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Gas leak shuts down Antioch Road
EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, La. (WAFB) - A gas leak shut down Antioch Road in East Baton Rouge Parish Tuesday afternoon, July 23. According to the St. George Fire Department, the road is shut down near Woodlawn Elementary. Officials said that Entergy has the call and is responding to the...
EBR mayor-president meets with St. George mayor
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome met with the interim mayor of St. George to discuss the future. According to Mayor Broome, the meeting took place on Tuesday, July 23. She released the following statement:. The establishment of the City of St. George marks...
LSU’s new preparations for 2024 season opener
ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - LSU football has not won an opening season game since 2019 and is 0-2 during the Brian Kelly era. KALB Sports Reporter Julia Keller spoke with the Tigers to learn more about the 2024 season opener.
EBR Mayor Pro Tem Lamont Cole intends to apply for EBR Schools superintendent position
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - After months of tumultuous debate, the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board says it will finally hire a new superintendent Wednesday. And, in recent days, the name of one particular person continued to pop up in political circles as the board’s likely choice for that top job.
LSU Football’s 2025 Recruiting Class: Looking Like A Game-Changer
Brian Kelly and the LSU football staff are building a program-changing 2025 recruiting class, and they’re holding a consensus top-five class in America. LSU’s impressive haul is headlined by Bryce Underwood, the number one quarterback in the country. Underwood’s exceptional skills were on full display as early as his freshman season at Belleville High School, where he threw for 2,888 yards and 39 touchdowns with only four interceptions. He also added six rushing scores, leading Belleville to a state championship and earning him the Michigan Associated Press Division 1-2 Player of the Year award. Underwood is the No. 1-ranked 2025 recruit in the country overall.
Fatal shooting on Cedar Avenue marks 57th homicide in Baton Rouge city limits this year
BATON ROUGE — Sunday night's deadly shooting on Cedar Avenue was the 57th homicide in Baton Rouge this year, marking 2024 as the third deadliest year on record so far. According to Baton Rouge Police Department records, officers investigated 51 homicides during the first seven months of 2023. Documents show that there were 61 homicides inside city limits through July 2022 and the same number during the first seven months of 2021.
Geismar resident pushing back on proposed regional sewage plant location
GEISMAR, La. (WAFB) - Residents in Ascension Parish are pushing back on a proposed location for a regional sewer plant that would back up to some neighborhoods. This began when parish officials sold all of the parish’s sewer assets to the National Water Infrastructure (NWI). The regional sewer plant would consolidate 72 existing treatment plants that are currently located in neighborhoods and direct them to one regional plant. It would remove around 3.5 million gallons of water from local ditches and waterways to be treated at the new plant and then released into the Mississippi River.
LPSO: Car burglary suspect found hiding under pile of logs
LIVINGSTON PARISH, La. (WAFB) - Deputies in Livingston Parish said they arrested a car burglary suspect after finding him hiding in a field under a pile of logs. According to the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office, the suspect has been identified as Lewis Lemon, 34, of Denham Springs. Deputies said...
Denham Springs man suspected of vehicle thefts arrested after attempting to flee from police
ALBANY — A suspected Denham Springs vehicle burglar was arrested Tuesday after fleeing from police, Livingston Parish deputies said. Lewis Lemon, 34, was arrested and processed into the Livingston Parish Detention Center on burglary charges. Deputies said Lemon was also arrested on other charges but did not specify, stating that the investigation is still ongoing.
Zachary Rotary announces new president Heather Prejean
At the Zachary Rotary Luncheon on July 11, outgoing President Daniel Gomez passed the baton to the newly appointed President Heather Prejean, who will lead the Zachary Rotary Club for the 2024-25 term. Prejean brings extensive leadership experience from her previous role as the director of the Zachary Chamber of...
Water valve leak raises concerns for neighbors amid call for conservation
Conserving water—it’s crucial especially during summer when heat and drought are at their worst. But residents are saying that’s not the case after a water valve leak has been going on for weeks.
‘I had did that to them’: Mother says she was on drugs when she killed her 4-year-old, abandoned her 1-year-old
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC/Gray News) - A mother accused of killing one child and abandoning another along the interstate made a shocking confession to KPLC as she returned in Louisiana. Aaliyah Jack, 25, of Lake Charles, arrived from Mississippi and was booked into Calcasieu Correctional Center on Saturday afternoon. Cameras...
‘The Ladies Man’ to Make Appearance in Lafayette in September
Lafayette Comedy continues to bring some of the biggest names in stand-up comedy and they've a good one coming to town in September as Tim Meadows will be performing a couple of shows. The comedian-actor will be appearing at Club 337 in the Doubletree Hotel in Lafayette on Saturday, September...
The Truth About the Six-Foot Shark Caught in Red River
A couple weeks ago, from July 7-13, Discovery Channel celebrated their annual "Shark Week" and again this year, millions of Americans tuned in. This year's celebration was wildly successful and according to thefutoncritic.com firmly ranked the network #1 in primetime in key demographics for the week. With our obvious attraction...
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