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Classmates honoring Baton Rouge teen who went missing in rip current
June 2, 2022 2:36 PM
BATON ROUGE - Authorities are still searching for a teenager who went missing at an Alabama beach nearly two weeks ago. McKinley Middle is planning a ceremony Thursday afternoon honoring 14-year-old Tyreke Walker, who disappeared May 21 when he was caught in a rip current at Orange Beach. Walker... more » -
New Iberia to hold vigil for former Daily Iberian journalist imprisoned in Myanmar
June 25, 2021 10:55 AM
NEW IBERIA - A vigil will be held Sunday for former New Iberia journalist, Danny Fenster, who has been imprisoned in Myanmar, KATC reports. Fenster's family and friends will join members of the New Iberia community at New Iberia City Hall on June 27. Fenster, a former Daily... more » -
WATCH: Baton Rouge bishop, mayor and other community members attend vigil for missing LSU student Play Video
April 11, 2021 11:01 PM
BATON ROUGE - Hundreds gathered in prayer and song at the Sunday night vigil for missing LSU student Kori Gauthier. Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome, Bishop of Baton Rouge Michael Duca, Opelousas Mayor Julius Alsandor and LSU interim president Tom Galligan attended the vigil, along with Gauthier's family... more » -
Vigil held at site where Danny Buckley was murdered calls for justice Play Video
August 29, 2020 11:46 PM
BATON ROUGE - More than 100 people gathered for a candlelight vigil on Saturday in the parking lot of Trader Joe's on Perkins Road where a Black man was murdered. "This is my neighborhood. I live here. This is the store where I shop. No one... more » -
Protesters turn out to vigil at site of deadly officer-involved shooting Play Video
July 6, 2016 3:18 PM
BATON ROUGE - After a morning that included an emotional appearance by Alton Sterling's family along with comments from Baton Rouge Police and Governor John Bel Edwards, a vigil was held at the site of Tuesday night's shooting. The vigil for 37-year-old Alton Sterling, killed in an early morning... more » -
Close friends remember mother, teacher after her death is confirmed
June 16, 2016 11:32 PM
BATON ROUGE - Close friends of a missing woman gathered Thursday night for a previously planned vigil after being delivered devastating news: Their friend was dead. For the past week, Lyntell Washington's friends had remained hopeful she was still alive. After learning of her death, they remembered the person... more » -
Baton Rouge honors victims of Orlando shooting at vigil, fundraiser Play Video
June 14, 2016 12:36 AM
BATON ROUGE - It's estimated more than a thousand people attended a vigil honoring Victims of the Orlando terrorist attack Monday night. The candlelight vigil was held on the banks of the Mississippi River. The same, somber ceremony was repeated around the country; honoring the victims of the deadliest... more » -
Witnesses urged to come forward at ceremony for victims' families
April 15, 2016 12:17 AM
BATON ROUGE - Grieving families gathered in Baton Rouge Thursday night at a special ceremony hosted by the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office. Nearly everyone in attendance at the Evening of Remembrance lost loved ones to violence in 2015. More than 70 people were honored Thursday, including Brittney Mills,... more » -
Emotional crowd celebrates lives of murdered college students Play Video
April 12, 2016 9:53 PM
BATON ROUGE - It was standing room only Tuesday night at an emotional vigil to honor two Southern University students shot and killed over the weekend. The theme of the ceremony: Coming together. Pictures of Annette January and Lashuntae Benton sat in the front of the ballroom in the Southern... more » -
Candlelight vigil to be held for 2 Southern University students following shooting
April 11, 2016 3:41 PM
BATON ROUGE- Southern University will hold a candlelight vigil on Tuesday for two students that were killed in a shooting Sunday at an off campus apartment complex. Students Lashuntae Benton, a Lake Charles native, and Annette January, of Gary, Indiana, were killed during a gun exchange involving Ernest Felton, and... more » -
Vigil held for boy shot, killed in Marksville Play Video
November 12, 2015 11:25 PM
MARKSVILLE - A few dozen people gathered for a memorial service Thursday to remember Jeremy Mardis. Mardis, 6, was killed in gunfire State Police have said was fired by two part time marshals in Avoyelles Parish. The child's father, Chris Few, was also shot and survived. Few was released... more » -
At vigil, friend recalls trying to pull woman from mangled car Play Video
September 23, 2015 12:16 AM
BATON ROUGE - Holding back tears, a teenager remembered the moment a week ago, she tried to save her friend's life. "I had opened her door, and I was like 'please wake up, please wake up,'" Cheryl Watson recalled. Watson survived the car crash that killed her friend Tashadow... more »