Today's top headlines.
with Jennifer Wadsworth | Assistant metro editorGood morning. It's been a busy weekend, news-wise. Here's what our reporters have been working on … Missing toddlerA search for a missing 2-year-old stretched into its second day as her family waited for answers. Nevaeh Allen was last seen around 1 p.m. Friday after her stepdad put her down for a nap, the family told police. A few hours later, when her siblings came home from school, they noticed her missing. BRPD sounded the alarm. Louisiana State Police announced a statewide search. By the next morning, the FBI got involved. Elyse Carmosino has the story, or at least as much as we knew by the end of Saturday. For the latest updates, check out TheAdvocate.com. Fatal shootingsA heart-wrenching scene played out in a north Baton Rouge neighborhood where a 41-year-old man was fatally shot Saturday afternoon. It was the second shooting in as many days, after police said a husband killed his wife the night before elsewhere in the city. 'Small but dangerous'Weather watchers have their eye on Hurricane Sam, which strengthened Saturday into a "small but dangerous" Cat 4 storm while veering northwest across the Atlantic. Liam Pierce brought us this update. Squirrel!An outage left thousands in Baton Rouge's Mid City and Garden District went without power for hours early Saturday. Only this time, the culprit wasn't a mighty hurricane but a lowly tree rat. Thanks for reading! |
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| A man was fatally shot Saturday afternoon on Leonidas Drive, Baton Rouge police say. Read more |
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| A woman was shot to death by her husband, who then fired his weapon at responding officers late Friday, Baton Rouge police say. Read more |
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| A squirrel was blamed for an outage that left thousands of people without power Saturday in Baton Rouge's Mid City and Garden District neig… Read more |
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| 'I don't know how we don't get a definitive answer,' frustrated committee chairman says Read more |
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| As if Louisiana's heat and humidity weren't enough for migrant workers on a sugar cane farm, a Rosedale farmer withheld food and water from… Read more |
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| Hurricane Ida damaged oyster beds, and the boats, docks and homes of oyster growers Read more |
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| April Jorden had only been back in New Orleans a few days after Hurricane Ida hit when her eyes and throat started burning. She took an ant… Read more |
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| Takeshia Dixon’s voice shook as she searched for words to describe her son. Read more |
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| By this time next year, the East Baton Rouge Metro Council expects to have adopted new single-member district boundaries to reflect populat… Read more |
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