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• 83-year-old Gonzales grandmother wins the jackpot

  February 9, 2018 10:53 AM

  BATON ROUGE – An 83-year-old grandmother won a Louisiana Lottery jackpot of $525,000, the state lottery office revealed Friday. Josephine Prendergast of Gonzales had the sole winning ticket for the January 20 th Lotto jackpot. “I was reading the numbers and checking them each off thinking ‘that’s not... more »

• How a man from Baton Rouge turned his duck hunt into a $2 million jackpot

  January 24, 2018 6:56 PM

  NATCHEZ – A man from Baton Rouge won a $2 million jackpot in a last-minute bet at a Mississippi casino recently, the Natchez newspaper reported Wednesday. Terry Hill won while playing a progressive slot machine at the Magnolia Bluffs Casino Tuesday. Hill won after playing $34. “I don't... more »

• WBRZ wins five awards in Mississippi-Louisiana AP Competition

  March 25, 2017 11:28 PM

  JACKSON, Miss. — WBRZ News won five awards in the 2016 Mississippi-Louisiana Associated Press competition. Winners of the 2016 Mississippi-Louisiana Associated Press broadcast, newspaper college competitions were announced Saturday at an awards presentation in Jackson. AP-member broadcasters and newspapers in both states submitted nearly 2,000 entries in the... more »