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  • Zachary softball team to travel to OKC

    ZACHARY, LA (NBC33) - The 14U Legendz Softball teams will be traveling to Oklahoma City for a softball tournament. The girls along with their parents would like to collect items that are needed at shelters surrounding the Moore area. Some 19,000 residents are displaced by the massive twister that tore through the smal town Monday. The Lady Legendz will be collecting donations until Wednesday, ...

  • New Orleans makes Travelers Choice top 10 destinations list

    CNN - It's no surprise that travelers flock to Paris, New York and London. The lasting draw of these destinations is borne out in TripAdvisor's fifth annual Travelers' Choice Destinations awards. The awards, announced Tuesday, are based on the popularity of destinations and take into account insights from millions of the travel review site's users. Check out the gallery ...

  • Organizations plan donation drives for Okla. twister victims

    victims ST. FRANCISVILLE- There has been an outpouring of support for the victims of Monday's deadly tornado in Oklahoma. Tuesday night, about 24-hours since the twister, an area church announced plans for a supply drive to get important items to the people of Moore, Okla. First Baptist Church in St. Francisville will be collecting the supplies beginning Wednesday morning. Organizers ...

  • No. 2 LSU takes on Alabama first at SEC Tournament

    From LSU Sports HOOVER, Ala. – Second-ranked LSU (48-8) faces Alabama (33-24) at approximately 12:30 p.m. CT Wednesday in the SEC Tournament at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium. The game can be heard on the affiliates of the LSU Sports Radio Network (98.1 FM in Baton Rouge) and live audio and stats of the games may be accessed in the Geaux Zone at www.LSUsports.net. Wednesday's game ...

  • Public meeting held on West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Levee

    LUTCHER, LA (WAFB) - Residents from St. James and surrounding parishes came had pointed questions on Tuesday night for project planners with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Around 50 people packed the Knights of Columbus Hall in Lutcher to hear what planners had to say about a five-year study on the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Levee. Project Manager, Jeffrey Varisco laid out the details ...


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Lincoln [Blu-Ray]

Lincoln [Blu-Ray]

Steven Spielbergs Lincoln opens in the mud and blood of a Civil War battlefield with Union and Confederate soldiers hacking and slashing at each other with any means at their disposalrifle butts, bayonets, boot heels, and the like. Its a brief, but powerfully effective depiction of the vi ... ...

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  • Coping with emotional toll of watching tornado coverage

    Oklahoma BATON ROUGE - Red Cross volunteers from the Baton Rouge area are in Oklahoma City, helping with the tornado relief efforts. An EF 5 tornado hit the city of Moore, Oklahoma Monday. The twister annihilated parts of the town, killing 24 and injuring 200 others. The devastation is enormous and so is the psychological toll. Clinical psychologist Jesse Lambert says that you don't ...

  • Complex pastor bailed now looking for help from other agencies

    Social Security BATON ROUGE - Government agencies are taking a close look at an apartment complex where 30 people with mental challenges live. Reginald Stewman, a Baton Rouge preacher, left these clients after he took part of their Social Security checks to pay for rent but never handed over the money to the apartment's management. Stewman left without paying $23,000 in back rent. Now ...

  • Couple charged in fight with officer over swimming pool use

    swimming pool BATON ROUGE- A couple faces charges after an altercation with police at a Tigerland apartment swimming pool Tuesday night. Damien Hibbler is accused of fighting with an off-duty Baton Rouge Police officer, even choking the officer. Hibbler's wife faces charges for interfering in the incident. According to investigators, the officer, who lives at the apartment complex, ...

  • Unlicensed driver doesnt face charges in deadly crash

    fatal INDEPENDENCE- State Police have not filed charges against a 15-year-old, unlicensed driver who crashed the car she was driving and killing a ten-year-old sibling. The driver was with her two brothers and sister, headed to baseball practice Monday when the crash happened on Highway 1054. "We certainly have laws in place in our state that don't allow minors to be operating a ...

  • More women wanted in state government

    BATON ROUGE, LA (NBC33) - Louisiana has a shortage of ladies holding office in the state legislature, that's according to the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus. They say women bring a fresh perspective to public policy, and the state needs their help. "But we are female. We are usually mothers, sisters, have some thought process of caring for people on an everyday basis ...

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