Today's top headlines.
with Jennifer Wadsworth | Assistant metro editorHappy Thanksgiving! Some of our latest stories to start your day …
Bond denied for murder suspectThree years after allegedly shooting his ex-girlfriend to death, a Baton Rouge man who was out on bond with no ankle monitor went on to attack another woman, the mother of his two children. After his arrest this past weekend, a judge ordered him jailed without bond. And the DA condemned the decisions in 2020 to lower the man's bail and stop tracking him. Lea Skene brings us the story.
'Desperate need' for more bike pathsHighway officials deemed Baton Rouge a "focus city" for bicycling problems years ago. But, as Caroline Savoie reports, the recent deaths of two bicyclists in separate crashes on Siegen Lane and Stanford Avenue show we've got a long way to go to fixing the problem.
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 | Federal highway officials designated Baton Rouge a "focus city" for bicycling problems back in 2015, and the recent deaths of two bicyclist… Read more |
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 | Live online panel discussion is schedule Tuesday at 11 a.m. Read more |
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 | Almost two years after allegedly shooting his ex-girlfriend to death on College Drive and fleeing to Texas where he was later arrested, Bil… Read more |
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 | Early voting opens Saturday for the Dec. 11 Louisiana open general election and runs through Saturday, Dec. 4. Polls are closed Sunday. Read more |
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 | Turbines could start sprouting in waters off Louisiana and Texas within the decade Read more |
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 | William Morvant, who shares the distinction with one of his 19th Judicial District Court colleagues as the longest-tenured judge on the Bat… Read more |
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 | The East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council recommended that a local brewery be removed from a controversial economic incentive program for v… Read more |
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 | Here’s a little secret. Sometimes the meals and snacks after Thanksgiving are just as good, if not better, than the feast. Today, Turkey Da… Read more |
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 | With Santa and spirits bright, parades and pretty lights, music and mistletoe — south Louisiana switches into full holiday mode starting Fr… Read more |
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