified the origin of the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing to the Associated Press. This comes after a long night of violence that left one of them dead, while the other remains on the run. A law enforcement intelligence bulletin obtained... more »

• Warrants: Ind. man removed items before home blast

  April 11, 2013 10:02 AM

  INDIANAPOLIS- Search warrants show a man accused of rigging a fatal house explosion in Indianapolis removed his personal belongings from the home a week before the blast. Records released Thursday also show police sought cellphone records that would confirm a Nov. 2 phone call in which Mark Leonard allegedly told... more »

• Criminal case dropped in White cell phone search Play Video

  April 4, 2013 3:36 PM

  BATON ROUGE - City police dropped a criminal theft investigation into a missing cell phone which supposedly belonged to former Baton Rouge Police Chief Dewayne White. This comes after a search warrant was issued to take the phone from a woman in Zachary. Investigators claim White and the woman... more »

• Student newspaper editor sues LSU governing board

  April 1, 2013 5:42 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The editor of LSU's student newspaper is suing the university system's Board of Supervisors for refusing to provide information about the candidates considered to be LSU president. Andrea Gallo, editor of The Daily Reveille, filed her lawsuit Monday. The Board of Supervisors hired F. King Alexander last... more »

• Search for man who took girlfriend's children

  March 27, 2013 11:19 AM

  BOSSIER CITY - Bossier Parish sheriff's deputies say a man who took off with his girlfriend's three children following a domestic dispute dropped them off at their grandmother's house. The children were not harmed. Lt. Bill Davis with the Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office said the man is not the biological... more »

• Alexander addresses LSU Faculty Senate

  March 22, 2013 10:57 AM

  BATON ROUGE - The man hoping to become the next leader of the LSU System met with faculty members this morning on the main campus. Dr. King Alexander is the sole finalist selected by the search committee to serve as president and chancellor of the university. He currently... more »

• CSULB president named finalist for LSU post Play Video

  March 18, 2013 1:37 PM

  BATON ROUGE - LSU's search committee named Dr. Fieldon King Alexander, the president of California State University, Long Beach, as their pick to be the school's next president. The decision was announced at the Board of Supervisors meeting this afternoon, and came at the end of an extensive nationwide... more »

• Finalist for LSU President to be named today

  March 18, 2013 12:02 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The search committee organized to vet candidates for the LSU president's position will recommend a finalist this afternoon at the Board of Supervisors meeting. Whomever the committee names will go before the full board for consideration and vote. No official action on the recommendation is... more »

• Residents willing to give interim BRPD chief a chance Play Video

  February 21, 2013 5:25 PM

  BATON ROUGE- The search is on for the next Baton Rouge Police chief, after city leaders asked the municipal Civil Service Board to schedule exams for the position. Lieutenant Carl Dabadie is currently leading the department. He was appointed to the position Wednesday by Mayor-Persident Kip Holden, who fired... more »

• Burglary suspect caught after schools locked down Play Video

  February 18, 2013 4:13 PM

  SPRINGFIELD- Sheriff's deputies arrested a man suspected in a burglary and carjacking after a daylong search in Livingston Parish. Lori Steele, spokesperson for the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office, said deputies arrested Jarred Tyquan Anderson Dotey, 19, in suspicion of simple burglary, simple battery and resisting an officer. The... more »

• DEQ searching for source of school-closing smell Play Video

  February 8, 2013 5:56 PM

  SCOTLANDVILLE - Parents said they were frightened to hear a gas leak closed their children's school today in north Baton Rouge. Lucille McKnight said she received a phone call about 10:30 a.m. Friday with a recorded message from Crestworth Elementary telling her there was a gas leak, and parents... more »

• DEQ searches for mystery smell in EBR

  February 8, 2013 2:58 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Department of Environmental Quality officials say they can't find the source of a strange chemical odor in the Scotlandville area of East Baton Rouge Parish. The smell prompted evacuations Friday at Crestworth Learning Academy, Crestworth Elementary School and J.K. Haynes Elementary Charter School. DEQ officials... more »

• Volunteers from Illinois aid in search for missing firefighter

  February 8, 2013 11:10 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A volunteer rescue group from Illinois are helping in the search for a missing firefighter from Baton Rouge. Jacob Lewis fell into Belle River January 30 while trying to get his boat on a trailer. The search for Lewis' body has been unsuccessful. The group... more »

