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Southern U student shot to death in BR

with Jennifer Wadsworth | Assistant metro editor

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Student fatally shot

A Southern University student is dead after an early-morning shooting that took place near the school Saturday, Baton Rouge police said. Elyse Carmosino has the details. 


3-in-1 school proposal sparks outrage

Plans to build a new school complex big enough to house three popular Baton Rouge magnet schools caught many educators unawares and sparked an immediate uproar from worried parents, as Charles Lussier reports. 


Mom, toddler missing

BRPD asked for the public's help finding a young mother and her 2-year-old son, who'd been missing for week Saturday. Here's what officials told us about the case.


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