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• New data shows lack of ordered firearm returns for convicted domestic abusers

  29-07-2024 21:09 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - New data by the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement may show a lack of enforcement of the state's firearm dispossession law.Every parish was measured on the amount of transfer-of-firearm orders and the amount of firearms that were actually returned in 2023. The data shows over a 100 cases of defendants keeping their guns. The law passed in 2014 and recently upheld by the Supreme Court states that judges must issue an order for those convicted of domestic abuse to give
  
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• Deer Run subdivision gets the green light from federal judge

  29-07-2024 20:57 via wbrz.com
  
  LIVINGSTON - On Monday a deal was officially reached between the developers of the proposed Deer Run subdivision and Livingston Parish officials.Parish President Randy Delatte ordered that work stop on the development earlier this year. Until Monday Ascension Properties, the company behind Deer Run, was locked in a lawsuit with the Livingston Parish government over the storied subdivision. U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick called off the trial before it could get started. She ordered the subdivis
  
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• St. Gabriel officer with prior domestic violence arrest allegedly pulled gun on woman

  29-07-2024 20:03 via wbrz.com
  
  GONZALES - A St. Gabriel Police officer who was previously arrested on a domestic violence charge was arrested again after pulling a gun on a woman. St. Gabriel police officer Ronald Monroe Jr. was arrested Friday on charges of aggravated assault domestic abuse, as well as domestic abuse battery and resisting an officer.According to an affidavit, Monroe's girlfriend confronted him about an alleged affair. There was an argument, Monroe drew a gun from his waistband and walked toward her
  
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• Man wanted for misappropriation of funds from Ponchatoula cemetery arrested after manhunt

  29-07-2024 19:38 via wbrz.com
  
  ALBANY - A man wanted in Tangipahoa Parish for outstanding burglary and forgery warrants was found hiding under a tarp Monday at the end of a multi-agency manhunt. The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office said the Albany Police Department got a tip that Christopher Wittie was spotted at a home along Julia Street on Monday. When Wittie saw officers, he started running. Albany, Springfield and Killian police officers worked with Livingston Parish deputies and K9 units to locate an
  
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• Man wanted for burglary and forgery arrested after manhunt in Albany

  29-07-2024 19:38 via wbrz.com
  
  ALBANY - A man wanted in Tangipahoa Parish for outstanding burglary and forgery warrants was found hiding under a tarp Monday at the end of a multi-agency manhunt. The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office said the Albany Police Department got a tip that Christopher Wittie was spotted at a home along Julia Street on Monday. When Wittie saw officers, he started running. Albany, Springfield and Killian police officers worked with Livingston Parish deputies and K9 units to locate an
  
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• LSU at the Olympics: TKN takes another W, swimmer Brooks Curry to compete Tuesday

  29-07-2024 17:54 via wbrz.com
  
  Beach Volleyball
  Former LSU Beach Volleyball stars Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss - known as TKN - have won two matches and are set to take on China Thursday. Saturday, July 27 - WIN
  Event: TKN vs. Sophie Bukovec/Heather Bansley (Canada)
  Time: 3 p.m. CT 
  Watch: NBCMonday, July 29 - WIN
  Event: TKN vs. Mariafe Artacho del Solar/Taliqua Clancy (Australia)
  Time: 3 p.m. CT 
  Watch: NBCThursday, August 1
  Event: TKN vs. Chen Xue/Xinyi X.Y. (China)
  Time: 3 p.m. CT
  Watch: Peacock
  
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• LSU at the Olympics: Brooks Curry wins silver medal, TKN to play Wednesday

  29-07-2024 17:54 via wbrz.com
  
  BEACH VOLLEYBALL
  Former LSU Beach Volleyball stars Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss - known as TKN - have won two matches and are set to take on China Thursday. Saturday, July 27 - WIN
  Event: TKN vs. Sophie Bukovec/Heather Bansley (Canada)
  Time: 3 p.m. CT 
  Watch: NBCMonday, July 29 - WIN
  Event: TKN vs. Mariafe Artacho del Solar/Taliqua Clancy (Australia)
  Time: 3 p.m. CT 
  Watch: NBCThursday, August 1
  Event: TKN vs. Chen Xue/Xinyi X.Y. (China)
  Time: 3 p.m. CT
  Watch: Peacock
  
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• LaMont Cole lays out 100 day plan as new superintendent

  29-07-2024 16:50 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - As schools prepare to welcome students back, East Baton Rouge School Superintendent LaMont Cole has made it his new priority to walk through each of those doors to hear from educators about their biggest concerns.He laid out his 100 day plan at the Baton Rouge Press Club."I plan to spend the next few months traveling East Baton Rouge Parish, talking to anyone who's willing to talk with me, and then listening to anyone who's willing to share an idea," Cole said.Cole took the reins
  