• Moment of prayer for missing BR firefighter

  February 8, 2013 8:29 AM

  BATON ROUGE - The family of a missing Baton Rouge firefighter called today for the community's support in their time of need. Jacob Lewis fell into Belle River January 30 while trying to get his boat on a trailer. The search for Lewis' body has been unsuccessful. Today... more »

• Health stories for Feb. 4, 2013 Play Video

  February 4, 2013 6:13 PM

  UNDATED - Here are today's 2 Your Health stories for Feb. 4, 2013 - Scientists may be able to better forecast to flu, thanks to how you search online. Researchers with the CDC have worked with Google studying search patterns. They say people who search for terms... more »

• Search for missing firefighter to continue Friday Play Video

  January 31, 2013 10:22 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A day of searching on the Belle River ended without good news for the family of a missing Baton Rouge firefighter. Teams from five different agencies used divers and SONAR-equipped boats in their search for Jacob Lewis, 28, who went into the river last night while... more »

• Reward increased in search for fugitive

  January 4, 2013 10:40 AM

  BATON ROUGE - State prison officials upped the reward today for information leading to the capture of an escaped fugitive they say should be considered armed and dangerous. The state Department of Public Safety and Corrections offered $2,500 in their search for leads to find Keana Barnes, 33, who... more »

• FTC: Google to license patents, exclude snippets

  January 3, 2013 12:25 PM

  WASHINGTON - U.S. antitrust regulators say they have found no evidence to claims that Google unfairly favors its own services in search results. The Federal Trade Commission also says Google is agreeing to license patents deemed to be "essential" for rival mobile devices such as Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPad.... more »

• Search expands to other cities for escapee

  January 2, 2013 3:16 PM

  ST. GABRIEL - Authorities expanded search efforts for a woman convicted of manslaughter who escaped from a state prison in St. Gabriel. State corrections officials said they've called in U. S. Marshals to help find Keana Barnes, 33, after her escape from the La. Correctional Institute for Women early... more »

• Female prisoner escapes from St. Gabriel prison

  January 1, 2013 10:35 AM

  ST. GABRIEL - A woman escaped overnight from the Elayn Hunt Correctional Institute for Women in St. Gabriel, according to authorities. Prison chase teams are out searching the area, but the prisoner's identity has not been released at this time. It is the second escape in less than... more »

• Senate committee approves email privacy bill

  November 29, 2012 10:46 AM

  WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved legislation that would require police to obtain a search warrant from a judge before they can review a person's emails or other electronic communications. The bill moves to the full Senate for its next vote. It makes it slightly more difficult for... more »

• Petraeus case shows FBI's authority to read email

  November 12, 2012 4:58 PM

  WASHINGTON - Your emails are not nearly as private as you think. The downfall of CIA Director David Petraeus demonstrates how easy it is for federal law enforcement agents to examine emails and computer records if they believe a crime was committed. With subpoenas and warrants, the FBI and other... more »

• Google's services unable to reach much of China

  November 9, 2012 3:43 PM

  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google says its search engine and other Internet services have been cut off from much of China just as the country's ruling party picks new leaders. Data posted on Google's website shows its services in China became largely inaccessible beginning around 1 a.m. PST Friday. That... more »

• Guns pulled on bank tellers at grocery store

  November 2, 2012 9:36 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Two men walked into the Chase Bank inside the Albertson's grocery store on Bluebonnet armed with guns and demanded money Friday evening. Security video shows the men pulling out guns as shoppers and customers watch with shocked faces. They "approached the teller, armed with guns and... more »

• Police searching for armed robber

  October 29, 2012 3:07 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police in Baton Rouge said they're still searching for a masked gunman who held up a payday loan business today. Cpl. Thomas Stubbs with BRPD said they were called to American Cash Advance Payday Loans at 7171 Airline Highway around 12:30 p.m. He said they were... more »

• BRPD: Handcuffed man escapes during drug arrests

  October 18, 2012 5:03 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police said a man handcuffed during an investigation into suspected drug dealers in Baton Rouge managed to escape, and is still on the loose. Cpl. L'Jean McKneely said police are searching for Dandre Brown, 23, who escaped during the investigation at Marino's Food Mart on Weller... more »

