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EBR Schools employee accused of participating in scheme to steal $100K in COVID relief funds
BATON ROUGE— An East Baton Rouge School System employee is accused of working with an unnamed suspect to steal thousands of dollars of COVID relief money by filing applications from fake businesses. According to documents from the U.S. Middle District Court of Louisiana, 38-year-old Kenyall Williams was one of...
Feds say Baton Rouge woman defrauded government of $100k in COVID relief funds
Federal prosecutors have charged an East Baton Rouge Parish School System employee on a felony count of conspiracy, saying she took part in a scheme to fraudulently acquire COVID funds for fake businesses. Kenyall Williams, 38, of Baton Rouge, was named in criminal charges filed in federal court Monday, accusing...
Schools prepare for new law around cellphones in class
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Cellphones can be one of the most distracting devices in our daily lives, especially for kids. Come August when your kids are heading back to their desks those phones must now be turned off and put away out of sight. “I’m looking at what’s going...
Around Zachary for July 10, 2024
The East Baton Rouge City-Parish Department of Transportation and Drainage, Traffic Engineering Division, announced July 1 that Port Hudson-Pride Road over White Bayou will be closed until further notice. Alternate routes are Scotlandvllle-Zachary Highway (La. 19) to Church Street/High Street to Old Scenic Highway (La. 964). Candidate announcements welcome. The...
Meet the two EBR Parish superintendent finalists
The final round of interviews for the East Baton Rouge Parish School System’s new superintendent kicked off Monday morning, with a public meet and greet scheduled for late Monday afternoon. The board will meet once more this week before selecting between the two remaining finalists—Andrea Zayas and Kevin George....
CEO of Louisiana Animal Charity Arrested for Child Pornography and Animal Sexual Abuse
The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office received a cyber tip that led them to a disturbing discovery. WBRZ reported that Devin Triche, age 37, was arrested for 100 counts of child porn and two counts of sexual abuse of an animal. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children contacted the Sheriff's Office after finding two files Triche uploaded containing sexual abuse of a minor.
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