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  • Driving school owes students thousands in refunds after leaving them stranded Play Video

    April 22, 2022 5:10 PM

    BATON ROUGE - A local driving school owes refunds to at least 40 people who paid for a service that they did not receive. Numerous people reached out to the WBRZ Investigative Unit complaining of the same thing: they paid $500 to Metro City Driving Academy but did not... more »
  • Family Dollar closes 400 locations due to rodent infestation at distribution facility

    February 21, 2022 3:21 PM

    Hundreds of Family Dollar stores in six southern states are temporarily closed after more than 1,000 rodents were found at a distribution center. Business Wire reported Monday that 404 stores were impacted. A consumer complaint had prompted an inspection of the facility in West Memphis, Arkansas back in... more »
  • Federal courthouse in Baton Rouge going virtual due to COVID surge

    August 5, 2021 4:13 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Citing an outbreak among key staff and a surge in COVID cases across the state, the federal courthouse in downtown Baton Rouge says it will halt all in-person proceedings until mid-August. Louisiana's Middle District Court announced that as of Wednesday it was moving all court activities... more »
  • Sears at Mall of La., last location in the state, planning to shut down

    February 15, 2021 3:06 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Sears' store at the Mall of Louisiana is planning to shut its doors for good, according to online job postings from the retailer. Recent postings with an online job recruiter indicate the store is currently hiring temporary workers for the "closing" Baton Rouge location. The... more »
  • Club owner plans to take legal action after fire marshal shuts down overcrowded venue Play Video

    January 25, 2021 8:10 PM

    BATON ROUGE - The state fire marshal shut down a Baton Rouge night club after finding hundreds of people inside the dangerously overcrowded building this weekend. "What we found was a building that had almost 800 people in there," Fire Marshal Butch Browning said. The state fire marshal's... more »
  • NRA files for bankruptcy, plans to restructure

    January 15, 2021 5:02 PM

    The National Rifle Association announced plans to restructure the organization Friday which will involve filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and incorporating in Texas. A statement from the association Friday said it will restructure itself as a Texas nonprofit in order to "exit what it believes is a corrupt political... more »
  • Louisiana hits new records for single-day COVID cases, hospitalizations

    January 6, 2021 1:45 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Another spike in Louisiana's coronavirus case count has led to a new state record for a single-day increase in cases, as well as a record amount of hospitalizations, since the onset of the pandemic last year. The Louisiana Department of Health recorded 6,882 new coronavirus cases... more »
  • No coronavirus update planned Saturday due to scheduled power outage at LDH offices

    June 26, 2020 1:55 PM

    NEW ORLEANS - The state says it will not release new case data on COVID-19 Saturday due to a scheduled power outage at the office building where the Department of Health tracks statewide virus numbers. The hold-up is due to a planned outage at Benson Tower, where LDH's New... more »
  • Several Starbucks stores close due to widespread system outage

    May 16, 2017 2:45 PM

    BATON ROUGE - At least one Baton Rouge Starbucks location has been affected by a nationwide computer system outage Tuesday. According to a report from ABC7 News, Starbucks stores around the country are experiencing a system outage. The outage has caused several stores to close, prompting frustrated customers to... more »
  • Parishioners unsure as St. Pius Church prepares to close Play Video

    April 3, 2017 1:31 AM

    BATON ROUGE - Parishioners heard the news in Sunday morning mass. St. Pius X Church in North Baton Rouge is set to close its doors. Father Frank Bass delivered the message himself. St. Pius will soon be merged with St. Isadore Parish in Baker. "It is going to... more »
  • Plaquemine ferry reopens after shut down; services to be reduced for Thanksgiving

    November 21, 2016 12:39 PM

    PLAQUEMINE – The Plaquemine Ferry has reopened after shutting down Monday morning. The shut down was reported around 11:15 a.m. on Monday. DOTD officials announced that the ferry reopened around 2 p.m. No cause as to why the ferry shut down has been released at the time of... more »
  • Exxon Mobil shuts down Louisiana refinery due to flooding

    August 17, 2016 1:49 PM

    Exxon Mobil began shutting down its units in Baton Rouge due to the recent flooding in the area. The Baton Rouge refinery shut down its units as the flooding threatened an offsite liquefied petroleum gas storage facility, a person close to the refinery operations told Bloomberg . The plant, located... more »
  • World's largest atom smasher shut down by weasel

    May 3, 2016 11:07 AM

    GENEVA, Switzerland - Officials say a weasel-like rodent managed to shut down the world’s most powerful atom smasher after the vermin apparently gnawed through a power cable. CERN’s Large Hadron Collider is a 17-mile long machine that sits deep underground on the border of France and Switzerland. Engineers investigating... more »
  • Post office shut down after powdery substance found in letter

    January 29, 2016 11:25 AM

    NEW IBERIA - Authorities shut down the New Iberia Post Office after sheriff's investigators said they found a threatening letter with an unknown substance inside. Capt. Richard Fleming with the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office said the threatening letter contained a powdery substance, which led postal officials to evacuate the... more »
  • Parking lots shut down for LSU game after heavy rain

    September 21, 2013 10:52 AM

    BATON ROUGE - Parking woes hit LSU gameday after multiple parking lots shut down due to heavy rain. The Bernie Moore Track Field and the lot by the Natatorium are closed. Parking has been redirected to the Old Alex Box outfield and the soccer stadium lot off Skip Bertman... more »
  • Deadly crash shuts down I-12 E at Juban

    February 18, 2013 4:12 AM

    DENHAM SPRINGS - The eastbound lanes of Interstate 12 at Juban Rd. remain closed this morning after a multi-vehicle crash that left one person dead. It happened around 1 a.m. Monday. Emergency officials in Livingston Parish say three vehicles were involved, including an 18-wheeler. The driver of... more »

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