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• Ponchatoula teenager with medical condition found safe

  07-04-2025 19:50 via wbrz.com
  
  PONCHATOULA - A teenager with a medical condition was found in good health after an hours-long search in Ponchatoula.The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said they appreciate the public's help while trying to find the teen.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Deputies looking for missing Ponchatoula teenager with medical condition

  07-04-2025 19:50 via wbrz.com
  
  PONCHATOULA - Deputies are searching the Autumn Brook and Weinberger Road area of Ponchatoula for a missing teen with a heart condition. The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said a deputy was flagged down by relatives who had been searching for 15-year-old Aiden Reid. His family found his bike by the woods near his home around 5:30 p.m. but has not found him. Aiden, who is a white male with brown hair standing 5'7" and weighing 130 pounds, was last seen wearing a black Under
  
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• State lawmakers want to try again with teacher pay raises

  07-04-2025 19:01 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE— Key lawmakers appeared before the Baton Rouge Press Club on Monday to unveil their plans for the upcoming legislative session.A week from the start of the session, money is top of mind, especially as the state faces a $194 million shortfall.State Representative Julie Emerson, R-Carencro, says state leaders must find a new path forward after voters rejected an effort to restructure how the state raises money. She says Amendment 2, which failed at the ballot box, would have
  
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• LSU women's basketball making moves in the transfer portal

  07-04-2025 18:57 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - LSU women's basketball had a busy day in the transfer portal on Monday as there were players leaving and joining the team for the next season.Former 5-star recruit and center Aalyah Del Rosario entered the portal after struggling to make an impact for the Tigers in two season of playing at LSU and the Tigers added a 5-star recruit and seasoned player in 6-5 sophomore Kate Koval from Notre Dame.“Having recruited Kate out of High School, we are very aligned in our vision f
  
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• West Feliciana Parish teen starts organization providing accessible Narcan to combat overdoses

  07-04-2025 17:36 via wbrz.com
  
  ST. FRANCISVILLE - A teenager in West Feliciana Parish is taking the battle against opioid addiction into her own hands.Leila Ramos, a 16-year-old senior at West Feliciana High School, is looking to make an impact in her community by making Narcan, an anti-opioid overdose drug, more readily available."The true goal of this person is one life saved is everything, one life saved is a success," Ramos said.Ramos plans to attend LSU next semester as a pre-med student and created Hope Resuscitated to
  
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• Community honors visionary founder of Baton Rouge Regional Eye Bank after her death

  07-04-2025 17:20 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - On Monday, the Baton Rouge community remembered Sister Lillian Lynch, known for founding the Baton Rouge Regional Eye Bank. Lynch was 88 when she died last month.Originally from Cork, Ireland, Lynch came to Baton Rouge in 1961 and later started the eye bank. She started the bank, a nonprofit organization supplying donor ocular tissue to restore vision for thousands of people, in 1976."That is quite a legacy for a very special woman," Ginger Miller, the former executive di
  
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• Woman pleads guilty to allowing self-described pedophile to take pornographic pictures of child

  07-04-2025 16:44 via wbrz.com
  
  GONZALES — A Gonzales woman pleaded guilty Monday to allowing a child to have pictures taken by a self-described pedophile.Hannah Kinchen, 40, was found guilty of one count of receiving child pornography after she arranged to have the photos taken for the minor victim’s modeling career between July and October 2020.According to federal court, Kinchen allowed and assisted the photographer in posing the minor victim wearing scanty attire, including thongs and G-strings. The ph
  
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• Attorney explains why BRPD officer who blew over the limit after wreck likely won't get charged

  07-04-2025 16:20 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - A Baton Rouge Police officer and another driver may not face charges after a fiery crash in Zachary, despite both drivers being suspected of alcohol use. Officer Loren Gaskin is currently on administrative leave from the Baton Rouge Police Department after totaling his unit in that wreck.Last week, WBRZ obtained a document showing that Gaskin was driving above the legal limit.Two breath tests, taken two hours after the wreck at a medical testing facility, show results of
  
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• Ponchatoula PD makes second arrest in attempted murder, armed robbery

  07-04-2025 15:44 via wbrz.com
  PONCHATOULA - Police officers in Ponchatoula arrested two people accused of attempted first-degree murder and armed robbery.The Ponchatoula Police Department said officers searched a home for 20-year-old Jamal Griffin Monday evening. Though he was not found, police reported he was arrested Tuesday morning.Officers got a second warrant for a home in Tickfaw and arrested 19-year-old Jaeson Nelson Monday night, who was wanted on the same charges. "Chief Layrisson would like to thank the p
  
