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• Church funds returned, ticket company paying back customers Play Video

  April 22, 2024 4:39 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A church is extra thankful for the generosity of its community after a ticket company hired to handle its fundraisers stiffed them. Now, six months after a 2 On Your Side story they are finally made whole. Rev. Tommy Dillon at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church says... more »

• Small town Louisiana police chief arrested, accused of getting cash from traffic stop

  October 17, 2023 3:30 PM

  GEORGETOWN - The chief of police in a small, rural Louisiana town was arrested Monday as state troopers investigate claims that he was paid cash over a traffic stop. Louisiana State Police says Georgetown Police Chief George Hinds, 51, was arrested Monday on a malfeasance charge. The agency did... more »

• Top state trooper busted doing 90+ on the Basin Bridge; not given a ticket Play Video

  July 8, 2022 12:43 AM

  BATON ROUGE – State Police Col. Lamar Davis got pulled over for doing at least 90 mph on the Basin Bridge last week, as lawmakers were ordering the Department of Transportation and Development to crackdow n on civilians for similar dangerous driving along the 18-mile I-10 bridge linking Baton Rouge... more »

• $150K Powerball ticket sold at Baton Rouge gas station

  August 18, 2020 12:19 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A lottery ticket worth $150,000 was sold at a retailer in East Baton Rouge. According to Louisiana Lottery, a winning Powerball ticket worth that amount was sold at a Race Trac store on Sherwood Forest Boulevard. The winnings were part of Saturday night's drawing, but it's... more »

• Police ticket driver who crashed through house during rampage in neighborhood Play Video

  August 25, 2018 5:39 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Baton Rouge Police said a 28-year-old was cited after a bizarre, early-morning rampage through an upscale neighborhood left a trail of destruction. Police said Christopher Pender was driving a vehicle and smashed through the wall of a home and crashed into a garage door of a... more »

• High-ranking college official facing battery charge over violent, profanity-laced tirade Play Video

  July 12, 2018 6:17 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Southern University Board of Supervisors member Donald Ray Henry was ticketed following an altercation at his day job as the executive director of the Lafourche Basin Levee District. Henry asked for a $10,000 raise recently, a year into the job. Currently, he makes $125,000 from the levee district.... more »

• Despite crashes, tickets and a lawsuit, employee driving state vehicle keeps clean driving record Play Video

  May 24, 2018 6:19 PM

  BATON ROUGE – A state corrections employee is facing discipline and the woman's bosses are trying to figure out a glitch in records after a series of wrecks involving state vehicles driven by the employee. Despite having an accident free record, Chelsea Laurent, a probation and parole officer, has... more »

• Brusly looking for missing traffic ticket money Play Video

  March 19, 2018 7:55 PM

  BRUSLY- More than $40,000 vanished from a West Baton Rouge Parish town hall, according to its mayor. Scot Rhodes said he's embarrassed that some of the misappropriations happened on his watch. "It was multiple cash deposits that went missing. Some weeks it was a lot, some it was a... more »

• City clears up red light ticket confusion after On Your Side report Play Video

  February 7, 2018 7:01 PM

  UPDATE: The city says Hayward's ticket problem has been cleared up, citing an administrative error as the likely cause of the confusion. The collection agency, American Traffic Solutions, added that this is a rare occurrence and couldn't say how often this has happened in the past. ***** ... more »

• Michigan police threaten to serve Lean Cuisine if you're caught drunk driving

  November 21, 2017 1:24 PM

  TROY, Mich. - It's never a good idea to drink a drive, but police in Michigan are taking some unorthodox measures to deter drunk drivers and keep everyone safe on the road this holiday season. A tweet from the Troy Police Department laid out the master plan to curtail... more »

• Lucrative ticket-writing program suspended in five area parishes

  November 8, 2017 2:39 PM

  BATON ROUGE – A ticket-writing agreement between local agencies and State Police has been suspended amid a State Police-led criminal investigation regarding possible payroll fraud in another area of Louisiana. In Iberville, West Feliciana, East Feliciana and Livingston parishes, State Police are hired to help deter traffic violators by... more »

