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Posted 5:30 PM 4/12/2024 by Katie Easter

NEW ROADS - Prosecutors in Pointe Coupee Parish are trying a racketeering case; it's the first of its kind there.

"Governor Landry was elected by the people of the parish with crime as one of his main things he wants to target, and I'm just following the governor's mandate," District (More)

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Posted 6:15 PM 2/26/2024 by Logan Cullop

BATON ROUGE - A 21-year-old man was shot to death Sunday afternoon in the parking lot of a small shopping plaza on Florida Boulevard. 

Emergency officials said the shooting happened around 6 p.m. at the Florida East Plaza, between Marque Ann and South Tamari drives.The (More)

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Posted 9:21 PM 2/25/2024 by Logan Cullop

LIVINGSTON PARISH - Firefighters worked through the day Saturday, battling a brush fire just outside of Denham Springs in the Arbor Walk neighborhood. 

A Livingston Parish councilmember said the fire started around 1:30 p.m. and burned all day. Department of Agriculture and Forestry (More)

Posted 9:43 PM 2/25/2024 by Logan Cullop

JEFFERSON PARISH - Deputies in Jefferson Parish are searching an escaped inmate who stole a patrol car after pepper spraying a deputy Sunday evening. 

Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said inmate Leon Ruffin, who was in jail for second-degree murder, was transported to a (More)

Posted 5:36 PM 2/25/2024 by Logan Cullop

DENHAM SPRINGS - A Denham Springs man was killed early Saturday morning when he was hit by a car while riding his bike. 

State Police are looking for a damaged pickup truck that they believe hit 46-year-old Earl Jones around 2:30 a.m. Saturday on LA-1026 and then left Jones to (More)

Posted 4:53 PM 2/25/2024 by Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Miami’s Jimmy Butler and New Orleans’ Naji Marshall have been suspended for one game apiece for instigating an on-court altercation, the NBA announced Sunday.

The incident happened during the Heat-Pelicans game Friday night.

Posted 9:34 PM 2/24/2024 by Sarah Lawrence

PRAIRIEVILLE - Deputies arrested a substitute teacher at Galvez Primary School for simple battery and cruelty to a juvenile after she allegedly used excessive force on a child. 

According to the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office, deputies were called to the school because of a report (More)

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Posted 5:40 PM 2/24/2024 by Alexis Marigny

BATON ROUGE - Thursday, the Louisiana Senate agreed and passed a measure increasing penalties for first time drunk drivers. Senator Rick Edmond's (R) bill requires the use of an interlock device after a person's first DWI. 

Edmonds says passing the bill is the right step in preventing (More)

Posted 5:40 PM 2/24/2024 by Associated Press

AT&T said the hourslong outage to its U.S. cellphone network Thursday appeared to be the result of a technical error, not a malicious attack.

The outage knocked out cellphone service for thousands of its users across the U.S. starting early Thursday before it was restored.

Posted 5:06 PM 2/24/2024 by Associated Press

SEATTLE (AP) — Former NFL player Richard Sherman was arrested early Saturday on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to the Washington State Patrol.

No other details about the arrest were immediately available, said Trooper Rick Johnson, a patrol spokesperson.

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