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Dec 11, 2024 | 
msn.com | Georgia Peck
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
weau.com | Emily Van de Riet |Georgia Peck
BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE/WAFB/Gray News) – A popular TikToker has now been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a therapist in Louisiana, officials said. Terryon Ishmael Thomas, 20, a TikTok personality known as “Mr.Prada,” was charged in connection with the homicide of 69-year-old Baton Rouge therapist Dr. William Nicholas “Nick” Abraham. Thomas was arrested in Dallas on Tuesday afternoon after police say he fled Louisiana after the murder.
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Sep 14, 2024 | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Georgia Peck
ShareMORGAN CITY, La. (WAFB) - South Louisiana is no stranger to damage left behind from hurricanes and storms, but officials in Morgan City say Hurricane Francine brought the most rain the city has ever seen. “Hit pretty bad,” Morgan City Mayor Lee Dragna said. “I was out in it, y’know, winds over 100 miles an hour. Wind gauge broke off at 117.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
lafarmbureaunews.com | Georgia Peck
By Georgia PeckWAFB-TV 9The invasive apple snail is popping up all over south Louisiana, causing problems for crawfish and their producers. “We’ve had a number of crawfish ponds in the past three years that have had to be drained very early in the season because they can’t be fished profitably,” LSU Department of Entomology Associate Professor Blake Wilson said. READ AND WATCH MORE
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
wafb.com | Georgia Peck
LIVINGSTON PARISH, La. (WAFB) - First responders in Livingston Parish working the night shift often struggle to find a safe and clean place to take a break or use the restroom, but one church has a solution. Rachel Lopez has been a Live Oak Baptist Church member since she was in 4th grade. "I definitely grew up here with the community," Lopez said. Lopez is now a deputy with the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
wafb.com | Georgia Peck
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Baton Rouge Police Department's Special Investigations Unit seized a massive amount of drugs Wednesday evening, including the largest amount of meth and fentanyl in department history. The unit conducted a search warrant at a house on Keaty Drive, which led to the investigation of two more homes on Adams Avenue and Vermillion Drive. Cendy Sammy Keophimanh was arrested in connection to the seizure.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
wafb.com | Georgia Peck
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A new teacher evaluation system will lessen the burden on teachers who score well the first time, but some teacher federations see problems with the rubric. The Louisiana Educator Advancement and Development System, or LEADS, is the Louisiana Department of Education's new solution to an outdated evaluation system.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
wafb.com | Georgia Peck
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - This week is the eighth anniversary of the flood of 2016, and many Baton Rouge residents remember it like it was yesterday. One family is still dealing with it years later after repairs made to their house are already falling apart. After the flood, the Louisiana Office of Community Development's Restore Louisiana Program hired a contractor called IEM to oversee much of the rebuilding of flooded homes.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
wafb.com | Georgia Peck
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Twenty-two graduates celebrated their accomplishments in a program focused on helping people on probation and parole prepare for life after jail. "This was so beautiful because I could never compare the programs, all the programs that are out here, but this one here, it feels like it's the best one ever," graduate Terry Lee Denham Jr. said.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
fox8live.com | Georgia Peck
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - West Nile virus cases are popping up in mosquitoes and humans throughout the state, but one LSU research group hopes to bring those numbers down through their new insect-repellent research. According to the Louisiana Department of Health, four West Nile cases in humans were detected in Franklin Parish last month. A few weeks ago, one of West Baton Rouge Mosquito Control’s traps had a positive mosquito case as well.
