Destiny Beasley

1 week ago | wbrz.com | Destiny Beasley

BATON ROUGE — Early voting starts Saturday for the May 3 election, and East Baton Rouge Parish residents will vote on a tax proposition and renewals. East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore said there is a backlog of cases due to his office being underfunded and understaffed. He said this tax will improve office operations. “Our goal – our main goal is stop this backlog, get caught up as quickly as we can have a much swifter system of justice,” said Moore.

1 week ago | wbrz.com | Destiny Beasley

RESERVE — Residents living near Cancer Alley said the Environmental Protection Agency's recent push for deregulation has them extremely worried about the future. Robert Taylor is a lifelong resident of St. John the Baptist Parish and he said the rollback of EPA's policies under President Donald Trump puts his community at a great risk. The EPA recently set up an email for companies allowing them to request exemptions from pollution controls under the Clean Air Act.

1 week ago | wbrz.com | Domenic Purdy |Destiny Beasley

BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Parish Juvenile Detention and Jail Task Force on Tuesday presented its initial designs for new juvenile detention facilities, plans that Councilman Darryl Hurst said have the expressed goal of making incarcerated juveniles "better when they leave than when they got there.""We need a great courthouse, we need a great area for families, we need a great area to rehabilitate juveniles," the District 5 councilman said.

1 week ago | wbrz.com | Destiny Beasley

MORGAN CITY — With water levels expected to rise and gates closing in St. Mary Parish, some boaters and fishing businesses say that the higher waters in the Atchafalaya River will be beneficial. They say that the fresh water will bring in more fish, allowing them to capitalize on the natural cycle of the river.

1 week ago | wbrz.com | Destiny Beasley

PRAIRIEVILLE — A man is behind bars after he stabbed his mother in a Prairieville neighborhood Saturday afternoon, the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office said. Deputies said 23-year-old Dillion Marshall stabbed 48-year-old Shanitra Marshall to death on Misty Oak Court. Neighbors told WBRZ  that the family was well-liked and friendly. They said Dillion was a great kid who they would always see in the neighborhood, but he was known to have struggled with mental health issues in the past.