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with Kelly P. Kissel | Metro editorEven though Livingston Parish closes its waterways when hurricanes approach, parish leaders say nothing can be done when people wanting to ride innertubes down the Amite River want to venture out in unsafe conditions. James Finn explains that even after a death and 15 water rescues this year, local officials say their hands are tied. Louisiana lawmakers are back at the Capitol today for Day Two of their veto-override session. Some vetoes survived in voting yesterday, but the book is still out on others, since veto votes must pass both chambers. Here's more from yesterday, and today's action can be followed here. There are new coronavirus numbers out today, and they're bad. We're updating them every day on this page. |
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 | Hospitalizations from COVID-19 in Louisiana rose to 844 patients Wednesday afternoon, the highest levels since mid-February, according to a… Read more |
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 | DENHAM SPRINGS — Livingston Parish often limits access to waterways when conditions become dangerous, like in the face of an advancing hurr… Read more |
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 | Brandon Boyd was 17 when he fired into a crowd of people watching a street brawl on La Margie Avenue, killing a bystander in 2014, and two … Read more |
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 | The East Baton Rouge Parish parks and recreation system Tuesday became one of the first agencies in the state to begin requiring masks or p… Read more |
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 | Six more people were arrested in an ongoing probe into a $1 million multi-state unemployment fraud case, the Louisiana Attorney General's O… Read more |
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 | The CEO of Woman's Hospital is leaving Baton Rouge for her old stomping grounds in North Carolina to be president of Duke Raleigh Hospital. Read more |
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 | Four people have been arrested charges related to a July 13 shooting at a Zachary hair salon that left a patron seriously wounded, official… Read more |
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 | The fate of a woman accused of killing an Ethel couple in 2014 now lies in jurors’ hands after prosecutors and her defense team traded blow… Read more |
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 | More than three years after a rookie Baton Rouge police officer was fired for falsifying a report, she was allowed to return to the force t… Read more |
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