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with Kelly P. Kissel | Metro editorGood afternoon. Here are our top headlines. TREES FOR SALE, MAYBE: The sale of a Girl Scout camp in Tangipahoa Parish is on hold while a group of ex-Scouts challenges the deal. A judge put a halt to the purchase pending a hearing on whether the Scouting group followed its own procedures in arranging the transaction, as James Finn explores. ANOTHER TIGERLAND DEATH: There's been another killing in Tigerland. The victim of a shooting Sunday has died of his injuries. The Tiger Plaza complex has been the subject of numerous complaints in recent years. IN WINE, THERE IS TRUTH: From the folks who brought you City Pork and Rouj Creole comes a new restaurant, Proverbial Wine Bistro. And there, you will find more than 50 different wines and big, shareable boards of meats and cheeses and even desserts. Check it out here. |
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| A judge temporarily blocked the sale of a cherished Girl Scout camp in Tangipahoa Parish after an advocacy group alleged a local scout chap… Read more |
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| A teenager who was shot Sunday afternoon in Tigerland later died at the hospital, marking the latest problem for the Tiger Plaza apartment … Read more |
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| A Baton Rouge man accused of stabbing his neighbor to death at a senior living facility in April has been sent to a state mental facility f… Read more |
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| Baton Rouge and Baker leaders are out campaigning in support of renewing the property tax that funds the Capital Area Transit System, argui… Read more |
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| State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley's push to award $342,000 in two "no-bid" contracts to a former top official of the East Bato… Read more |
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| A Prairieville man was sentenced to 25 years in state prison over a 2018 shooting at the Cabela's shopping center off Interstate 10 in Gonz… Read more |
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| The body of Louisiana World War II veteran David Saunders, which was dissected before a paying audience in Oregon last month, was returned … Read more |
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| As the days until LSU names a new football coach dwindle, so does the list of likely or at least plausible candidates. Read more |
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| It didn't take long for the new Proverbial Wine Bistro to become a hit. Read more |
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