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• Ponchatoula PD makes arrest in attempted murder, armed robbery; still looking for second suspect

  07-04-2025 15:44 via wbrz.com
  
  PONCHATOULA - Police officers in Ponchatoula arrested one person accused of attempted first-degree murder and armed robbery and are still looking for a second suspect. The Ponchatoula Police Department said officers are looking for 20-year-old Jamal Griffin. On Monday, Ponchatoula officers and the Hammond PD SWAT team searched a home on North First Street, but they didn't find him. Officers got a second warrant for a home in Tickfaw and arrested 19-year-old Jaeson Nelson, who was wante
  
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• SPARE NOTES: Dutchtown Girls Go For Three Straight; U-High Represents BR Boys In State Bowling Semis This Week

  07-04-2025 15:30 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE – For the Dutchtown girls’ team, there is a bit of history they are looking to accomplish when the Louisiana High School Athletics Association bowling playoffs resume on Wednesday at Premier Lanes in Gonzales.If the Griffins can get through two matches that day, they will be in the rarified air of three consecutive state championships. They will be only the second girls’ team to win at least three straight, dating back to the opening four years (2005-08
  
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• Baton Rouge Zydeco clinch wildcard spot in playoffs; team could play postseason games in River Center

  07-04-2025 15:25 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — The Baton Rouge Zydeco is headed to the postseason.The hockey team, which is in its second year, has clinched a wildcard spot in the FPHL playoffs, contending to hoist the Commissioner's Cup.The Zydeco will take on the Blue Ridge Bobcats in the wildcard game on Tuesday, April 15.The game’s venue will be determined by the final rankings and seeding. If the Zydeco clinch the fourth seed, the game will be played at the Raising Cane’s River Center. A seco
  
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• Deputies arrest man accused of firing gun, hit-and-run near French Settlement intersection

  07-04-2025 14:30 via wbrz.com
  FRENCH SETTLEMENT — A man accused of firing a gun while driving along La. 42 near La. 16 in French Settlement over the weekend was arrested Monday.Jacob Ferguson, 29, was arrested by deputies for illegally discharging a firearm, as well as hit-and-run.According to deputies, the shots were first reported just before 2 a.m. on Sunday near the intersection of La. 42 and La. 16. Shortly after, Livingston Parish deputies said they found a vehicle crashed into a ditch with no one at the sce
  
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• Deputies arrest man accused of firing gun, hit-and-run near French Settlement bar

  07-04-2025 14:30 via wbrz.com
  
  FRENCH SETTLEMENT — A man accused of firing a gun while driving along La. 42 near La. 16 in French Settlement over the weekend was arrested Monday.Jacob Ferguson, 29, was arrested by deputies for illegally discharging a firearm, as well as hit-and-run.According to deputies, the shots were first reported just before 2 a.m. on Sunday near the Moonlight Inn Bar. Shortly after, Livingston Parish deputies said they found a vehicle crashed into a ditch with no one at the scene. Sheriff Jaso
  
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• EBR Mosquito Abatement and Rodent Control Board wants to cooperate with city-parish on Thrive! plan

  07-04-2025 13:50 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — Members of the East Baton Rouge Mosquito Abatement and Rodent Control met Monday morning to discuss giving up revenue to fund city-parish programs.This comes after a proposal — Thrive! East Baton Rouge — was pitched by Mayor-President Sid Edwards to redirect tax dollars from various agencies, including the mosquito control board and the library, to a city-parish general fund.The board agreed to split its secondary millage for the general fund, as well
  
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• Third suspect arrested year and a half after vehicle, ATM theft

  07-04-2025 13:34 via wbrz.com
  
  NAPOLEONVILLE - A year and a half after a car theft and an ATM burglary, deputies arrested a third suspect in both incidents.The Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office responded to reports of an ATM burglary on Crossfield Lane in Carencro in November of 2023. A vehicle stolen from a nearby home was tied to the burglary, and deputies identified two possible suspects, who have both since been arrested.A third suspect was later identified as 27-year-old Deja Cohn. Cohn was arrested in Texas in March a
  
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• Capital Region Planning Commission was victim of cyberattack that cost $90,000, audit says

  07-04-2025 13:20 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — A cyberattack allowed nearly $90,000 in Capital Region Planning Commission funds to be transferred to fraudulent accounts under the guise of legitimate vendors, an audit revealed.The legislative auditor's report says that, in 2024, a "cyber incident" allowed unauthorized parties to gain access to the commission's financial systems.The audit says that the malicious actors then "requested payments posing as legitimate vendors of the commission, leading to the transfer of f
  
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• Trump threatens more tariffs on China as global markets plunge