• Man's obscene, silly attempt at being famous gets him ticketed

  February 20, 2017 11:35 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Police ticketed a 23-year-old for disturbing the peace after what is likely a drunken attempt at showing off when he shouted expletives into a microphone attached to a camera that was being used to broadcast live from downtown Friday. Mason Peter Carbonell was written a citation,... more »

• Single-day tickets for 2017 Bayou Country Superfest go on sale Feb. 14

  February 13, 2017 4:51 PM

  NEW ORLEANS – Single-day tickets for this year's Bayou Country Superfest will go on sale on Feb. 14 at 10 a.m. The fest will feature Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Brooks & Dunn, Rascal Flatts, Thomas Rhett, Hank Williams, Jr, Brett Eldredge, Old Dominion and more. The fest will be... more »

• Man says he's been mailed red light violation in error, warning others Play Video

  February 2, 2017 6:09 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A man who was mailed a red light violation says he didn't do anything wrong. He says the photo that came with the ticket proves he's right. Syed Naqvi says the light malfunctioned and he's not going to pay the $177 ticket. There are multiple... more »

• BR woman wins $1 million Powerball prize

  November 3, 2016 2:14 PM

  BATON ROUGE – One Baton Rouge woman won the $1 million Powerball Prize from the Oct. 29 drawing. 38-year-old Tung Le matched five of six numbers to win $1,000,004 which she claimed Monday at Louisiana Lottery headquarters. Le received $700,002 after state and federal tax withholdings. The winning... more »

• Man cited after gun fires on CATS bus Tuesday

  September 13, 2016 5:09 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A wheelchair-bound man was issued a court summons after his gun accidentally fired inside a CATS bus Tuesday. Police identified the man as Belin Milton, 63. Investigators said Milton was exiting a CATS bus near the intersection of Picardy and Flanders when the gun he was... more »

• Red light-runners receive tickets in the mail years later Play Video

  May 5, 2016 11:38 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Tickets for running red lights are arriving years later for some drivers in Baton Rouge. Arturo Jerezano is one of those drivers. He showed News 2's Brittany Weiss a ticket indicating he drove through a red light on September 17th, 2011. He received that ticket in... more »

• Plea deal reached in I-10 speed trap scheme

  April 18, 2016 12:50 PM

  HENDERSON - There was a plea deal Monday in a ticket-writing scheme that involved a notorious speed trap at the western end of the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. Oliver Mack Lloyd pleaded guilty to false accounting and admitted his role in the I-10 ticket scheme, KATC TV reported on its... more »

• Parking the 'wrong' way could soon be allowed Play Video

  March 31, 2016 9:51 PM

  BATON ROUGE - It's illegal to parallel park facing on-coming traffic, but a bill making its way through the state legislature would change that. Current law requires vehicles to park within 18 inches of the curb with the right side of the vehicle, parallel to the curb. The bill... more »

• LSU sells out of Texas Bowl tickets

  December 8, 2015 1:15 PM

  BATON ROUGE - LSU ticket officials said they sold out of their supply of tickets for the upcoming AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl game. Associate LSU Athletic Director Brian Broussard said the university had 8,500 tickets to sell after the bowl game was announced. The Tigers will face the... more »

• Webb Park residents say bike lanes should go Play Video

  September 23, 2015 10:15 PM

  BATON ROUGE - There's a petition going around the Webb Park area in an effort to do away with bike lanes in the neighborhood. People who live in the community met Wednesday night to discuss what to do after a number of people received parking tickets for parking in... more »

• Les Miles says refund announcement coming Tuesday

  September 8, 2015 2:00 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Head LSU football coach Les Miles said an announcement about ticket refunds after this weekend's canceled game against McNeese State will be made later Tuesday. >UPDATE: LSU announced it will issue refunds for tickets. Click HERE for the latest story. Miles addressed the media during... more »

• Office pool shares $1 million lottery prize Play Video

  May 24, 2013 3:36 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Two dozen members of a local realtor's office who put together a lottery pool claimed their $1 million Powerball prize today. The group received $700,000 to split after state and federal taxes were withheld. They said each member of the pool would receive more then $29,000... more »