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with Kelly P. Kissel | Metro editorThanks for starting your work week with us. Here are some of the headlines from the weekend: Several detention ponds built by developers years ago to aid in flood control are filling in with settlement. All around the Baton Rouge area, efforts are underway to deepen the manmade ponds. David Mitchell reports. Baton Rouge's Cortana Mall area will soon have a community center. The region is the only part of the city to not have one. As Terry Jones explains, funds will come from a development district established around the site of a new Amazon complex. LSU and the New Orleans Saints each picked up football victories during the weekend. The Tigers turned back McNeese State on Saturday night, and yesterday the Saints beat Green Bay in a game moved to Jacksonville because of lingering problems after Hurricane Ida. |
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 | Jessie Hayes stuck a long, thin twig into the shallow pond behind his house. Read more |
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 | An infusion of sales tax revenue the construction of the $215 million Amazon fulfillment center is projected to generate for city-parish co… Read more |
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 | The teenage daughter of a Baton Rouge man accused in the 2011 slaying and dismembering of his wife, Brusly High School teacher Sylviane Fin… Read more |
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 | Three people died in separate car crashes during a seven-hour period this weekend, Louisiana State Police said. Read more |
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 | A Loranger man harassed a power line worker with a handgun Friday evening after he refused to slow down for working crews, the Tangipahoa P… Read more |
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 | There are those who regard LSU football contests as near-religious experiences, and Tiger Stadium as close enough to heaven for them. Read more |
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 | JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The displaced New Orleans Saints settled in at the temporarily facelifted TIAA Bank Field and made themselves at home … Read more |
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 | While it wasn’t against UCLA, or even a mid-major opponent, the results for the LSU defense were at least encouraging Saturday night. Read more |
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 | A couple days before LSU played McNeese State, coach Ed Orgeron said exactly what he wanted to see from his team. Read more |
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