• The unemployed: attorney can't find work Play Video

  October 6, 2012 2:15 AM

  WATSON- Ask the people who are out of work, and they'll tell you that a drop in the national unemployment numbers doesn't mean a thing. They're still looking, trying to find the job that will change their numbers- the ones in the bank account. Davonna Ponthieu, is one of... more »

• Crews retrieve dead dolphin from Mississippi River

  October 3, 2012 4:06 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Crews retrieved a dolphin today found dead in the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge earlier this week. Members of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office Marine Search and Rescue team helped the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries retrieve the mammal from waters near the... more »

• LSU will resume normal operations Tuesday

  September 17, 2012 11:55 PM

  BATON ROUGE- LSU will be open for business Tuesday, after a bomb threat shut the entire campus down Monday. "All campus buildings have returned to normal operations and the campus is now open for students, faculty and staff," a spokesperson said in a news release late Monday. "All... more »

• Slowly, LSU returns to "normal"

  September 17, 2012 9:45 PM

  BATON ROUGE- More and more of LSU has been cleared of issues after someone called 911 and reported a bomb on campus earlier Monday. By Monday night, only 20 buildings were left to be searched by crews. So far, no explosive device has been reported. The phone call... more »

• LSU dorms, apartments re-open after bomb threat Play Video

  September 17, 2012 8:24 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Dorms and on campus apartments at LSU are open, and students are able to return after a bomb threat forced them and the rest of the 30,000 students and faculty off campus earlier Monday. Just before seven Monday night campus leaders announced authorities searching for explosives had... more »

• Coast Guard suspends search for missing kayaker

  September 14, 2012 5:04 PM

  GRAND ISLE - The Coast Guard suspended the search today for a kayaker who didn't return from a fishing trip in the Gulf of Mexico near Grand Isle. Lt. Matt Kor said Eric Richards, 32, of Prairieville left on the trip Monday morning. They were notified Tuesday night he... more »

• Students searching for jobs

  September 12, 2012 10:02 AM

  BATON ROUGE- Thousands of college students are beginning the job search early. Southern University, along with Louisiana State University, are holding career fairs for students looking to get an edge in the job search. News 2's Adrian Pittman talks to students about their search tonight at 5. more »

• Large marijuana grow found in Slidell home

  August 21, 2012 2:19 PM

  SLIDELL - Authorities arrested two people and seized dozens of marijuana plants and weapons from a Slidell home they said was the site of a large-scale grow operations. State Police said they and several other agencies searched the home today and found 56 live plants, drug paraphernalia, 21 firearms... more »

• LPSO: Deputies arrest man after finding marijuana

  August 1, 2012 4:46 PM

  SPRINGFIELD - Deputies in Livingston Parish arrested a Springfield man in suspicion of selling marijuana. Sheriff's office spokesperson Lori Steele said narcotics agents arrested Brian Keith Williams, 41, after a search of his residence yesterday. Steele said deputies found more than a pound of marijuana and material to... more »

• Search firm hired to look for LSU's next president

  July 27, 2012 12:11 PM

  BATON ROUGE - LSU's presidential search committee has selected a Dallas-based firm to help recruit and vet candidates. But it's still unclear if the committee will be looking for a system leader to also serve as chancellor of the flagship campus in Baton Rouge. On Friday, the search committee chose... more »

• Teacher still missing one year after disappearance

  July 18, 2012 10:50 AM

  BATON ROUGE - More than a year after her disappearance, the whereabouts of local teacher Sylviane Lozada remain a mystery. Lozada was last heard from July 5, 2011. Her husband, Oscar Lozada, and daughter, Angelina Lozada, have been in Venezuela since July 9 of that year. They were supposed... more »

• Texas group aids in search of missing student

  July 16, 2012 2:38 PM

  LAFAYETTE - A Texas-based organization that helps search for missing people has been involved in the search for a missing Lafayette college student who is feared dead. Texas Equusearch came to Acadiana last week to assist local authorities with the search for Mickey Shunick. Tim Miller, director of the Houston-based... more »

• Police: Possible graves in Shunick search "nothing"

