Spencer Soicher
Reporter
Baton Rouge, La.
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Spencer is from Denver, Colorado and spent many of his childhood nights in Mile High City newsrooms where his dad was a sportscaster. Since then, he's always known he wanted to work in television.
Spencer graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2019 with a degree in journalism. Hook 'em Horns!
During his time as a student at Texas, Spencer worked as an intern at KUSA in Denver, KUTV in Salt Lake City, and KVUE in Austin.
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As it finally begins to look and feel like fall outside, members of the Baton Rouge community are stepping up to help others. The address to drop off coats at the Winnfield Funeral Homes is 7221 Plank Road.
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As the end of daylight saving time has arrived, the Baton Rouge Fire Department and the American Red Cross say it’s time to check those smoke alarms.
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WAFB’s Spencer Soicher spent the day finding Baton Rouge’s best costumes.
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Calvin Toney was shot and killed during a DCFS investigation into potential child abuse.
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The East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Reform Coalition (EBRPPRC) is singing the praises of the new policy allowing faster processing for people who are arrested.
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The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) held a public meeting Thursday about the proposed construction of a flyover ramp from I-10 W and an exit ramp from I-12 W to College Drive.
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A new 2019 database report released Oct.22 by the national environmental non-profit, Environmental Working Group (EWG), says Baton Rouge tap water contains four different contaminants that are over EWG’s health guidelines, but well below federal limits (where applicable).
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There are about 200 paramedics on the East Baton Rouge EMS staff, but the organization says it has plenty of positions that need to be filled.
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Sadie Roberts-Joseph possessed a smile that so many loved. Now, the goodness behind that smile is being appreciated and remembered.
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When WAFB caught up with Raheem Pierce in March he was a senior at Plaquemine High School who was planning a run at the Iberville Parish Council.
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There are plenty of opinions on how the lines for St. George were drawn, but it’s got some spinning in circles more than others.
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It's the first day for residents in newly incorporated St. George. Some say they are excited about the fresh start. Others say the uncertainty is taking its toll.
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Legendary Baton Rouge blues musician Henry Gray, 94, is now in hospice care, his family announced on the musician’s Facebook page.
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Proponents and opponents of the incorporation of St. George had a last final push to inform and sway voters at a forum in front of the Republican Women of Baton Rouge.
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A new study says poor road and bridge conditions are costing drivers thousands.
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Authorities and public school officials in Ascension Parish are working together to address 'acts of unkindness' in schools.
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A school in Baton Rouge will remain closed through Friday, Oct. 4 in order to safeguard students and staff from the flu.
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Woman’s Hospital has partnered with The Anna’s Grace Foundation in putting on "The Walk to Remember.” It’s a walk around the Independence park area of Baton Rouge for families of children that died during pregnancy or infancy.
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Two new political ads have been released detailing alleged sexual harassment by a former high-ranking official in the administration of Governor John Bel Edwards.
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A man driving a dark-tinted car dressed as a police officer allegedly pulled over a woman near the state line.
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The early voting period for the 2019 Louisiana election has opened, and people from around the state have taken advantage of the opportunity to get their vote counted ahead of time.
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A popular Livingston daycare is without its superhero. Carol Hutchinson, or as she called herself, Wonder Woman, was killed Saturday, Sept. 29, allegedly by a man that friends say was her boyfriend.
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A Baton Rouge staple for soccer matches and British feel is getting a new name. The Londoner on S Sherwood Forest Boulevard is now being called That Pub on Sherwood, at least temporarily.
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Linda Gobert’s mother has dementia and she was tricked by a man who drove her to a bank to cash a $3,000 check.
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Jehu Poitier, the Baton Rouge firefighter and Bahamas native that began collecting donations to send back to victims of Hurricane Dorian has collected so many supplies, that he has too much to pack up on his own.
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The Cajun Navy 2016 is in Beaumont with their boats to do search and rescue after Imelda’s rains brought widespread flooding to the area.
