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• Prairieville man arrested for impersonating a police officer

  23-01-2017 16:50 via wbrz.com
  
  PRAIRIEVILLE - Police have arrested a man for impersonating a law enforcement officer after he pulled over another vehicle Saturday night.Ascension Parish Sheriff's deputies were dispatched to Van Broussard Road in reference to a suspicious person complaint Sunday night. They learned that 28-year-old Christopher Rodriguez of Prairieville was driving a vehicle with flashing red lights and stopped another vehicle.According to Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Bobby Webre, Ro
  
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• 18-wheeler hauling garbage overturns in roundabout off Walker exit

  11-03-2025 11:29 via wbrz.com
  
  WALKER - An 18-wheeler hauling what appeared to be garbage overturned in one of the roundabouts of the I-12 Walker exit. The pictures of the scene were sent to WBRZ around 10:30 a.m.. There was no estimate on when the scene would be clear. The truck resulted in the northbound lanes of the south roundabout being closed on Walker South. Police said to expect delays if driving in the area.Permalink| Comments
  
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• 23-year-old dies in overnight crash after reportedly driving south in northbound lanes

  11-03-2025 11:23 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - A 23-year-old woman died in a crash that happened on I-110 late Monday night. The Baton Rouge Police Department said the crash happened around 11 p.m. Monday on I-110 northbound. Kobi Tircuit, 23, was reportedly driving southbound in the northbound lanes when a Ford Mustang approached. Both drivers swerved in the same direction to try and avoid the collision but ended up crashing head-on. Tircuit was taken to the hospital after the crash but later died from her i
  
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• 17-year-old Scotlandville High student shot, killed outside Bradfield Avenue apartments

  11-03-2025 11:07 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — A 17-year-old Scotlandville High School student was fatally shot off Scotland Avenue on Monday afternoon.Anthony Robinson was killed after being shot at the Village Green Apartments on Bradfield Avenue near Scotland Avenue.Robinson was shot around 2:50 p.m. and taken to the hospital with critical injuries. He was later pronounced dead. Baton Rouge Police said they believe a 16-year-old boy shot Robinson as he was getting off a school bus. According to BRPD,&
  
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• 17-year-old Scotlandville High student killed after Monday shooting at Bradfield Avenue apartments

  11-03-2025 11:07 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — A 17-year-old Scotlandville High School student was fatally shot off Scotland Avenue on Monday afternoon.Anthony Robinson was killed after being shot at the Village Green Apartments on Bradfield Avenue near Scotland Avenue.Robinson was shot around 2:50 p.m. and taken to the hospital with critical injuries. He was later pronounced dead."This heartbreaking event has deeply impacted our school community. As we mourn this devastating loss, we want to assure you that the Bato
  
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• Woman shot, killed near Plank Road on Monday night

  11-03-2025 09:55 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — A woman died in a shooting near Plank Road on Monday night.The woman, 39-year-old Jorquisha Rose, was fatally shot on Canonicus Street, the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner's Office said.A suspect or motive has not been determined.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Southwest Airlines breaks with another tradition: checked bags will cost you now

  11-03-2025 09:41 via wbrz.com
  
  Southwest Airlines said Tuesday that it will begin charging customers a fee to check bags, abandoning a decades-long practice that executives had described last fall as key to differentiating the budget carrier from its rivals.Southwest, which built years of advertising campaigns around its policy of letting passengers check up to two bags for free, said people who haven’t either reached the upper tiers of its Rapid Rewards loyalty program, bought a business class ticket or hold the a
  
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• Southwest Airlines breaks with another tradition and checked bags will cost you now

  11-03-2025 09:41 via wbrz.com
  
  Southwest Airlines said Tuesday that it will begin charging customers a fee to check bags, abandoning a decades-long practice that executives had described last fall as key to differentiating the budget carrier from its rivals.Southwest, which built years of advertising campaigns around its policy of letting passengers check up to bags for free, said people who haven’t either reached the upper tiers of its Rapid Rewards loyalty program, bought a business class ticket or hold the airli
  
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• Third Southern student wanted in hazing death of Caleb Wilson arrested; bond hearing scheduled

  11-03-2025 08:11 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - The third suspect with an arrest warrant issued for his alleged involvement in the hazing death of Caleb Wilson, Isaiah Smith, has been arrested Tuesday morning. Smith turned himself in to the Violent Crimes Unit. His bond hearing was scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday. WBRZ will have more information following that hearing. Smith is the son of Todd Smith, who owns California Hardwood. Smith's business was leasing a space in the warehouse where the hazing allegedly hap
  
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• 2une In Previews: Cover the Cruiser to raise money for Louisiana Special Olympics

  11-03-2025 06:26 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - You may see something a little odd if you're attending Tuesday's LSU softball game: a police cruiser covered in sticky notes. But don't worry! It's all for a good cause! A group of LSU seniors have partnered with the Capital Area Special Olympics for this fundraiser, Cover the Cruiser. You can buy sticky notes for as low as a dollar, and all proceeds will go toward funding the special Olympics. The fundraiser runs from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. and the softball game st
  
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• It's that time again! The St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway is BACK!

