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"You killed my baby! And for what?"

By MATTHEW ALBRIGHT | Assistant metro editor​ ​ ​

Good morning. Here are our most compelling stories. 


“I am angry! I am furious! I am outraged!”

Three-year-old Devin Page was sleeping alongside his one-year-old sister when bullets sprayed into the house. He was hit in the head and killed. 

In the days since, Devin's family has been giving voice to the anger and exhaustion much of Baton Rouge is feeling as shootings continue at a rampant pace. This story shows how the family is grieving, and what that grief says about the larger suffering in our community. 


Crawfish thief caught red-handed

St. James Parish Sheriff's deputies say they caught a guy from Laplace in the middle of stealing crawfish from a pond in Vacherie. They say he had three sackfulls when they busted him.

Here's how they say they caught him, and the surprisingly diverse list of charges he could face. 


The new dean of DBU

From Patrick Peterson to the Honey Badger to Derek Stingley Jr., LSU has a storied tradition of elite defensive backs. To keep that momentum, new coach Brian Kelly has hired Robert Steeples.

This in-depth profile looks at how Steeples turned a struggling high school team into champions, and the mindset that made Kelly bring him to the Tigers.

LaPlace man caught with sacks full of stolen crawfish, St. James Parish Sheriff's Office says

Deputies caught a LaPlace man red-handed stealing crawfish from a pond in Vacherie, the St. James Parish Sheriff's Office said. Read more

The rise of Robert Steeples: How LSU's CB coach leapt from a St. Louis high school

Near the end of his NFL career in 2015, Robert Steeples watched a game at his high school alma mater as he tried to decide what to do next. De Smet Jesuit lost badly — he remembered the score as 66-6… Read more

 
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Will developments along Hoo Shoo Too, Hooper roads win Metro Council favor this week?

Preliminary plans to build two large-scale subdivisions on opposite ends of East Baton Rouge Parish will face new scrutiny this week as the Metro Council considers re-zoning requests the city-parish'… Read more

Louisiana's new state butterfly? State Senate endorses the Gulf Fritillary for the job.

After years of effort, the Gulf Fritillary, scientifically known as the agraulis vanillae, is well on its way to becoming Louisiana’s official state butterfly. Read more

Angola guard booked for excessive force; left 'scratches,' 'scrapes' on inmate, DOC says

A guard at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola was arrested on Monday on allegations that he used excessive force that left "scratches and scrapes" on an inmate, a spokesperson for the Departm… Read more

 
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