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• Teams working to clean up oil spill in Bayou Lafourche

  28-07-2024 21:02 via wbrz.com
  
  BAYOU LAFOURCHE - Crews are working to clean up an oil spill after crude oil from a Raceland facility made its way into Bayou Lafourche. The Lafourche Parish Government said the oil came from Crescent Midstream Crude Oil Facility in Raceland and was getting into the bayou from a storm water canal. Officials were alerted to the mistake around 8 a.m. Saturday and had the leak contained by 2 p.m. Crews are now working to get the oil out of the bayou. As of 8 p.m. Sunday, there we
  
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• Two meteor showers will flash across the sky around the same time in late July

  28-07-2024 17:27 via wbrz.com
  
  Get ready for a meteor shower doubleheader.The Southern Delta Aquariid meteor shower peaks in late July. And this year, it will coincide with a second smaller meteor shower, the Alpha Capricornids.The Delta Aquariids occur every year in North America’s late summer. This year’s peak activity happens early Tuesday morning, with an expected 15 to 20 meteors visible per hour in the Northern Hemisphere, under dark skies. Viewing should be even better in the Southern Hemisphere. T
  
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• Firefighters feel 'betrayed' after vehicle break ins Saturday night, four guns stolen

  28-07-2024 16:18 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Deputies responded to two separate car burglaries Saturday night, with both incidents occurring at different fire stations in East Baton Rouge Parish.Firefighters returned from a late night call to find someone had broken into multiple employee vehicles at the East Side Fire Department on Old Hammond Highway."It's a betrayal of trust, that you park out here and we're here to do good, we're here to serve the people, we're here to help and somebody takes advantage of it," Captain Jo
  
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• Firefighters feel 'betrayed' after multiple break ins Saturday night

  28-07-2024 16:18 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Deputies responded to two separate car burglaries Saturday night, with both incidents occurring at different fire stations in East Baton Rouge Parish.Firefighters returned from a late night call to find someone had broken into multiple employee vehicles at the East Side Fire Department on Old Hammond Highway."It's a betrayal of trust, that you park out here and we're here to do good, we're here to serve the people, we're here to help and somebody takes advantage of it," Captain Jo
  
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• Deputies arrest man who allegedly assaulted fiancee, fled into woods

  28-07-2024 15:42 via wbrz.com
  
  CENTRAL - Deputies arrested a man who allegedly assaulted his fiancee and fled into the woods off Frenchtown Road and Planchet Road.According to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office and the Central Police Department, the incident happened around 10 a.m. Sunday. Police searched the area and did not locate him until around 3:40 p.m.The fiancee did not need to be transported. The man was arrested for domestic battery but has not yet been identified.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Man accused of murdering Southern student extradited to Mississippi

  28-07-2024 15:30 via wbrz.com
  
  WOODVILLE, Miss. - A man accused of being one of three people to murder a Southern student was extradited to Mississippi, according to officials.Derek Terrell Hollins Jr., 21, faces first-degree murder charges in Wilkinson County, while he was arrested for conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in West Feliciana Parish. He was arrested alongside Calajia Jack, 20, and Allyah Martin, 21, for the murder of Steven Harris.The presumed body of Harris, who went missing on July 17, was recovered Wedn
  
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• Two dead, six others injured after boat crash, search and rescue on Tickfaw River

  28-07-2024 14:51 via wbrz.com
  
  TICKFAW - Two people are dead after a boat crash and search and rescue on the Tickfaw River, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office. According to LPSO, two-vessel collision took place in the Tickfaw River near Kings Point at 12 a.m. Sunday. Officials found aheavily damaged 25 foot pontoon boat and a capsized 25 foot Sea Fox boat.A 27-year-old female was trapped under the capsized vessel. An agent and Good Samaritan recover
  
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• Agents identify two people killed in boat crash early Sunday morning

  28-07-2024 14:51 via wbrz.com
  
  TICKFAW - Two people are dead after a boat crash and search and rescue on the Tickfaw River, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office. Agents identified the two victims in a press release sent out Monday.According to LPSO, two-vessel collision took place in the Tickfaw River near Kings Point at 12 a.m. Sunday. Officials found aheavily damaged 25-foot pontoon boat and a capsized 25-foot Sea Fox boat.A 31-year-old female, late
  
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• Paris Olympics Day 2: Simone Biles and LeBron James shine as Americans step up at the Games

  28-07-2024 12:33 via wbrz.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — On the first sunny day of the Paris Olympics, the stars from the United States shined bright.Simone Biles and LeBron James dazzled, so did the U.S. women’s soccer team. Torri Huske grabbed some of the spotlight, and Haley Batten made a name for herself by earning a silver medal in mountain biking for the best finish ever by an American rider.Although it was French swimmer Léon Marchand who received the most boisterous cheers in crushing the field to w
  
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• Robert Downey Jr. is returning to 'Avengers' films as a villain in 1 of Marvel's Comic-Con twists

  28-07-2024 09:48 via wbrz.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Marvel Studios returned to San Diego Comic-Con with dancing Deadpool variants and a choir for a panel that included news about the next two “Avengers” films and surprise guests, including Harrison Ford and Robert Downey Jr.Downey is returning to Marvel’s films, but not as Iron Man. He’ll play the villain Victor Von Doom, or Doctor Doom, in at least one of the upcoming “Avengers” movies. Down
  
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