Today's top headlines.
with Kelly P. Kissel | Metro editorGood afternoon. Here's a look at our top stories today. Troubling background: Our reporters are learning more about a homeless man accused in a rape. Court records here and in Florida show a number of previous offenses, some dating to the 1990s. Our latest story is here. Neighborhood shock: A separate rape case has jarred the hard-earned tranquility of the Gardere neighborhood, which has worked for years to improve life there. Elyse Carmosino reports. Poster child: The 75-year-old prison inmate who was the poster child for a U.S. Supreme Court case involving mandatory life sentences received good news today. Louisiana's parole board voted unanimously to free him after he served more than five decades in Angola for killing an East Baton Rouge sheriff's deputy in the 1960s. |
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 | A homeless man accused of breaking into a 75-year-old woman's house, threatening her with a knife and raping her this week was convicted in… Read more |
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 | A Louisiana board voted unanimously Wednesday to release a 75-year-old man sentenced to life in prison as a teenager for killing an East Ba… Read more |
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 | COVID-19 cases and deaths have dwindled in Baton Rouge in the past few weeks as the summer’s delta variant-driven wave subsides, hospitals … Read more |
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 | A seat on the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council will soon become vacant, setting up a springtime election to fill the position and a de… Read more |
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 | The staff of the Louisiana Board of Massage Therapy and the chairwoman of the board have resigned in the wake of a state audit that accused… Read more |
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 | LSU is also ending restrictions for on-campus events. Read more |
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 | When Murelle Harrison began working full-time as an organizer in the Gardere neighborhood, there was no playground. Instead of sidewalks, d… Read more |
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 | Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley denied having contact with LSU about its job opening during his press conference on Tuesday. Read more |
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 | During a defensive meeting near the beginning of LSU’s open date three weeks ago, the coaching staff showed the players blitzes that soon w… Read more |
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