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  • Four Louisiana men guilty of poaching Iowa deer

    RED OAK, IOWA - Four Louisiana men were found guilty of poaching Iowa deer from a case that started when someone made a call to the Turn in Poachers hotline. The investigation began in late November 2011 when the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Department received a TIP call from a concerned citizen about the activities of these men. The information led authorities to possible illegal activity in ...

  • Two arrested in Gonzales following two-week drug investigation

    GONZALES, LA - Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office Major Kevin Hanna reports multiple drug arrests on S. Sammy Street following a two-week investigation into drugs being sold by Kenneth "Killer" Wagner. On May 17, the Sheriff’s Office Narcotics division executed a search/arrest warrant for a home on S. Sammy Street in Gonzales. Narcotics detectives were able to obtain an ...

  • Southern holds commencement ceremonies

    BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Hundred gathered Friday to celebrate the newest Southern graduates.The university handed out more than 600 diplomas at the ceremonies.State Supreme Court Justice Bernette J. Johnson spoke at the commencement."You don't know what your future holds, but you're certainly well on your path to success with this day," said Johnson.Southern officials say ...

  • EBR prepares for mosquito season

    BATON ROUGE, LA (NBC33) - The East Baton Rouge Mosquito Abatement Facility is getting ready for mosquito season. Todd Walker, the director of the facility, said cases have been reported in West Baton Rouge, and now it is time for us to take precautions. "We're submitting mosquito pools for analysis of West Nile," Walker said. "We haven't gotten any positive yet, but ...

  • Annual New Roads Rummage sale offers more than just hidden treasures

    NEW ROADS, LA - It's a big weekend for New Roads. The annual "From Me to You" rummage sale will begin tomorrow on Mill Street. It's not just about arts and crafts and resale, though, there will also be carnival rides and food! The city will line the streets from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The city's mayor says it's "a great opportunity for the people and ...


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Finding Forrester

Gus Van Sant's Finding Forrester opens in avant-garde fashion, with a quick glimpse of the clapboard snapping as someone off-screen yells "Action," and the opening credits rolls over forlorn images of inner-city New York while a lone African-American youth raps acappella. ...

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  • Louisiana in urgent need of additional foster families

    BATON ROUGE, LA - As part of Foster Care Awareness Month, as proclaimed by Governor Bobby Jindal for May, the Department of Family and Children Services (DCFS) is focusing its efforts on recruiting new foster families. The effort is part of the Faith in Families initiative, which seeks to identify and encourage potential foster families and promote adoption of foster children. As of April 30, ...

  • Baton Rouge officers deputies honor those lost in the line of duty

    BATON ROUGE, LA (NBC33) - Officers and deputies from across the parish gave their respects this morning to those lost in the line of duty. The annual law enforcement memorial service was held downtown on Friday, May 17, and over a hundred people showed up. The crowd observed a moment of silence, and sang songs in honor and memory of those lost. The Baton Rouge Police Department officers, ...

  • Shelter euthanizes dog after owner arrives to claim it

    BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - The director of the East Baton Rouge Companion Animal Alliance admits her city-parish shelter messed up big time Friday."We take full responsibility," Beth Brewster, CAA director "CAA takes full responsibility for what happened."Patrick Morris has had his dog Bow Wow for almost 18 years. A week ago, Bow Wow got out of his gate. Patrick and his wife ...

  • Revisiting Laplace after Isaac

    cleanup LAPLACE - Hurricane season just is days away. For some, the memory of Isaac is still fresh, since the cleanup hasn't stopped. St. John the Baptist is one of those parishes still picking up the pieces after Isaac devastated the town of Laplace. "We feel like we're coming back to the same thing because we still have a lot of cleaning up to do," said Kenneth ...

  • $3000 reward being offered for information in Whooping Crane shooting

    RED RIVER PARISH, LA - Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division agents and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) officials are looking for leads regarding a whooping crane that was found shot to death in Red River Parish. The whooping crane was found and recovered from the bank of the Red River about two miles northwest of Loggy Bayou on April 16. After a ...

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