Today's top headlines.
with Jennifer Wadsworth | Assistant metro editorWelcome back to your a.m. news briefing. Here's what we got going on today … A wait-and-see approachBaton Rouge schools are leaning toward making masks optional for students when they return to class next month. But they're holding off on making a final decision until they see how COVID rates fluctuate in coming few weeks. Our education reporter Charles Lussier breaks it down for us. Dangerous watersLivingston Parish limits access to waterways when things get dangerous, like in the face of a hurricane or wild storm. But local leaders are hesitant to enforce restrictions when it comes to tiki tubing — even though one tuber died and 15 had to be rescued in recent weeks. Here's what parish officials told our reporter James Finn. BRPD officer reinstatedA BRPD officer who lost her job after lying on a police report a few years ago just got her job back. But the damage to her credibility will no doubt complicate future cases. Reporter Lea Skene has the story. Thanks for reading. And be sure to check back this afternoon for our next round of headlines. |
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| DENHAM SPRINGS — Livingston Parish often limits access to waterways when conditions become dangerous, like in the face of an advancing hurr… Read more |
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| A 26-year-old homeless person was fatally stabbed Tuesday morning on Gus Young Avenue, the Baton Rouge Police Department says. Read more |
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| Despite a new surge in coronavirus cases, school leaders in greater Baton Rouge are sticking with plans to reopen campuses with few restric… Read more |
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| More than three years after a rookie Baton Rouge police officer was fired for falsifying a report, she was allowed to return to the force t… Read more |
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| Four people have been arrested charges related to a July 13 shooting at a Zachary hair salon that left a patron seriously wounded, official… Read more |
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| The East Baton Rouge Parish parks and recreation system Tuesday became one of the first agencies in the state to begin requiring masks or p… Read more |
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| To say The Yard Milkshake Bar serves over-the-top confections is a bit of an understatement. Read more |
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| Republican lawmakers convened the state's first-ever veto session Tuesday with high hopes for overriding Gov. John Bel Edwards' vetoes of k… Read more |
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| Brandon Boyd was 17 when he fired into a crowd of people watching a street brawl on La Margie Avenue, killing a bystander in 2014, and two … Read more |
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