  July 12, 2012 10:38 AM

  LAFAYETTE - Authorities said they found nothing of interest from a search this morning of possible gravesites related to the disappearance of Lafayette college student Mickey Shunick. Police searched an area of Brandon Lavergne's property today in St. Landry Parish. Lavergne was arrested and accused of murder and kidnapping... more »

• Panels plan for Zachary school chief search

  July 6, 2012 6:35 AM

  ZACHARY- The Zachary Community School District's Executive Committee has decided the school board should appoint three committees to work out the details of searching for a new superintendent. Superintendent Warren Drake announced that he's leaving Sept. 4 to take a new job as a state Department of Education network leader.... more »

• Authorities warn escaped teens may be dangerous Play Video

  July 4, 2012 10:39 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Law enforcement continued searching for two teens who were discovered missing from the Jetson Correctional Facility. The teens, 15-year-old Demonte Washington and 18-year-old Clarence McWilliams, were unaccounted for during a head count at 8:15 p.m. last night. Their charges range from simple burglary to carjacking, according... more »

• Warning phone calls made since 2 inmates are unaccounted for

  July 3, 2012 9:58 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Two inmates at Jetson Correctional Center for Youth are unaccounted for. East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's deputies are assisting in a search for them. People who live near the facility in North Baton Rouge received phone calls shortly before 9:30 about the situation. Stay with... more »

• Police vow to search again after Ala. house bust

  June 12, 2012 11:37 AM

  AUBURN, Ala.- Police will search again if they have to after a night of probing a Montgomery house with thermal sensors failed to find the suspect in a fatal shooting near Auburn University. Tactical teams left empty handed early Tuesday after descending on the house the night before in search... more »

• Police: Shunick tips slowing down

  June 1, 2012 1:33 PM

  LAFAYETTE - Investigators searching for a missing college student in Lafayette say the number of tips they're receiving are slowing down enough that they're going to make some changes. Starting tonight, the tip line at the Lafayette Police Department won't be staffed at all hours by investigators. Instead, an... more »

• Shunick search continues after EBR dive search

  May 31, 2012 10:43 AM

  LAFAYETTE - Search crews fanned out again today near Lafayette after an East Baton Rouge Parish dive team didn't find any new evidence in the search for missing college student Mickey Shunick. Investigators called in the dive team after examining sonar images taken during a sweep of water where... more »

• 2 vehicles of interest ruled out in Shunick search

  May 30, 2012 11:24 AM

  LAFAYETTE - Police have ruled out two vehicles of interest in their search for Mickey Shunick. Lafayette Police say they have identified the operators and occupants of both the older model 4-door car and the white 4-door pickup truck with the bed cover, which were captured on surveillance video... more »

• New details released in search for student Play Video

  May 29, 2012 4:09 PM

  LAFAYETTE - Investigators in Lafayette released new details this afternoon in their search for missing college student Michaela "Mickey" Shunick. Cpl. Paul Mouton with the Lafayette Police Department said detectives sent Shunick's bike to the State Police Crime Lab for further testing. It was found Sunday submerged in water... more »

• Search teams back out after Shunick's bike found

  May 28, 2012 10:48 AM

  LAFAYETTE - Search teams are back out again today in Iberville Parish after finding a bicycle that belonged to missing college student Mickey Shunick. Cpl. Paul Mouton with Lafayette Police said the bike was spotted by a fisherman under an Interstate 10 bridge about 25 miles away from where... more »

• Authorities searching for escaped trusty

  May 22, 2012 4:32 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A trusty arrested for drug charges walked away from an East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Department facility today, according to a department spokesperson. Casey Rayborn Hicks said Raymond Ballard, 45, walked off the EBRSO substation in Central. Ballard was arrested in April in suspicion of cocaine... more »

• Search continues for kidnap-slaying suspect

  May 9, 2012 7:57 AM

  GUNTOWN, Miss. - Heavily-armed FBI agents and authorities from Mississippi and Tennessee are resuming their search of woods and back roads today for what they say is a dangerous man suspected of killing a Tennessee woman and her teenage daughter and fleeing with her two younger girls. Authorities have canvassed... more »

• FBI searches for missing child

  April 25, 2012 11:12 AM

  TUCSON - The FBI has brought in specially trained profilers to help in the search of a 6-year-old girl who disappeared from her home in Tucson, Ariz., several days ago. The move comes as police scaled back their search for first-grader Isabel Mercedes Celis. More than 200 officers had been... more »