  07-04-2025 13:16 via wbrz.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump threatened additional tariffs on China on Monday, raising fresh concerns that his drive to rebalance the global economy could lead to a trade war.Trump’s threat, which he delivered on social media, came after China said it would retaliate against U.S. tariffs announced last week.“If China does not withdraw its 34% increase above their already long term trading abuses by tomorrow, April 8th, 2025, the United States will impos
  
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• Man who killed neighbor, shot two deputies in 2022 sentenced to life in prison

  07-04-2025 13:03 via wbrz.com
  BATON ROUGE - A man convicted of killing his neighbor and shooting two East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's deputies during a standoff will spend the rest of his life in prison. A judge sentenced Henry Williams for the 2022 killing of his neighbor, 25-year-old Ronald LeDuff.WBRZ previously reported that video showed Williams shooting LeDuff in the back seven times at a home off Florida Boulevard. Deputies Kade Babin and Jeremy Yantis were wounded by the gunfire. Williams was arre
  
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• Woman accused of killing 22-year-old, injuring three others in Plank Road hit-and-run arrested

  07-04-2025 13:00 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — A woman accused of killing one woman and severely injuring another in a hit-and-run crash along Plank Road is now in police custody.Taquencya Harris, 34, was arrested Monday for allegedly killing 22-year-old LaDerica Stewart and injuring Stewart's cousin Di'Arbonee Smith in a hit-and-run that happened along Plank Road early March 30. Two other people were hurt in the crash.According to an affidavit, an SUV was driving 12 mph over the speed limit along Plank Road when she
  
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• Police identify victim of Sunday night Geronimo Street shooting

  07-04-2025 12:25 via wbrz.com
  BATON ROUGE - Police responded to a fatal shooting that happened Sunday evening. The Baton Rouge Police Department was called to a home on Geronimo Street on Sunday shortly before 7 p.m.. When officers arrived, they found a man, 40-year-old Kelvin Dale Evans, dead in his home with multiple gunshot wounds. Some of Evans' friends went to his home to do a wellness check when his friends found him dead. The BRPD said the investigation into the shooting is ongoing and that
  
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• Police identify victim of reported shooting Sunday night

  07-04-2025 12:25 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police responded to a fatal shooting that happened Sunday evening. The Baton Rouge Police Department was called to a home on Geronimo Street on Sunday shortly before 7 p.m.. When officers arrived, they found a man, 40-year-old Kelvin Dale Evans, dead in his home with multiple gunshot wounds. Some of Evans' friends went to his home to do a wellness check when his friends found him dead. The BRPD said the investigation into the shooting is ongoing and that
  
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• Swollen rivers flood towns in US South after dayslong deluge of rain

  07-04-2025 09:59 via wbrz.com
  
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Days of unrelenting heavy rain and storms that killed at least 18 people worsened flooding as some rivers rose to near-record levels and inundated towns across an already saturated U.S. South and parts of the Midwest.Cities ordered evacuations and rescue crews in inflatable boats checked on residents in Kentucky and Tennessee, while utilities shut off power and gas in a region stretching from Texas to Ohio.You can find the latest local weather forecast from your
  
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• Local author channels grief through her book, 'Blackbird'

  07-04-2025 09:44 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - An author who grew up in the capital city decided to channel her grief by writing a book. Betsy Stephenson lost her son, her mother-in-law and her dog within a six-week period. To cope with her grief, she wrote a book exploring her feelings and hoping to help others experiencing a difficult time. Stephenson's book Blackbird is available anywhere books are sold or online. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Monday marks one month from the deadline to get a Real ID for domestic flights

  07-04-2025 09:12 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Monday, Apr. 7 marks one month from the deadline for citizens to acquire a REAL ID, a new standardization of identification through the federal government. REAL IDs will be required to board planes on domestic and international flights - state driver's licenses will no longer be enough past May 7, 2025. The REAL ID Act was passed in Congress in 2005 as a recommendation for the standardization of ID issuance. For more information on REAL IDs and what they
  
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• Events scheduled all week long to beautify the capital city with Love the Boot Week

  07-04-2025 04:38 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's largest litter removal and beautification effort is officially underway after it began on Saturday.Parishes around the state are hosting their own clean-up events until Apr. 13.2une In's Abigail Whitam is joining Jennifer Richardson with Keep Tiger Town Beautiful this morning.KTTB schedule:April 7 - Hi Nabor; 9620 Florida BlvdApril 8 - Walmart; 3132 College DriveApril 9 - Allied Systems; 11680 S Harrells FerryApril 10  - Ivar's; 2954 Perkins RoadApril 11 - Sur
  
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