Today's top headlines.
with Jennifer Wadsworth | Assistant metro editorGood morning. Here's what we got going on today. Deadly week in Baton RougeA 23-year-old father was shot to death outside a Holiday Inn by I-12 Monday morning. It was one of several killings to take place in East Baton Rouge over the past few days, which have seen a strong of murder-suicides — one in Hammond and another in Baton Rouge Friday followed by another on Sunday — as well as a stabbing death, fatal beating and an argument that culminated in gunfire. Gov goes to GlasgowWith an entourage of staff and security in tow, Gov. John Bel Edwards plans to jet off to Scotland for a United Nations climate change conference that's expected to draw diplomats from 200 countries, as The Advocate's Capital News Bureau reports. Dogs in the fightPolice say they found a blood-stained shed and 15 branded and wounded pit bulls at the home of a Baker man who's awaiting trial on charges of running a dog-fighting ring. Joe Gyan Jr. has the story. Thanks for reading! |
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| A young woman with long dreadlocks slumped against the hood of a white pickup truck in the parking lot of the Holiday Inn on Airline Highwa… Read more |
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| A woman fatally shot her boyfriend after she choked him during an argument early Monday, according to arrest records from the East Baton Ro… Read more |
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| Beginning Monday, insurers can resume the process of canceling or non-renewing coverage for policyholders in southeast Louisiana after the … Read more |
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| Controversial Baton Rouge rapper Boosie BadAzz ignited a social media firestorm over the weekend with a profane, aggressively homophobic tw… Read more |
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| A man who shot his estranged wife to death Friday before turning the gun on himself at a Pecan Tree Drive home died at a hospital a few day… Read more |
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| A shooting Sunday night at an apartment complex near South Sherwood Forest Boulevard was a murder-suicide, Baton Rouge police said. Read more |
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| Dog-fighting equipment, a blood-stained shed allegedly used for dog fighting, and 15 branded and injured pit bull dogs were found at a Bake… Read more |
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| The Atlantic hurricane season ends Nov. 30, but storms can form any time. Read more |
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