  11-03-2025 05:37 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - The St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway is back!For $100, your name will be entered into a drawing to win a beautiful home in Baton Rouge. The home is a five-bed, three-bath with 2,700 square feet of space. A spacious open kitchen with a built-in coffee maker boasts beautiful stone coutnertops. The master bedroom has a freestanding tub with a curbless shower, and even the guest suite has its own steam shower.In addition to the home, based on when you buy your ticket, you could be entered
  
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• EBR School System wants closed Broadmoor Middle to become a sports complex

  10-03-2025 21:28 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Since Broadmoor Middle School's closure in 2019, vandalism has plagued the school and its become an eyesore for residents.In 2018, voters approved a $15 million tax plan for Broadmoor Middle. Now, the East Baton Rouge Parish School System is ready to revamp it by turning it into an E-Sports Arena and Multiplex Gym."It's going to be a state-of-the-art E-sports lab for our E-sports program, as well as an athletic facility for our elementary schools," Superintendent LaMont Cole said.
  
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• SPARE NOTES: Prep Bowling Hits The Final 10 Days

  10-03-2025 20:16 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - High school bowling enters its final 10 days of regular season play and a couple of wins will cement some teams’ spots in the three 16-team brackets.In the Class 5A Division I, Captain Shreve of Shreveport has moved to No. 1 at 9-0. Again, you have to try to understand that the power rankings have some issues that lead to false seedings especially in areas where teams don’t compete out of their region and that has happened before with the Northwest Louisiana sc
  
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• One person seriously injured in shooting along North Donmoor Avenue

  10-03-2025 20:16 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - One person was hurt in a shooting along North Donmoor Avenue on Monday night. Officials said the shooting happened near the corner of North Donmoor and Rembrandt avenues shortly before 8 p.m. First responders said the victim was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.No more information about the shooting was immediately available. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Sister of innocent bystander killed in shooting accepts degree on his behalf

  10-03-2025 20:12 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - The sister of an innocent bystander killed in a shooting on Fairfields Avenue accepted a diploma on his behalf Friday. Trevor Harrison, 27, was just a month away from receiving his associate's degree in drafting and design technology from ITI Technical College when he was shot and killed while sitting in his truck. Harrison, who was a plumber at the time, was doing some work for a friend's father who had dementia. Family members told WBRZ that he had been given a
  
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• Local organization urging residents to get vaccinated amid measles outbreak

  10-03-2025 18:29 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — Amid a measles outbreak, members of the Louisiana Families for Vaccines are urging residents to get the jab.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there have been 222 cases of measles so far this year after 285 cases in all of 2024. One death has been confirmed in Texas — an unvaccinated school-aged child.Board member and physician at Our Lady of the Lake Mikki Bouquet said this outbreak is prompting concern among parents."Many of our pati
  
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• Religious leader speaks out against constitutional amendment on March 29 ballot

  10-03-2025 18:10 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — Louisiana churches and non-profits are currently exempt from paying property taxes, but some religious leaders say they're worried that language in Constitutional Amendment Two on the March 29 ballot could change that.During last year's special session on tax reform, Gov. Jeff Landry encouraged lawmakers to remodel the state tax code.State Secretary of Revenue Richard Nelson said Amendment Two is the product of some of those changes."As part of that what we did was take
  
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• How Baton Rouge's annual St. Patrick's Day tradition became one of the biggest parades in the state

  10-03-2025 17:28 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - The 40th Wearin’ of the Green parade rolls on Saturday.The parade started as an idea by its founder, Pat Shingleton, to bring back the city's Irish Club. Now, 40 years later, it's one of the largest parades in a state known for its elaborate parades."I said to my brother Kevin, 'I think I'm going to resurrect the Irish Club of Baton Rouge and start a St. Patrick's Day parade,'" Shingleton said.When the first Wearin' of the Green Parade hit the streets in 1986, it was ori
  
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• Nonfatal shooting of 14-year-old on Success Street being investigated as attempted murder

  10-03-2025 17:08 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — Police said a 14-year-old shot over the weekend was the victim of attempted murder.According to Baton Rouge Police, the teenager was shot in the leg on Success Street near Progress Road on Saturday evening. The teen's injuries were non-life-threatening.A suspect or motive has not been identified, but when a suspect is arrested, they will be charged with attempted first-degree murder, a BRPD spokesperson said.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Jay Clark speaks ahead of LSU gymnastics final regular season meet

  10-03-2025 16:29 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - LSU gymnastics head coach Jay Clark talked on Monday about the Tigers' record performance against Georgia last week in the PMAC. He also previewed No. 2 LSU's opponent this week, the Auburn Tigers, as the purple and gold prepare to head on the road for their final regular season meet this Friday. Permalink| Comments
  
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• INVESTIGATIVE UNIT: Man arrested for felony hazing, allegedly connected to death of Caleb Wilson

