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  • Louisiana Gun Law Bobby Jindal Signs Legislation Making Publishing Gun Records A Crime

    US Republican Governor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, on March 15, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty ...

  • Trash talk creates a stench with some city officials

    BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Trash talk is creating quite the stench for some city officials with talks of a second landfill in north Baton Rouge. It's something Baton Rouge isn't used to: hills, but on the other side of a 250 foot tall so-called "hill," is a big pile of trash. More than 400 acres are set aside for the East Baton Rouge Parish North Landfill. Department of ...

  • LSU receives SEC papers for transfer player Keith Hornsby

    From LSU Sports BATON ROUGE – The LSU Athletics Department received and confirmed Wednesday the signed Southeastern Conference scholarship papers for transfer men's basketball player Keith Hornsby from Williamsburg, Va. Hornsby played the past two seasons at the University of North Carolina Asheville and the 6-4, 190-pound guard will sit out the 2013-14 season under NCAA ...

  • State Police investigating man who pointed gun at State Capitol

    The search for a missing 10-month-old boy from Birmingham is over. Birmingham police say he and his alleged captor were found in Dallas, Texas around 11:30 Tuesday night. A missing child alert was ...

  • Juban Crossing bill being reviewed by Governor Jindal

    LIVINGSTON PARISH, LA (WAFB) - Overgrown weeds in empty fields and signs promising a target date that has come and gone is not the scenario for Juban Crossing thousands of residents in Livingston Parish had hoped for by now. "We really would like something to be built around here so we wouldn't have to travel so far," said Parish resident James Thurston. Thurston adds ...


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  • New obesity label could change treatment access attitude

    In a move that has the medical world buzzing, The American Medical Association has changed its stance on obesity, officially declaring it a disease instead of a "public health issue." The new distinction is exciting to local doctors. "By medicalizing this physiologic problem similar to high blood pressure, I think will help change the attitudes in treating it," said Dr. ...

  • St. Gabriel woman starts petition to save LA Swift

    BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Could a St. Gabriel woman's petition save the LA Swift bus system from ending service later this month? Milisa York hopes the signatures of more than 800 people will at least grab someone's attention. Every afternoon, Milisa York's ride picks her up from the Home Depot at Highland Road and Perkins Road. It's one of several stops in the city where ...

  • LSP Argument caused hit and run victim to leave car

    LIVINGSTON PARISH, LA (WAFB) - State Police say hit and run victim 21-year-old William Iasigi got out of the vehicle after an argument with another passenger in that car. Troopers say Iasigi was hit by Livingston Parish School Board President Malcolm Sibley around 5 a.m. Saturday just north of Greensburg, La. Sibley was arrested Sunday on felony hit and run charges. His attorney says no more ...

  • Geralds attorney asking for further sentence reduction

    CLINTON, LA (WAFB) - Brett Gerald's attorney Tommy D'Amico says he is appealing to reduce Gerald's sentence even further for a crash that killed seven people in May 2012. D'Amico says that because one crash, or one criminal act, a concurrent sentence is more appropriate for Gerald. Gerald pleaded guilty to seven counts of vehicular homicide in May. Judge William ...

  • Jindal signs bill criminalizing release of permits

    BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Despite criticism it would violate the First Amendment, Gov. Bobby Jindal on Wednesday signed into law a bill that makes it a crime for journalists or anyone else to publicly identify concealed handgun permit holders or ...

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