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Baton Rouge to celebrate Irish on Saturday

with Kelly Patrick O'Kissel | Metro editor

Happy St. Patrick's Day. Here are our top stories:

Parade Saturday

While it's St. Patrick's Day today, the Baton Rouge St. Patrick's Day Parade will be held Saturday in Hundred Oaks and Perkins Road areas. Judy Bergeron has details here.

Brian Kelly has a new home

Sticking with the Irish theme (Brian Kelly is of Irish descent, right?), the new LSU coach has a new home in the LSU Lakes area. Tim Boone has a look inside.

College scam

According to federal prosecutors, a Baton Rouge man used fake high school diplomas and even inmates to run a ruse that netted him $1.4 million from the student loan system. He was convicted yesterday. Joe Gyan has the story.

Check back later for more.

Today's top stories

In elaborate college aid scheme, Baton Rouge 'fraudster' used fake diplomas, impersonators

A Baton Rouge man used fake high school diplomas and transcripts, impersonators and even inmates in an elaborate two-year scheme to enrich … Read more

LSU coach Brian Kelly buys home on LSU Lakes. Take a look inside.

A company with ties to LSU Football Coach Brian Kelly bought a home on the LSU Lakes. Read more

Louisiana teen charged with hate crime, accused of whipping classmate, throwing cotton balls

A video captured the White 15-year-old student's battery of a Black student, authorities say. Read more

While searching for his twin, Baton Rouge deputies shot him dead. His family has questions.

After sheriff's deputies killed a 25-year-old Baton Rouge man during a search for his twin brother, saying he answered the door with a gun,… Read more

Venture Global signs LNG contracts for export terminals in Cameron and Plaquemines parishes

Venture Global LNG, the company behind four upcoming liquefied natural gas terminals along coastal Louisiana, has signed a pair of 20-year … Read more

5 offenders escape from Bridge City Center For Youth overnight

Authorities are searching for five juvenile offenders who escaped from the Bridge City Center for Youth on the west bank overnight. Read more

Get your green (and your Irish) on for Saturday's Wearin' of the Green Parade in Baton Rouge

Things start turning emerald green this time of year — houses, businesses, beer. Read more

Grand Marshal Todd Graves talks Wearin' of the Green, Nelly, and the colors of his kilt

Before he dons his multi-colored kilt and climbs aboard his royal float in Baton Rouge, Wearin' of the Green Parade Grand Marshal Todd Grav… Read more

Saints, including Gayle Benson, meet with Deshaun Watson for second time, sources say

The New Orleans Saints brass met with Deshaun Watson for a second time on Wednesday night, with owner Gayle Benson included, as the controv… Read more