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  • 10-year-old dies when unlicensed driver crashes car

    seat belt INDEPENDENCE- A car full of juveniles, driven by an unlicensed 15-year-old, crashed on a Tangipahoa Parish highway Monday afternoon, killing a ten-year-old. State Police did not release the names of those involved in the wreck on Highway 1054. State Police said the driver lost control, overcorrected and ran off the highway and into a ditch. Three of the four youngsters in the ...

  • News 2 Investigates Accident payouts $5 million

    payouts BATON ROUGE - The streets of Baton Rouge are designed to be shared; and when a city vehicle crashes, taxpayers also share the cost of the settlement. "We just paid $450,000 for a policeman who got into an automobile accident where he crashed into the back of a person. And I think it's ridiculous," said Metro Councilman Buddy Amoroso. The city-parish writes checks to ...

  • $1 million ticket sold in Baton Rouge

    millions BATON ROUGE - One Powerball player winner is holding on to a $1 million ticket sold in Baton Rouge from this weekend's drawing. Louisiana Lottery officials said the million-dollar ticket was sold at Matherne's Supermarket on Bluebonnet and matched all five white numbers while missing the Powerball. "We're waiting to see if it's one of our regular customers ...

  • Volunteers need to help keep Baton Rouge beautiful

    BATON ROUGE, LA - Several groups will gather Saturday to help clean up Baton Rouge. They hope you’ll want to pitch in some help, too. The CommuniTyler Organization along with the Center for Planning Excellence (CPEX), Keep Baton Rouge Beautiful, (KBRB), and Waste Management of Baton Rouge have joined together to pick up litter and trash in Old South Baton Rouge. Volunteers will be ...

  • Crash involving unlicensed teen driver leaves 10-year-old dead

    INDEPENDENCE, LA (WAFB) - Authorities said a 15-year-old girl may be facing charges after driving without a license and losing control of a car in a crash that left a 10-year-old girl dead Monday afternoon. The crash happened on LA 1054 just north of LA 40 in Independence around 4:30 p.m. The victim's name was not released. Louisiana State Police said the teen was driving a 2004 ...


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  • Frustration from lack of communication about sewer buyouts

    Scotlandville, LA (NBC33) - People who live in the University Place subdivision were promised a settlement to move them away from the North Wastewater Treatment Plant. Four months later, they have not seen a thing. "The community is still, basically, in the dark on what's taken place and what's happening," Greg Mitchell said, "and this process should not be that ...

  • Deputies investigating case of dumped dead dog

    feet and neck and left to die GONZALES - Ascension Parish Sheriff deputies are investigating a decaying animal that was bound at its mouth, feet and neck and left to die. "We take these crimes seriously," said Chief Tony Bacala. "We are reviewing the case as we speak to see what we can do." Bacala is asking for the public's help for any tips leading to the dog ...

  • Equipment failure causes thousands to lose power

    entergy GONZALES- An equipment failure left thousands of people without power in East Baton Rouge and Ascension Parishes. Electricity services were cut about 5:20 p.m. Monday, according to ...

  • Power restored to almost everyone after evening outage

    entergy GONZALES- Most power has been restored to people after an evening of trouble in the area. More than 20,000 Entergy customers lost their utilities Monday night. People in the Southdowns, Old Jefferson and Shenandoah areas of Baton Rouge got power restored. Others in Ascension Parish were still without electricity, but crews had tackled the powerless numbers considerably. Still, ...

  • Seat belt campaign begins Tuesday

    vehicles BATON ROUGE- Tuesday, expect to see area police officers checking for seat belts. The annual Click It or Ticket campaign begins. People not wearing the required safety device can expect a citation. According to crash data, half of the people killed in wrecks were not buckled-up. Louisiana law requires everyone in a vehicle to wear a seat belt. ********Follow the publisher of this ...

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