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Just two days after arriving at Angola, serial killer Kenneth Gleason  was found dead. Officials called it an apparent suicide. He was 27.

Gleason was arrested in 2017 after fatally shooting two Black men and firing rounds into a Black family's home. He was never charged with a hate crime, but an FBI agent testified that Gleason's internet searches leading up to the killings veered into topics such as White nationalism, genocide and Nazi propaganda. 

He was convicted of first-degree murder and recently sentenced to life without parole in a hearing where the judge told him "there's nothing the penal system can do to rehabilitate you."

Lea Skene has the story.


Camp Whispering Pines — a 600-acre getaway for generations of Girl Scouts — has a new owner. The 600-acre forest near Independence was snapped up by a buyer whose identity is something of a mystery. Our reporter James Finn writes about the purchase in this piece. 


Obscene footage interrupted a Zoom meeting among state utility regulators, Capital News Bureau chief Mark Ballard reports. "It was unfortunate and disgusting," Public Service Commission Chairman Craig Greene said after the meeting. "Apparently, the hackers have adequate electricity and internet access."


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Convicted Baton Rouge serial killer Kenneth Gleason found dead at Angola from suicide, DOC says

About a month after he was sentenced to life without parole for the killings of two Black men, convicted Baton Rouge serial killer Kenneth … Read more

Camp Whispering Pines, beloved by local Girl Scouts, has an undisclosed buyer

A local Girl Scout chapter has found a buyer for Camp Whispering Pines, where generations of scouts have fond memories of retreats in an en… Read more

Baton Rouge father of 3 found dead on sidewalk hours after gunshots rang out: 'It hurts us all'

Roughly six hours after gunshots shattered the darkness, a young man walked outside his Edgewood Drive house Tuesday morning and nearly tri… Read more

 
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16th pediatric COVID death, seventh amidst Delta variant surge reported in Louisiana

On Wednesday, the Louisiana Department of Health announced the second pediatric COVID death to occur in the past five days, now totaling at… Read more

Lane on I-10 over Bonnet Carre Spillway will be closed 'until further notice' after truck fire

On Tuesday, traffic was backed up for 10 miles in the area. Read more

Hurricanes, pandemic underscore need for Louisiana education levels to improve, official says

Job upheaval sparked by the pandemic and natural disasters reinforces the need for Louisiana to dramatically improve its education levels b… Read more

 
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Pornographic videos interrupted Louisiana utility regulators discussing Hurricane Ida

Graphic scenes of people having sex interrupted utility regulators at the Louisiana Public Service Commission meeting on Wednesday, held vi… Read more

$10 million new cancer therapy at Mary Bird Perkins can target typically untreatable tumors

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center plans to invest $10 million for a new cancer treatment program at its Baton Rouge hospital that will allow … Read more

State offering $35 million in grants to spark overhauls at Louisiana public schools

Officials in the state Department of Education said  Wednesday they are launching a program to offer $35 million in grants for districts th… Read more