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  • Man booked into EBR prison for possession distribution of child pornography

    BATON ROUGE, LA (NBC33) - A Bridge City man was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison after he admitted to downloading and distributing pornography involving juveniles. According to the arrest report, Trey Anthony Rodriguez, 37, was arrested on Tuesday, June 18 by the Louisiana Department of Justice after they executed a search warrant. Rodriguez allegedly admitted to investigators ...

  • 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 ...

  • Baker not cutting police force despite budget problems

    Police BAKER - City officials say police in Baker will keep their jobs, despite the city's money problems. Officials in Baker have been working on cutting back on their city spending for years, but the city is almost $2 million in the hole. Lately, the city's been spending previous years' surplus, but the extra money is running out and leaders say it's time to make some ...


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  • Area doctors agree obesity is a disease

    healthcare BATON ROUGE - The American Medical Association is classifying obesity as a disease, and doctors around the capital city are backing the move. Tuesday, top doctors said they made the change in an effort to reduce heart disease and type 2 diabetes, which are often linked to obesity. The shift means obesity now requires treatment and that could effect health care costs. ...

  • Bossier Parish schools send textbooks to tornado victims

    Bossier Parish, La (KTAL) - Schools in Bossier Parish are paying it forward, helping out victims from the Moore, Oklahoma tornadoes that touched down almost one month ago. The schools are sending thousands of textbooks to the school district in Moore. Earlier this month, Bossier schools donated over $10,000 to the Red Cross and Salvation Army. The estimated value of the textbooks being ...

  • 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 ...

  • Moving company owner arrested for extorting customer

    Mandeville, La - Mandeville authorities have arrested a moving company owner after extorting money from a customer. Police have arrested "Mr. Move" company owner, Dunwoodie McDuffie, 45, of Metairie. On May 29, a female complainant alleged that the "Mr. Move" Moving Company was withholding her possessions in ex-change for a grossly inflated bill. The victim reported ...

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