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Posted 7:41 PM 5/22/2025 by Bess Casserleigh

ST. GABRIEL - Despite several changes in leadership at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center, drugs and violence continue to plague the prison.

Since the WBRZ Investigative Unit began reporting on the problems inside Hunt last year, Warden Donny Bordelon was suspended and removed and (More)

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Posted 9:41 AM 5/21/2025 by Bess Casserleigh

BATON ROUGE - Kayelyn Ford, a 22-year-old mother, did everything she legally could to protect herself from her ex-boyfriend.

On Monday, deputies say, he shot and killed her.

"We could have helped, and I wish we would have had the opportunity to," director of Iris Domestic Violence (More)

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Posted 3:28 PM 5/15/2025 by Bess Casserleigh

ST. GEORGE - The St. George Fire Department may be going through some major changes soon, specifically in leadership.

Chief Gerard Tarleton tells WBRZ after 34 years as head of the department, he's ready to start discussing what happens when he steps down, which he plans to bring up at (More)

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Posted 7:41 PM 5/13/2025 by Bess Casserleigh

BATON ROUGE - In the decade since seven-year-old Terrez Coleman's murder, his killer has been walking free. 

The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office says that changed Monday with the arrest of Rashad Turner.

"We're here tonight because of 11 years of investigative work," said (More)

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Posted 9:12 AM 5/13/2025 by Bess Casserleigh

PRAIRIEVILLE — A Prairieville mom accused of having sex with a 14-year-old boy last year is now facing additional charges involving other teens.

Dutchtown High parent Leeann Yammarino has been in jail since her (More)

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Posted 9:33 PM 5/9/2025 by Bess Casserleigh

A former Baton Rouge Police officer is now working to get his job back after his criminal cases were dropped this week.

Demichael Robertson was fired in 2023 following two separate arrests for sex crimes.

"These allegations, which ultimately as we know, have been dismissed against (More)

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Posted 10:58 AM 5/8/2025 by Bess Casserleigh

ST. GEORGE - Members of the St. George Firefighters union are demanding answers from the chief about a fire station promised more than a decade ago.

They calculate $20 million of tax payer money has been collected with no new fire facility to show for it.

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Posted 6:11 PM 5/6/2025 by Bess Casserleigh

BATON ROUGE - A bill that would dissolve the West Feliciana Port Commission sailed through the Transportation Committee on Tuesday with no objection.

State Representative Jeremy Lacombe (R) authored HB 94, which will also give the responsibilities of the port commission to the parish (More)

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Posted 6:05 PM 5/5/2025 by Bess Casserleigh

ST. GEORGE - A five-year-long legal battle within the St. George Fire Department won't be coming to a solution anytime soon, as a countersuit has been filed.

President of the St. George Firefighters Local 4524 Jason Turner says the bitter litigation began when fellow firefighters realized (More)

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Posted 7:56 AM 5/2/2025 by Bess Casserleigh

ST. FRANCISVILLE -- In West Feliciana, the large cruise boats filled with tourists can be very lucrative to the economy, especially for one bar in particular, according to resident Chuck Spillman.

Spillman, who lost against Kenny Havard in the last parish president election, has been an (More)