Today's top headlines.
with Jennifer Wadsworth | Assistant metro editorGood morning. Some suggested reads for today …
Kids get vaxedWith the under-12 crowd newly eligible for coronavirus inoculation, local hospitals began administering its first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 shot for kids on Friday. Our reporter Paul Cobler was there to witness one such event, which drew a several families to Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital pharmacy first thing in the morning. Click here to read his report.
Deputy's pay cutA Livingston Parish deputy who let a Sheriff's Office K9 die in a hot patrol car under his watch got a demotion and a pay cut. If that sounds harsh, consider that others in Louisiana who've let dogs die in hot cars have been held criminally liable, as Elyse Carmosino reports.
Toxic air, cancer riskThe 85-mile industrial corridor between Baton Rouge and New Orleans known as Cancer Alley definitely lives up to its name in a new analysis by investigative reporting nonprofit ProPublica. Click here to find out how.
Thanks again for reading. Have a great weekend. |
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 | Most of Livia Walker’s face was concealed by a pink cloth mask printed with white cats, but the 5-year-old's nervousness about the impendin… Read more |
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 | Louisiana has joined the legal fight with other Republican-leaning states trying to block new Biden administration vaccination requirements… Read more |
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 | A Plaquemine man was convicted on 11 counts of first-degree rape and one count of indecent behavior with a juvenile, West Baton Rouge Distr… Read more |
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 | One of 19th Judicial District Judge Beau Higgninbotham's criminal court colleagues is asking a retired jurist to dismiss his claim that he … Read more |
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 | Eighteen leaders who exemplify Louisiana's entrepreneurial spirit were honored at the 2021 Louisiana Small Business Awards. Read more |
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 | The state Supreme Court has affirmed a Baton Rouge man's conviction and 45-year prison sentence for shooting and paralyzing his then-girlfr… Read more |
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 | A pedestrian hit along the road by an intoxicated driver in the early morning darkness last Sunday in St. Amant died four days later at the… Read more |
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 | A 57-year-old bicyclist died after being struck by a Jeep on Siegen Lane near its intersection with Perkins Road, then being run over by dr… Read more |
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 | A Napoleonville-area man showed child pornography to a young child and then acted out the sex acts in the video with the girl, Assumption P… Read more |
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