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After the viral video showing a group of people apparently just walking out of a store in the Mall of Louisiana allegedly without paying for an arm full of clothes, plenty of people wondered, why did nobody stop them?
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An investigation is underway after a woman was seen draping pairs of jeans over her arms and walking out of a retail store.
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Text messages from strangers are the new way political candidates in Louisiana are trying to get ahold of voters. The practice has been dubbed “text-ivism.”
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The beef in the back of your freezer that keeps accumulating “snow” may still be good. And, if it is, someone could probably use it. On Sunday, Sept. 15 in Baton Rouge, Hunters for the Hungry was collecting meat from all over to give to those in need.
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Nearly three months after LSU student, Sarah James, was hit and killed by a driver who allegedly couldn’t see her, the intersection of Jennifer Jean Drive and Bob Pettit Boulevard at Nicholson Drive, has been adjusted.
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On Sept. 11, 2001, people across the U.S. watched terror and made the brave decision to enlist. September is National Suicide Awareness Month and the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) says suicide among veterans is an epidemic.
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Patrick Wilkerson, who owns the Bengals and Bandits merchandise store near LSU, has been busy packing boxes. This week, in addition to seeing purple, gold, and black in his store, he’s seeing some green too.
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Candidates running to be the next commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Agricultural and Forestry (LDAF) met at a Press Club forum in Baton Rouge Monday, Sept. 9 to address key concerns before the Oct. 12 election.
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There are no term limits for the clerk of court office in East Baton Rouge Parish. Doug Welborn is now in his seventh term and has been the clerk for 28 years, but a well-known city councilwoman is trying to shake things up at City Hall.
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If you haven’t gotten a ticket to the Sept. 7 football game between Texas and LSU, you could probably pocket that money and buy a Super Bowl ticket.
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There’s plenty of fun up for grabs outside of Baker High School at the Greater Baton Rouge American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organization’s (AFL-CIO) 2019 Annual Labor Day Parade & Picnic. Monday morning, kids flocked to the street for handfuls of candy.
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Like many of us, Ben Husser has been getting updates on Hurricane Dorian from the news. But unlike the rest of us, he and the search and rescue crew from Cajun Navy 2016 are headed to the action.
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The East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council has approved a nearly half million dollar supplement that’ll be split between the East Baton Rouge District Attorney’s Office and the Office of the Public Defender.
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The East Baton Rouge Parish Library has a new toy, and its going to be in the Baton Rouge Metro Airport.
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Aynn Murray is in the process of moving across town to a new home, but she says that process has been a nightmare.
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The Andover Community Home in Zachary, where an allegedly disabled 25-year-old man escaped from and was later shot, has a record of violations with the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), per records obtained by WAFB.
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Members of the Baton Rouge community are mourning the death of well-known Istrouma High School Principal Reginald Douglas.
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In April of 2018, BREC opened the newly renovated botanical gardens at Independence Park. The renovation project cost an estimated $800,000, but now, while beds at the front of the park look well groomed, not everything is a bed of roses.
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An area on Nicholson Drive near Tigerland will be getting better lighting after an LSU student was hit by an SUV and killed.
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A year after Baton Rouge woman Sadie Thibodaux was found dead after she’d gone missing on a boat on Lake Pontchartrain, her loved ones came together to ensure she’ll always remembered.
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After uproar came earlier in the week about the East Baton Rouge Parish Library budgeting more than $94,000 for a new OmniGlobe, WAFB obtained the library’s 2018 budget, which contains more head scratching allocations of taxpayer dollars.
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Wednesday, Aug. 14 was move-in day at Southern University, which means there were plenty of teary-eyed parents, excited freshmen, and lots of U-Hauls.
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Ascension Public Schools held a groundbreaking ceremony for Bluff Ridge Primary on Tuesday, Aug. 13, with plans to have the school ready for the fall of 2020. Bluff Ridge Primary is one of four new schools set to open. Bullion Primary school opened for the 2019-20 school year.
People say they aren’t surprised that an allegedly mentally disabled man living at the Andover Community Home in Zachary was able to escape.