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• Baton Rouge family seeking help after home burns down a month after moving in

  29-07-2024 16:01 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — A family who moved into a home off South Harrells Ferry Road less than a month lost most of its belongings during a weekend fire. It's believed the fire started with an electrical malfunction inside a closet.Siara Duhe says she lost diapers, clothes and other necessities for a 2-month-old son, and also clothing and school supplies for two older children.To help out, contact that family at  225-993-5085.Items needed: Sariyah, age 10 (4th grade): Clothing size 16,
  
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• Judge sets Wednesday hearing after Port Allen resident challenges mayoral candidate's residency

  29-07-2024 15:44 via wbrz.com
  
  PORT ALLEN — A judge has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday on whether Port Allen administrator Lance Joseph can run for mayor after a city resident claimed in a lawsuit that he really lives in Plaquemine and enjoys a property tax exemption there.Under state law, mayors must have established residency in cities before attempting to lead them. Joseph says the Plaquemine home where he pays taxes and enjoys a homestead exemption is where his wife lives, but that he lives in Port Allen wit
  
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• BRPD arrests 61-year-old man in stabbing death

  29-07-2024 15:21 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Officers arrested a 61-year-old man Monday accused of stabbing another person to death. The Baton Rouge Police Department said 66-year-old Michael Kimbrel was found stabbed to death at the Colonial Terrace Condominiums along Wooddale Boulevard on Wednesday, July 24. The following Monday, officers arrested 61-year-old Alan Coons. Police said the two were having an altercation that led to the stabbing. Coons was booked for second-degree murder. Pe
  
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• Simone Biles to compete on all four events at Olympic team finals despite calf injury

  29-07-2024 12:27 via wbrz.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — A calf injury isn’t going to slow down Simone Biles.The American gymnastics star is in the lineup for all four events during Tuesday night’s Olympic team finals.Biles tweaked her left calf while warming up for floor exercise during qualifying on Sunday. She retreated briefly to have the calf taped but then returned and posted the top scores on floor and vault on her way to topping the all-around.Last week, U.S. team leaders had considered holding Biles
  
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• Deer Run subdivision given green light by federal judge; both parties agree to terms in court Monday morning

  29-07-2024 09:56 via wbrz.com
  
  LIVINGSTON — The developers of the proposed Deer Run development in Livingston Parish and parish officials who stopped work on the project this year reached an agreement to resolve their dispute Friday and finalized it on record Monday.U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick called the scheduled trial off and announced a tentative settlement Friday but said it was conditional. Both parties agreed to the terms and said they understand them.In court on Monday, Dick said the ou
  
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• 2une In Previews: Newsies in Baton Rouge

  29-07-2024 09:29 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Extra, extra! Newsies: The Broadway Musical is coming to Baton Rouge. The production will run at the LSU Shaver Theater from August 1 to 4. Watch the interview with 2une In above for more information!Permalink| Comments
  
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• Iowa now bans most abortions after about 6 weeks, before many women know they're pregnant

  29-07-2024 09:05 via wbrz.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s strict abortion law went into effect Monday, immediately prohibiting most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant.Iowa’s Republican leaders have been seeking the law for years and gained momentum after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. The Iowa Supreme Court also issued a ruling that year saying there was no constitutional right to abortion in the state.“The
  
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• Millions in state tax refunds moving to Unclaimed Property if taxpayers don't claim them

  29-07-2024 08:35 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana residents have until September 6 to claim their portion of the millions of dollars in unclaimed tax refunds before they become unclaimed property. The Louisiana Department of Revenue sent out letters to over 18,000 state residents advising them to claim their tax refunds before they become inaccessible to the taxpayers. LDR is reporting there are just over $15 million in unclaimed tax refunds. Taxpayers can claim their refunds by visiting LDR's
  
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• Police investigating late-night shooting that left one dead, one injured

  29-07-2024 05:56 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police are investigating a shooting that happened late Sunday night that left one person dead and another injured.The Baton Rouge Police Department said the shooting happened on North Harrells Ferry Road near Sherwood Forest shortly before midnight. The coroner's officer was contacted for one fatality, but the identity of the victim was not immediately known. Another person was also taken to the hospital for their injuries. Police did not have information on a po
  
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• Officials identify man killed in shooting late Sunday night

  29-07-2024 05:56 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police are investigating a shooting that happened late Sunday night that left one person dead and another injured.The Baton Rouge Police Department said the shooting happened on North Harrells Ferry Road near Sherwood Forest shortly before midnight. Ronnie Shief, 57, was killed.Another person was also taken to the hospital for their injuries. Police did not have information on a possible motive or suspect. Permalink| Comments
  
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