  10-03-2025 16:21 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - A second person allegedly connected to the hazing death of Southern University student Caleb Wilson was taken into custody in West Baton Rouge Parish, officials said. The WBRZ Investigative Unit learned that Kyle Thurman was arrested by U.S. Marshals and BRPD. He will be booked for felony hazing. Thurman is the second person to be arrested. The first arrest in the case came Thursday night when graduate Caleb McCray was arrested for alleged criminal hazing and man
  
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• INVESTIGATIVE: Second student arrested for hazing, linked to death of Southern fraternity pledge

  10-03-2025 16:21 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - A second student allegedly connected to the hazing death of Southern University student Caleb Wilson was taken into custody in West Baton Rouge Parish, officials said. The WBRZ Investigative Unit learned that Kyle Thurman was arrested by U.S. Marshals and BRPD. He will be booked for felony hazing.  The WBRZ Investigative Unit previously reported that up to 10 people could be facing charges and Thurman is the second person to be arrested. The first arrest
  
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• Morgan City Police searching for stabbing suspect

  10-03-2025 16:08 via wbrz.com
  
  MORGAN CITY — Police are searching for a man who stabbed someone in Morgan City.Police said that on Friday, Anthony Javonte Harris was accused of stabbing a man while the two were fighting near La. 182. The stabbing victim was injured in the altercation and brought to the hospital.However, police said that Harris fled the scene and is wanted on aggravated battery charges.The Morgan City Police Department is asking anyone with information on Harris’s whereabouts to call 985-3
  
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• One hurt in shooting along Bradfield Avenue on Monday

  10-03-2025 15:34 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - One person was injured in a shooting along Bradfield Avenue on Monday afternoon, officials said.The Baton Rouge Police Department said the shooting happened along Bradfield, which is just off of Scotland Avenue.One person was taken to a hospital with critical injuries. No more information was immediately available. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Dow drops 890 and S&P 500 sinks 2.7% as worries deepen about damage to the economy from trade strife

  10-03-2025 15:18 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market’s sell-off got worse.The S&P 500 fell 2.7% Monday as worries build about how much pain President Donald Trump is willing for the economy to endure through tariffs in order to get what he wants. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 2.1%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 4%. Elon Musk’s Tesla fell to one of the market’s sharpest losses, as did airlines and other companies that need U.S. shoppers feeling confident e
  
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• New Orleans Saints are trading for a former LSU defensive lineman

  10-03-2025 15:12 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Saints are trading a 2026 seventh-round pick to the New England Patriots in exchange for defensive tackle Davon Godchaux.Godchaux is 30 years old, and he's entering his ninth season in the NFL. He is set to return to Louisiana after growing up in Plaquemine and playing high school football for the Plaquemine Green Devils. He was then drafted in 2017 out of LSU in the fifth round to the Miami Dolphins.He played in all 68 regular-season games over the past four years
  
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• Deputies looking for multiple people involved in theft from Berryland Campers

  10-03-2025 15:11 via wbrz.com
  
  PONCHATOULA - Deputies in Tangipahoa Parish are searching for at least three people involved in the theft of three mobile homes from Berryland Campers in Ponchatoula. The sheriff's office said that overnight on Feb. 28 three different trucks went onto business grounds and drove away with Brinkley 5th wheel mobile homes. Security video caught two white dually trucks and a dark red truck taking off with the campers. Anyone with information can call (985) 902-2088.&n
  
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• White Castle High student stabbed at school Monday

  10-03-2025 14:42 via wbrz.com
  
  WHITE CASTLE - A White Castle High student was stabbed on school grounds Monday, school officials said. According to a letter sent to parents, the injured student was taken to a hospital. Their condition is unknown. The school said the campus was put on lockdown until it was deemed safe.  Officials said the school will be providing counselors and are evaluating security procedures.The school system said the Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating the incide
  
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• White Castle High student stabbed at school; 17-year-old arrested

  10-03-2025 14:42 via wbrz.com
  
  WHITE CASTLE - A White Castle High student was injured and another was taken into custody after a stabbing on school grounds Monday. School officials sent a letter to parents Monday after school saying that there had been a stabbing on campus during the day and the school was briefly on lockdown. Sources told the WBRZ Investigative Unit that the student was stabbed in the leg and they are in stable condition.The student accused of the stabbing, 17-year-old Cur'eon Thomas, was
  
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• Man pleads guilty to killing grandmother, trying to kill mother in 2021; sentenced to 120 years

  10-03-2025 13:56 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — A man pleaded guilty to the 2021 killing of his grandmother in a Baton Rouge courtroom on Monday.As part of his plea, 32-year-old Aaron Morgan agreed to a combined sentence of 120 years.Morgan pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of his 78-year-old grandmother Dianne Gifford, as well as the attempted first-degree murder of five others. He also pleaded guilty to armed robbery.Days before Gifford's 79th birthday, Morgan killed his grandmother and nonfatally stabbed his mothe
  
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