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Concealed weapon permits are popular certain parts of Louisiana, though some of locations may surprise you. Louisiana Department of Public Safety officials gave a report to state legislators detailingMore >>
Concealed weapon permits are popular in certain parts of Louisiana, though some locations may surprise you.More >>
Police have identified a suspect in the murder of Joseph Massenburg, an 18-year-old AmeriCorps volunteer from Chicago, killed in Carrollton. New Orleans police have obtained an arrest warrant for GlenMore >>
Police have identified a suspect in the murder of Joseph Massenburg, an 18-year-old AmeriCorps volunteer from Chicago, killed in Carrollton.More >>
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Officers are on the scene of a deadly shooting in East Feliciana Parish. There is very little information right now, but we're told it happened around 4 p.m. at a home on Highway 10, near Smith Road, justMore >>
Investigators have arrested a suspect in a murder that happened on Friday afternoon in a small community near Clinton.More >>
Organizers of the Bayou Country Superfest have released the schedule of performers for this weekend's event at Tiger Stadium.Saturday5:00 p.m. - Aaron Lewis5:45 p.m. - Thompson Square6:45 p.m. - DariusMore >>
Organizers of the Bayou Country Superfest have released the schedule of performers for this weekend's event at Tiger Stadium.More >>
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) -
A
30-year-old man was unable to escape when a Baton Rouge home caught fire
Thursday night.
The Baton
Rouge Fire Department said Jonas Spears died in a house fire that sparked in
the 1600 block of 79th Avenue just before 10 p.m.
Responding
firefighters found Spears's father in the burning home and pulled him to safety
through a bathroom window.
The cause
of the fire has not been determined, but investigators believe it started in
the kitchen.
Firemen
said the flames spread throughout the house and damaged nearly 60 percent of
it.
The rest of
the home was damaged by heavy smoke and the heat from the fire.
The cause
of the fire remains under investigation.
