Today's top headlines.
with Jennifer Wadsworth | Assistant metro editorWelcome back to your morning news roundup. Mall python goes viralShe was the star of Blue Zoo's thrice-weekly snake shows. But Cara's disappearing act made her more famous than ever. By the third day of being MIA, the 12-foot albino Burmese python's banana-yellow likeness was plastered in the tabloids and all over social media. Lara Nicholson — who, incidentally, has been making a name for herself writing about animals in unlikely places — brings us the latest updates on the mall python saga. Ex-guard suesSurveillance footage showed an inmate dragging a female prison guard into a bathroom at knifepoint. Now, a year later, the ex-officer is suing the DOC, claiming the dangerous work environment at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center left her vulnerable to attack. Reporter Lea Skene has the story. Case delayAn appeals court ruled that the trial of an ex-Livingston Parish sheriff's deputy accused of sex crimes should be delayed. Reporter James Finn explains why. Thanks for reading! |
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| The headliner of Blue Zoo Aquarium’s thrice-weekly snake show catapulted to stardom with her disappearing act. Read more |
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| A former board member of the defunct Laurel Oaks Charter School in Baton Rouge has been ordered to pay a total of $16,000 for making a $15,… Read more |
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| The mother of a teenager who Baton Rouge police arrested after a traffic stop last July has filed a federal lawsuit claiming the officers u… Read more |
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| An appeals court said Wednesday that next week's trial of a former Livingston Parish sheriff's deputy on sex-crime charges should be delaye… Read more |
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| The LSU Tiger Marching Band is scheduled to resume traveling to road games with the football team this season with the exception of the sea… Read more |
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| After surveillance video from Elayn Hunt Correctional Center showed an inmate dragging a female guard into a bathroom at knifepoint last su… Read more |
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| A Louisiana man who drowned the Gulf of Mexico near Destin was from St. Martinville, according to KADN. Read more |
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| East Baton Rouge is considering buying large swaths of empty swamps, fields and woods throughout the parish as a way to hold rain runoff in… Read more |
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| Officials this week warned residents to be wary of scam calls from people claiming to assist residents in Louisianan's "Shot at a Million" … Read more |
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