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with Kelly P. Kissel | Metro editorThanks for checking in with us this afternoon. Here's what we're working on today. Mall pythonA 12-foot Burmese python named Cara has captured the attention of Mall of Louisiana patrons, but no has captured her. The snake escaped from an enclosure at the Blue Zoo aquarium sometime Tuesday, it appears, and hasn't been seen since. Lara (not to be confused with Cara) Nicholson is chasing the story for us, and reports here. And it's times like these that bring out the best of the internet. There's been no shortage of snake puns and snake jokes, and some of those are captured here. But, again, no snake. State Police, againOur former Advocate colleague Jim Mustian, now with The Associated Press, is out today with a story about the FBI seeking a review of the autopsy performed on a north Louisiana motorist at the center of an investigation into Louisiana State Police practices. It's here. Fairly good newsThe Greater Baton Rouge State Fair will return in October after missing last year due to the pandemic. The fair will run from Oct. 28 through Nov. 7. Get the details here. |
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| The FBI is taking the unusual step of ordering a new look at the autopsy of Black motorist Ronald Greene to consider evidence not provided … Read more |
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| Black state lawmakers on Tuesday called on the U.S. Department of Justice to conduct a full investigation into “systemic violations of cons… Read more |
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| The Blue Zoo Aquarium in the Mall of Louisiana was still searching Wednesday for Cara, a 12-foot python that went missing from her enclosur… Read more |
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| East Baton Rouge is considering buying large swaths of empty swamps, fields and woods throughout the parish as a way to hold rain runoff in… Read more |
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| Prosecutors accused the alleged leader of a violent Baton Rouge drug ring Tuesday of burglarizing an associate's home and taking a pillowca… Read more |
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| On his first day as LSU’s new president and chancellor, William Tate IV implored students to get the coronavirus vaccine, said he wants to … Read more |
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| Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall Wednesday morning in a lightly populated area along Florida's Gulf coast, hurricane forecasters said. Read more |
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| The son of an unarmed panhandler fatally shot outside Trader Joe's last summer has filed a wrongful death suit against the Baton Rouge man … Read more |
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| The Greater Baton Rouge State Fair will return in October after missing last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more |
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