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Posted 7:30 PM 7/8/2025 by Brittany Weiss

NORWOOD - One man spent a chunk of his savings on a home generator only to be scammed out of the money. Ron Prevost contacted 2 On Your Side to warn others about a local business making empty promises. 

In early May, Prevost contacted DDC Robillard's Grading Services, LLC, to purchase (More)

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Posted 9:55 PM 7/7/2025 by Brittany Weiss

BATON ROUGE - One woman is lucky to be alive after lightning struck a tree next to her and she was caught in the ground current. It happened in Broadmoor last Thursday evening around 5 p.m. 

Rebekah Prevost is badly bruised and has several stitches along her neck and on her chin. A (More)

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Posted 7:20 PM 7/3/2025 by Brittany Weiss

BATON ROUGE - Bridget Richardson and her fiance moved into a house on Osborne Avenue in the spring. They have two young girls.

When they first moved into the house Richardson and her fiance cleaned, painted, made plumbing repairs, and installed linoleum in the kitchen. The house came (More)

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Posted 6:01 PM 7/2/2025 by Brittany Weiss

BATON ROUGE - Heavy machinery staged along the closed May Street broke the dams keeping University Lake and City Park Lake separate. Now the two flow together. 

May Street was closed to pedestrians and traffic in early June. Since then, a lot has happened to pave way for significant (More)

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Posted 7:33 PM 7/1/2025 by Brittany Weiss

BATON ROUGE - The trees growing out of the neighborhood drainage ditch next to George Garrison's home are now peering over his roof. It's a situation that's gotten out of control for Garrison, who called 2 On Your Side for guidance.

What was once a ditch no more than a foot wide, has now (More)

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Posted 7:06 PM 6/30/2025 by Brittany Weiss

PRAIRIEVILLE - Several neighbors in the Fountain Hill subdivision say they feel uneasy knowing that their power could go out for a few minutes or a few hours at any moment.

"Why pay your Entergy bill if you have to go through what we go through," resident Jamie Lagattuta said.

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Posted 7:58 PM 6/27/2025 by Brittany Weiss

BATON ROUGE - A TikTok post about a squatted F-150 and the ordeal it's gone through has gone viral. The truck was towed and damaged in the process, then somehow ended up at an auction house.

It all started in the early morning hours of June 14. Savione Ketchens was driving home when a (More)

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Posted 6:38 PM 6/26/2025 by Brittany Weiss

BATON ROUGE - For the past year, De'Nita O'Conner has been driving around the city, unaware that her car has been flagged as stolen. She bought it from a used car lot on Florida Boulevard in July 2024 for her growing family and business. After multiple attempts to get her license plate, this week (More)

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Posted 5:48 PM 6/25/2025 by Brittany Weiss

BATON ROUGE - Since September 2023, East Baton Rouge Parish has been voluntarily collecting large woody waste piles. That's coming to an end. There was money available to fund the effort, but that money is running out. Now the new administration is looking to see if they can make changes to what (More)

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Posted 9:39 PM 6/24/2025 by Brittany Weiss

BATON ROUGE - For several months, Brandon Dunn has been getting rides to work from a neighbor. In a perfect world, his car would be fixed and he'd be able to drive himself. Instead, it's sitting at a mechanic shop.

"I don't have money to throw away like that," said Dunn.

He's (More)

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Posted 1:09 PM 6/25/2025 by Brittany Weiss

UPDATE: WBRZ has since learned that the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office has a warrant out for Sibley's arrest after he did not show up at a grad party last month.

Read the original 2 On Your Side story below:

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Posted 5:57 PM 6/20/2025 by Brittany Weiss

BATON ROUGE - Last November, Cassandra Chaney was away for the holiday when her neighbor called to tell her they had experienced a power surge. A piece of electrical equipment feeding power to Chaney's home and her neighbor's house blew and, in the process, damaged several appliances and (More)

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Posted 7:59 PM 6/18/2025 by Brittany Weiss

BATON ROUGE - Katherine Moses is trying to be proactive about the erosion behind her property. That includes calling the city, filing a work order, and checking the situation often. 

"Every day it rains I come back here to check," said Moses.

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Posted 6:36 PM 6/13/2025 by Brittany Weiss

PLAQUEMINE - Taking shelter from the rain Friday morning was a large group of people witnessing the grand re-opening of the Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site. The project, directed by the Friends of the Lock, is a result of funding from the state (More)

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Posted 8:51 AM 6/13/2025 by Brittany Weiss

DENHAM SPRINGS - About two decades ago, the Park Ridge subdivision was built next to a concrete company in Livingston Parish. Premier Concrete Products, Inc. has been operating along Highway 16 with the correct permits since 2000.

In the last few months, the company expanded, bringing (More)

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Posted 8:15 AM 6/13/2025 by Brittany Weiss

BATON ROUGE - A young Baton Rouge family is anxiously waiting for what's next after ICE agents arrested a mother of two in New Orleans last month.

Paola Clouatre had an appointment on May 27 at New Orleans USCIS for an interview pertaining to her permanent residence status. The 25-year-old (More)