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Heavy congestion after wreck on I-10
closed BATON ROUGE - Traffic officials closed I-10 East after a wreck past Highland Road during the afternoon rush. State Police said the wreck was located three miles past the Highland exit and blocked all eastbound lanes, but traffic was still passing on the shoulder. Traffic backed up in both directions of I-10 after the wreck. At 6 p.m. DOTD reported traffic was bakced up on I-10 East ...
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Residents near Geismar plant explosion affected emotionally physically
Geismar, La (NBC33) - After Thursday's explosion at the Williams Olefin's plant in Geismar, the Louisiana Bucket Brigade started taking surveys of people living near the plant. The team went door-to-door and surveyed 67 people, asking them about any possible physical or emotional effects the incident may have caused them. Forty-four of those surveyed say they've been out of ...
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NOPD officer fired for violation of moral conduct policy
NEW ORLEANS, LA - A New Orleans Police officer was dismissed from duty today for violating the Department’s policy on moral conduct. Last July, Jeremy Wilcox was pulled over by a St. John Parish Sheriff’s deputy for driving a truck with no license plate. The deputy ran Wilcox’s driver’s license and found that there was an outstanding warrant for his arrest that was ...
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Central Thruway Project almost complete locals getting excited
CENTRAL, La (NBC33) - The Central Thruway is nearing its projected completion date after years of construction. "I live right in the middle of all the construction, so I am not excited about all of that," said Central resident, Melissa Dykes. Aside from some angry residents, most say they are thrilled to see this long Central Thruway Project finally completed. The entire thruway ...
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Livingston Parish deputies find work release walk-off in Baton Rouge
Ponchatoula, La - Authorities caught a man that walked away from his work release program job. Deputies with the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office were searching for Tederick Bessie, 30. Bessie walked away from the Elmer’s Chocolate Factory in Ponchatoula at around 6:00 a.m. today. Bessie is a non-violent offender serving time for Simple Robbery. He was scheduled for release ...
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The Scarlet Empress [DVD]
Josef von Sternberg's sixth of eight collaborations with screen siren Marlene Dietrich, The Scarlet Empress, is a dense, visually astounding portrait a woman evolving from an innocent, inexperienced, and idealistic girl to a shrewd, calculating empress who uses all the tools at her disposal, including her immense sexuality, to gain absolute power. ...
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2 lanes blocked on I-10 E between Essen and Highland
Louisiana State Police reports I-10 East is closed at Whiskey Bay on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge due to multiple crashes. Traffic on I-10 East is being diverted onto I-49 North.Drivers trying to get ...
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Inmate caught after walking off work release site
captured BATON ROUGE - U. S. Marshals said they caught up to a work release inmate this afternoon after the man walked off his job site Monday. Marshals arrested Tederick Bessie, 30, around 4 p.m. Tuesday afternoon in Baton Rouge. Authorities reported Bessie missing Monday after they said he wasn't at his work release site, a candy factory in Ponchatoula. Authorities said they dropped ...
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Livingston school board president is upset remorseful over fatal hit and run
BATON ROUGE, LA (NBC33) - Two days after being arrested for a fatal hit-and-run crash, Livingston Parish School Board President Malcolm Sibley is saying he's sorry. "[He is] Very upset, very remorseful. I mean, we read these kinds of things in the paper and we get upset for the families we read about. And after being in the situation he's in, he's very sorry for the victim, ...
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Woman points gun at victims screams ‘I’ll kill all of y’all
Baton Rouge, La - A woman is wanted by the EBRSO after she pulled a gun on multiple victims. The incident took place at a residence in the 5600 block of Hartford on June 11 at around 1:26 p.m. According to reports, deputies were initially sent to a home in the 5700 block of Silverleaf Avenue in reference to a disturbance. When they arrived, deputies contacted multiple victims that stated ...
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Louisiana plant explosion kills 1 injures 5
HOUSTON, June 14 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and five others were injured in an explosion that rattled a fertilizer plant in the U.S. state of Louisiana Friday evening, local media reported. The explosion, caused by a nitrogen vessel rupture, happened at around 6:15 p.m. at CF Industries in Donaldsonville, a southern city located along the west bank of the Mississippi River, local media ...