• Authorities search for suspect who tried to run over trooper

  March 23, 2012 4:08 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Law enforcement officials are searching for the suspect who allegedly attempted to run over a Louisiana State Trooper early Friday morning. State Police say a trooper was on duty around 2 a.m. this morning when he witnessed a vehicle leaving a gas station on College Drive... more »

• Woman falls down trash chute reaching for phone

  March 12, 2012 5:37 PM

  ATLANTA - Amanda Still couldn't let her cell phone slip through her fingers. She tried to retrieve her phone from her apartment building trash chute. Instead she fell down head first into the chute. Still said she accidentally tossed her cell phone away with the garbage. Once she realized what... more »

• Man killed by police while serving search warrant

  March 8, 2012 7:10 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - Police say a 20-year-old man was shot in the chest and killed by an officer who arrived at a New Orleans home with a narcotics search warrant. New Orleans Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas said the house where the shooting occurred Wednesday night had been under surveillance... more »

• Officer shot at, bullet shatters lapel microphone

  March 1, 2012 2:27 AM

  Update: Police say the bullet grazed the officer, shattering his lapel microphone and missing his head by inches. He was not injured in the shooting. BATON ROUGE - Police are searching for the suspect in a late night shooting in North Baton Rouge involving a police officer. Officials... more »

• Search continues for missing man in Mississippi

  February 27, 2012 2:57 PM

  Deputies with the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office are continuing their search for a man that has been missing for over a month. Shaun Thornhill was last seen January 23 at Manguson Hotel in St. Francisville, and his truck was found January 24 on Kingston Road in Adams County,... more »

• Italy officials: Divers find 8 bodies in cruise ship wreckage

  February 22, 2012 11:05 AM

  ROME- Italian authorities say divers searching the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship have spotted four more bodies in a submerged section of a passenger deck. The national civil protection agency, which is monitoring the operation, said the bodies were sighted Wednesday afternoon, a few hours after four other bodies were... more »

• Search continues for missing St. Francisville man

  February 20, 2012 11:55 AM

  ST. FRANCISVILLE- Deputies continue to search for a man who was reported missing in January. West Feliciana Parish Sheriff Austin Daniel says there is nothing new concerning the search for Shaun Thornhill. However, he says he and other deputies will be going to Adams County, Mississippi on Wednesday... more »

• Search teams suspend operations at stricken ship

  January 18, 2012 6:34 AM

  ROME (AP) - Search teams have suspended operations after an enormous cruise ship grounded and partially submerged off the coast of Tuscany shifted under turbulent seas. The Costa Concordia cruise liner had more than 4,200 passengers and crew on board when it slammed into the reef Friday off the tiny... more »

• EBR schools chief search to take time

  January 16, 2012 8:57 AM

  BATON ROUGE - The search for the next East Baton Rouge Parish school superintendent is taking longer than expected and could easily stretch into February. Six semifinalists are from Baton Rouge, Del Rio, Texas; Baltimore; Conyers, Ga.; the North Carolina education department, and Charleston County, S.C The Advocate reports that... more »

• Detectives search for missing woman in Livingston Parish

  December 20, 2011 3:02 PM

  LIVINGSTON - Sheriff's Office Detectives, along with the Albany Police Department are searching for a missing woman. Authorities say 59 year-old Virginia Bates, of Albany, did not show up for work in Hammond and has not been seen since December 11 by her family. Bates is single and... more »

• Search and rescue efforts continue in Russian rig accident

  December 19, 2011 7:02 AM

  MOSCOW - Life rafts carrying people have been spotted near the site of the floating oil rig that sank Sunday in Moscow. Of the 67 men on board, at least 14 men are dead and dozens more remain missing. Another 14 were plucked alive from the icy waters... more »

• Deputies identify dead counterfeiting suspect

  December 14, 2011 3:29 PM

  GROSSE TETE - Sheriff's deputies identified the man who died after jumping into a bayou during a pursuit by authorities last week. The man is 25-year-old Henry A. Neely. He fled after Iberville police found counterfeit money in the car he was riding in. Deputies pulled over a... more »

