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WALKER — Hammond Police officers rammed a motorcyclist who led them on a chase from Tangipahoa Parish into a Walker neighborhood, video obtained by WBRZ shows. The pursuit began in Hammond, Walker Police Captain John Sharp said, and Walker officers were called to assist when it entered the area around noon on Wednesday. WBRZ viewers reported a large law enforcement presence in the area, including K-9 officers and helicopters.Surveillance footage from a neighborhood near the

BATON ROUGE — An alleged drug dealer was arrested in connection with the death of a St. George man who overdosed on fentanyl and heroin.An arrest warrant shows that the man was found dead in his living room on Feb. 26. Detectives found a "bag containing a powdery substance near the body," which investigators later determined to be a mix of fentanyl and heroin. The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office said that while searching the man's phone, detectives found text messag

BALTIMORE — The Social Security Administration announced it will soon launch a process to automatically enroll newborns in Trump Accounts, a new type of individual savings account for eligible children.SSA Commissioner Frank Bisignano said Social Security numbers are the backbone of Trump Accounts and that the agency will empower parents to enroll their newborns through the "Enumeration at Birth" program to take full advantage of the program from the day a child is born.Starting the

BATON ROUGE - Fire officials say a lightning strike caused a fire at an apartment on South Harrells Ferry Road.Officials with the East Side Fire Department said that they arrived to a working fire on the second floor of an apartment complex at 16000 South Harrells Ferry Road.No one was injured as a result of the fire. No other information was immediately available.Permalink| Comments

LSU has fired its chief financial officer, vice president of engagement, and the diversity, equity and inclusion staff, according to the Louisiana Illuminator. These layoffs, which include 25 total employees, were announced on July 2. The funds will be redirected toward research and hiring faculty, with LSU’s goal to become a top 50 research university.... The post LSU cuts CFO, DEI positions amid layoffs to restructure administration, redirect spending appeared first on Reveille.

BATON ROUGE — LSU has fired its chief financial officer, the administrator in charge of handling sex-based discrimination complaints and its former diversity, equity and inclusion staff in what campus leaders say are cost-reducing layoffs, the Louisiana Illuminator reported Wednesday.Twenty-five employees were let go last week, and LSU President Wade Rousse said the savings will be redirected to hire new faculty and fund research.The layoffs will save LSU approximately $3.7 million,

ADDIS - Police are still determining what happened to a 7-year-old girl who died in Addis. The child, Paris Williams, was found unresponsive but breathing on July 1 and taken to a hospital, where she died. A coroner said Paris had multiple blunt force injuries to her body. Addis Police say her mother, 30-year-old Breyonne Dorsey, 33-year-old Christopher Butler, and a 12-year-old boy were in the trailer home where Williams was reportedly injured. Both adults have been

NEW ROADS - A planned technology outage will affect internet and telephone services at all Pointe Coupee Parish schools starting Thursday, the Pointe Coupee Parish School Board said.The school board said the "Central Office and all schools will be impacted by a planned Internet outage beginning Thursday, July 9, 2026, and continuing potentially through Monday, July 13, 2026." They also said the interruption was "necessitated by circumstances beyond our control."Officials said more updates will

WALKER — A person was arrested outside of a Livingston Parish discount store at the end of a law enforcement pursuit that began in Tangipahoa Parish, according to Captain Sharp with the Walker Police Department. Sharp said law enforcement chased the suspect, who was riding a motorcycle, from Hammond to a Dollar General along Walker North Road, near the intersection of Ball Park Road, in Walker. When the suspect got to the Dollar General, Sharp said, he laid his bike

BATON ROUGE — The former Government Street home of Brew-Bacher's Grill has been purchased by a Baton Rouge-based development firm for $650,000. According to court records, the sale to Grand Development Group, a development firm tied to Grand Construction, was completed on July 2.The purchase included four parcels of land and all buildings at 5580 Government Street, which sits between Franklin and Concordia streets. Brew-Bacher's Grill closed after the burger restaur