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  • 11-year-old hit by car crossing Perkins

    BATON ROUGE, LA (NBC33) - An 11-year-old boy is in the hospital Sunday after getting hit by a car on Perkins Road according to Louisiana State Police. They say it happened around 11:45a.m. on Perkins Road East of Siegen Lane. The child was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. The driver did stop. Troopers did not arrest anyone. State Police have little details at this time. ...

  • LSU softball drops 1-0 decision to No. 21 Louisiana-Lafayette

    From LSU Sports BATON ROUGE – The No. 9 national seed LSU softball team was unable to climb out of the loser's bracket at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional as No. 21 Louisiana-Lafayette picked up a 1-0 victory over the Tigers Sunday as 1,688 fans gathered at Tiger Park. LSU (42-16), facing elimination for the second time on the weekend, was unable to get the timely hit against ...

  • BRPD fugitive caught in Iberville Parish

    fugitive IBERVILLE PARISH - A man who evaded Baton Rouge Police Friday was captured by Iberville Sheriff's deputies Sunday, according to BRPD Cpl. Tommy Stubbs. The pursuit began Friday night when officers tried to stop a car. The driver, Louis Northern, failed to stop and headed west on I-10. Eventually, Northern exited in Iberville Parish and made his way into West Baton Rouge where ...

  • Centuries of Progress American Worlds Fairs 1853-1984 exhibit opens June 12 at LSU

    Baton Rouge, La - The LSU Student Union Art Advisory Committee is proud to announce the exhibit ‘Centuries of Progress: American World’s Fairs, 1853-1984.’ The upcoming show will be on display in the LSU Union Art Gallery June 12 through July 28 and will present a remarkable overview of more than a century of American World’s Fairs. What do the telephone, the Ferris ...

  • Walk-On’s recruits Chef Jeremy Coco to take menu to next level

    Baton Rouge, La - Walk-On’s Bistreaux & Bar has come a long way since first opening its doors in Baton Rouge nearly a decade ago. Once criticized for its mediocre and inconsistent food, the chain of sports bars in Baton Rouge, Lafayette and New Orleans has spent the last several years refining, streamlining and upgrading its menu as part of its "Food First Mentality." The ...


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Network

Like so many of the crazy developments we all experience in real life, "Network" starts with a seemingly unimportant event. A down-and-out news anchor named Howard Beale (Peter Finch), who was once a popular television figure but has since suffered sliding ratings and an increased reliance the bottle, is fired. He is given two weeks before his "resignation," and on the air, he snaps and declares t ... ...

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  • Report VA hospital in N.O. is $370M over budget

    NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Construction of a new Veterans Affairs hospital in New Orleans is $370 million over budget and 14 months behind schedule, according to a government ...

  • Zachary to farm out expelled students

    education ZACHARY, La. - The Zachary Community School Board will hire a private academy to provide programs for middle- and high-school students who are expelled from their regular schools. The Advocate reports that the district's alternative school has been at the Port Hudson Career Academy. Board members have plans to expand Port Hudson's operations to include vocational training ...

  • Incoming LSU President and Chancellor F. King Alexander receives humanitarian award

    BATON ROUGE, LA - Incoming LSU President and Chancellor F. King Alexander was honored, along with three other Long Beach community leaders, with the California Conference for Equality and Justice, or CCEJ, Humanitarian Award on Wednesday, May 15. Alexander; Ivy Goolsby, marketing director and manager of the Long Beach Division of International Realty & Investments Inc.; J. Christopher ...

  • New Orleans teen sets home on fire while playing with a lighter

    NEW ORLEANS, LA (WWL-TV) - A 13-year-old who said he was playing with a lighter, started a fire that destroyed his home Saturday afternoon. The incident occurred around 4:30 in the 3700 block of North Robertson. A fire department spokesman said the child called 911 and told dispatchers that his home was on fire. Five minutes later the first units arrived on the scene and were able to ...

  • Small Fla. city wonders who won Powerball jackpot

    (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins). Armous Peterson figures out what numbers he is going to play in the Powerball lottery at Jimmy's Mart on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Columbia, ...

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