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  • Disaster response team deployed to Oklahoma returns to Baton Rouge

    BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - The destruction in Oklahoma is much worse in person than what we see on television, that's according to one Baton Rouge man who's just returned from Moore. Chuck Smith is the commander of the region six D-MORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team). The region includes Louisiana and Oklahoma. He says Monday's tornado took almost the same path as ...

  • Jindal declares NWLA emergency due to wind damage

    BATON ROUGE - After last week's severe weather in Northwest Louisiana, Gov. Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency for the area. The National Weather Service says a May 16 thunderstorm produced four tornadoes as it moved into Louisiana from Texas. Each twister had winds up to 100 mph. The storm also brought straight-line winds up to 105 mph to northern DeSoto and southern Caddo ...

  • Senate panel approves 2-cents tax on cell phones

    senate BATON ROUGE - A new 2-cents monthly tax on cell phones to help provide services for people with hearing impairment has been approved by the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee. The House-backed bill would change the current law by reducing the amount of tax levied per month from 5 cents on landline phones to 2 cents and would broaden the tax to include wireless devices. ...

  • Baton Rouge residents go to jail to help raise money for MDA

    Baton Rouge, La (NBC33) - Dozens of people put themselves in "jail" today in the name of medical research. The Muscular Dystrophy Association sponsored a lockup fundraiser today. Volunteers holed themselves up at Carrabba's Restaurant - which is pretty comfortable for a "jail" - until they raised $1,200. Baton Rouge Fire Chief Ed Smith and Sheriff Sid Gautreau were ...

  • Baton Rouge lawyer sentenced to 27 months in prison

    BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Baton Rouge lawyer, James M. Bernhard III, was sentenced to 27 months in prison Thursday for wire fraud in connection with the theft of more than $453,000 from his former law firm's trust account. Bernhard pleaded guilty to the wire fraud charge and surrendered his law license shortly before he appeared for sentencing Thursday in Baton Rouge federal court. ...


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Movie Review

Swordfish

The four college-age guys who sat in front of me in the theater watching Swordfish loved it--or at least certain parts of it. I could tell which parts they loved most because they would rock back and forth in their chairs, pumping their fists, barely suppressing a yelp of exultation. ...

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  • Road closures tonight for movie shoot

    shoot BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Mayor-President's Office said some streets will be closed tonight for a movie shoot. They said there will be intermittent closures on the northbound US 61 ramp to eastbound US 190 for crews to film the movie "Search Party." The closures will start around 11 p.m. tonight and continue through 2 a.m. Friday. The mayor's office said ...

  • Intersection of Louisiana Avenue and Hwy. 7 to be rebuilt in St. Louis Park

    The busy intersection of Louisiana Avenue and Hwy. 7 will become an interchange with on- and off-ramps. The city hopes it will spur ...

  • Mathieu makes it official and signs with the Arizona Cardinals

    Arizona (NBC33) - Former LSU star Tyrann Mathieu has officially signed with the Arizona Cardinals today. According to NFL.com’s Albert Breer, the two parites agreed upon a four-year, $3.052 million deal. Mathieu will receive a signing bonus of $265,000. He will also receive a bonus totaling $662,500 that will be spread across his remaining three years in Arizona; Mathieu will receive ...

  • RSD administrators parents hopeful despite low LEAP scores

    BATON ROUGE, LA (NBC33) - There are seven schools in East Baton Rouge Parish that are in the Recovery School District, and while the district got one of the lowest overall LEAP scores in the state, parents said they're not willing to give up yet on their children's schools there. A 37 out of 100 isn't the type of score Topeka Randle likes to see her son's school district ...

  • Prepare for storm season with the 2013 Louisiana Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday

    Baton Rouge, La - Louisiana residents can save money on flashlights, batteries, generators and other emergency supplies during the 2013 Louisiana Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday on Saturday, May 25, and Sunday, May 26. The 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season begins on June 1. Meteorologists predict an active season with 18 named storms, nine hurricanes and four major hurricanes. ...

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