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Cannon fire to be heard at state Capitol
downtown BATON ROUGE - Louisiana State Police say cannon fire will be heard in downtown Baton Rouge Thursday morning as the state House of Representatives remember the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. As part of the ceremony, a 21-gun salute will be conducted. Residents, employees and visitors to the State Capitol complex should expect to hear numerous loud ...
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Police release photos of car burglars
BRPD BATON ROUGE - Police asked for help identifying several people they said broke into a bait car in Baton Rouge which had hidden cameras inside. Detectives said the bait car was hit on two separate days. Three people were caught on camera breaking into the car on May 7 around 9:03 p.m. in the 1100 block of Myrtle Street. The second time police said only one person broke into the car, and ...
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Cause of widespread outage being investigated
BATON ROUGE - An Entergy spokesperson said they're looking into what caused an equipment failure that plunged thousands of homes into darkness last night. Catherine Ward with Entergy said an auto transformer at the Willow Glen switchyard failed, which left about 19,000 in Ascension Parish and 2,800 in East Baton Rouge Parish without power for several hours. Ward said the outage was so ...
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Couple sought after armed robbery at LSU
card BATON ROUGE - LSU Police released surveillance photos today of a couple sought in connection with an armed robbery at the LSU campus. Investigators said the couple were using a card reported stolen in an armed robbery on April 27. Police said three juveniles were arrested in connection with the robbery and the victim's phone was recovered, but their wallet and credit card were ...
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One arrested one at large for Lafayette shooting
Lafayette, La - A man has been arrested and another is at large for their involvement in a recent Lafayette shooting. On May 19 at approximately 10:20 p.m., Lafayette Police responded to gunshots at the intersection of South Orange and 8th Street. Officers were approached by a male victim that said he was inside of his vehicle when two suspects fired 4-5 shots in the direction of his ...
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"Tumbleweeds" is about the texture and uneven rhythm of life, chronicling the desperate plight of a single mother named Mary Jo, who is caught in an endless cycle of bad boyfriends, and how she and her daughter, Ava, her precocious and increasingly frustrated adolescent daughter, survive a migratory life of moving from town to town, destructive relationship to destructive relationship. ...
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Baton Rouge volunteers head to Oklahoma to help those in need
BATON ROUGE, LA (NBC33) - Hundreds have nothing left after that devastating tornado. That's why volunteers with Red Cross chapters all across the south are on their way to Oklahoma. Ten people have already left and more are expected to get to Oklahoma in the next few days. Kathy and Clay Smilie are helping again, this time in Oklahoma.The pair has been volunteering with the Red Cross ...
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BPRD looking for bait car thieves
Baton Rouge, La - Local authorities are looking for four individuals that burglarized a bait car in two separate incidents this year. The three suspects in the first snap shot (posted above) burglarized the vehicle on May 7, 2013 around 9:03pm in the 1100 block of Myrtle St. The individual in the second snap shot burglarized the vehicle on January 29, 2013 around 2:55pm in the 1300 ...
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La. Guard’s 773rd Military Police Battalion welcomes new leader from Baton Rouge
Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis of the Louisiana National Guard, presents Lt. Col. Christopher A. Rollins, outgoing commander of the 773rd Military Police Battalion, with the Meritorious Service Award during the change of command ...
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Judge Baton Rouge Police DWI checkpoints unconstitutional
A woman has been arrested after she allegedly locked her four young daughters out of their home for days at a time.A witness told police that the four girls, ages 7, 5, 3 and 1, had been in the same ...
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Statue dedicated to honor those who died in line of duty
The tornado, with winds up to 200 mph, cut a 20-mile stretch as wide as two miles through the Oklahoma City metro area. The medical examiner's office reported 24 people died, including nine ...
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