• Fugitive's body found in bayou Play Video

  December 7, 2011 4:14 PM

  GROSSE TETE- The body of a man who ran from Iberville Parish Deputies after an interstate traffic stop was found by searchers in a bayou early Wednesday morning. Deputies said he ran after the car he was riding in was pulled over for a traffic violation. Investigators found counterfeit... more »

• EBRSO searching for attempted murder suspect

  December 5, 2011 4:20 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Deputies in East Baton Rouge Parish released the name of a man they said tried to shoot and kill another person twice in the same day. According to Casey Hicks with the EBR Sheriff's Office, deputies are searching for John Goza, 24, for attempted second degree... more »

• 84-year-old angry over strip search at NY airport

  December 3, 2011 12:03 PM

  NEW YORK - An 84-year-old New York grandmother says she was injured and humiliated during a strip search at a New York City airport. Lenore Zimmerman says she was on her way to a flight to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. She says she was searched after she asked to forgo... more »

• Update: Missing man found safe

  November 30, 2011 4:13 PM

  Update 5:48 p.m.: Baton Rouge Police report that Spicer has been found safe and was returned back to his home. BATON ROUGE - Police asked for the public's help today locating a missing Baton Rouge man with dementia. Lionel Spicer, 53, left his home on the 2400 block... more »

• BESE leader: No national search for superintendent

  November 29, 2011 1:56 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The head of the state education board doesn't expect a national search for candidates to be state education superintendent. Penny Dastugue, president of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, says she expects any search would be brief, if there is one. Dastugue says BESE... more »

• Victim dies after morning shooting in BR Play Video

  November 28, 2011 5:32 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The victim in an early-morning shooting died and the search continues for his killer, after a midday standoff ended with police storming an empty house. Cpl. L'Jean McKneely said Derrick Williams, 33, died after he was shot in chest multiple times on the 3900 block of... more »

• Syracuse Coach's Home Searched

  November 25, 2011 7:43 PM

  Police searched the home of an assistant basketball coach at Syracuse University as they investigate allegations he sexually abused two men when they were teens in the 1980's. New York State Police assisted members of the U.S. Attorney's office as they searched the home of Bernie Fine in suburban Syracuse.... more »

• Search continues for EBR bank robber

  November 18, 2011 3:49 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Investigators continued to search today for an armed bank robber that made off with a sack of cash in East Baton Rouge Parish. Casey Hicks with the parish sheriff's office said deputies are "still pursuing leads" after the Chase Bank on Jones Creek Road was robbed... more »

• Search underway after bank robbery in Baton Rouge Play Video

  November 17, 2011 2:22 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Authorities are searching for the man that robbed a bank on Jones Creek Road earlier this afternoon. Right now authorities are using K9 units to search the area around the Chase Bank on Jones Creek. Two schools, Woodlawn Middle and Southeast Middle, were put on lockdown... more »

• Panel culls list of UNO president candidates to 5

  November 15, 2011 2:32 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - Five semi-finalists have been selected for the presidency of the University of New Orleans. A search committee voted on the five Tuesday afternoon following a closed session during which they discussed a dozen applicants - eight who applied through the University of Louisiana System and four... more »

• Hundreds interested in job as EBR schools chief

  November 11, 2011 3:23 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The chief executive of the firm searching for the next East Baton Rouge Parish school superintendent says hundreds of people have started the application process for the position, but none have completed it. Gary Solomon, head of PROACT, the search firm, tells The Advocate potential applicants... more »

• Coupon clipper finds deals in garbage bins

  November 8, 2011 4:43 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A woman in East Baton Rouge Parish saves thousands of dollars by finding coupons in an unlikely place: your garbage. Donna Teekel of Central clips coupons wherever she can find them, but when the sun goes down she grabs her flashlight and goes searching for savings... more »

• Zachary schools put on lockdown during police search

  October 25, 2011 5:09 PM

  ZACHARY - Administrators put several schools in Zachary on lockdown this morning while police searched the area for two armed robbers. "We made the decision that since the busses were already on their routes that we would just have the schools receive the students and have the schools go... more »

• Zachary schools put on lockdown during police search

  October 25, 2011 12:22 PM

  ZACHARY - Administrators put several schools in Zachary on lockdown this morning while police searched the area for two armed robbers. Police Chief David Courtney said the schools were taken off lockdown around 9:45 a.m. after one suspect was taken into custody, and investigators determined the second wasn't in... more »