More Baton Rouge-area news inside
with Kelly P. Kissel | Metro editorGood afternoon. It'll be worth keeping an eye on the weather this afternoon. A line of storms passing the Lake Charles right now has already produced tornadoes, and the bad weather is expected to reach the Baton Rouge area at mid-afternoon. If you have things planned for this afternoon and evening, note there have been a number of cancellations already. We're keeping an updated list here. In other news, East Baton Rouge is putting trucks on the streets and an airplane in the sky to combat an especially nasty breed of mosquito. In one night, the city-parish's pest control program nabbed 6,500 mosquitoes in a trap in the southeastern part of the parish. Terry Jones reports. Louisiana has ordered nearly 150,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for schoolchildren age 5-11. Details here. And a judge has rejected an effort by the East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney's office to hold two separate trials for a man accused of killing a BRPD and another man. The killings took place hours apart. Prosecutors fear some witnesses won't cooperate. |
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| The East Baton Rouge Parish's Department of Mosquito Abatement and Rodent Control has been working overtime to combat a menacing species of… Read more |
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| Much of southern Louisiana faces the threat of severe thunderstorms with potentially damaging winds and tornadoes Wednesday afternoon, fore… Read more |
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| More schools in the Baton Rouge region announced Wednesday they are droping their requirements that students and staff wear masks. Read more |
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| Masks will no longer be mandatory in schools and churches in the Diocese of Baton Rouge, Bishop Michael Duca said in a letter to parishione… Read more |
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| A Baton Rouge man accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend's stepfather and a police officer just hours apart on April 26, 2020, won't be… Read more |
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| A federal judge sentenced a Livingston Parish couple to a year of probation each for selling vulnerable Louisiana turtles to an undercover … Read more |
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| A Baton Rouge man was arrested near Mandeville on Tuesday evening, accused of threatening to kill his girlfriend and putting a gun to her h… Read more |
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| A long-awaited moment for some Louisiana families may soon arrive: The authorization for a COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 is a … Read more |
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| The search for LSU’s next football coach has entered the phase of long, drawn-out speculation. Read more |
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