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6 days ago | 
unfilteredwithkiran.com | Kiran Chawla
BATON ROUGE, La. – One of the Capital City’s most treasured chefs and restaurateurs is back in the kitchen. As the storms moved through Baton Rouge last week, Seabell White Thomas was buzzing about her small brick home preparing for her family’s Mother’s Day feast – a stuffed hen and homemade dumplings. About a year ago, ‘Mama,’ as she is known to thousands of customers who regularly dined at her legendary Silver Moon Cafe near the LSU campus, was recovering from surgery.
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6 days ago | 
unfilteredwithkiran.com | Kiran Chawla
LIVINGSTON —- It was around 9 p.m. on Friday, May 9 when Livingston Police officers responded to a shooting victim at Doyle High School. The caller advised that Evan Lynch, 23, had been shot at the school in the chest and was in a vehicle now. Officials were able to find the vehicle off Red Oak Road near Texas Street. Lynch was transported to a hospital in Baton Rouge. Officers then detained the driver and passenger in the vehicle for questioning.
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1 week ago | 
unfilteredwithkiran.com | Kiran Chawla
INDEPENDENCE — Louisiana State Police troopers are investigating a deputy-involved shooting with a Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Deputy. The shooting happened when deputies responded to an active domestic violence incident, where a woman had been stabbed and was fighting for her life. It was Thursday around 7 p.m., May 8, when TPSO deputies responded to a call for Cornelius King Sr., 43, of Independence, allegedly stabbing his girlfriend, Elaine Davis, 48, of Hammond.
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1 week ago | 
unfilteredwithkiran.com | Kiran Chawla
BATON ROUGE — A gunman walked into a Regions Bank in Baton Rouge Thursday with the intent of robbing an employee. Instead, he was faced with two good samaritans, who helped get the gun away from the suspect until police arrived, essentially stopping the bank robbery at Regions. It was around 10:15 a.m. when a man with a gun walked into the Regions Bank at 3121 S. Sherwood Forest Blvd. in Baton Rouge.
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1 week ago | 
unfilteredwithkiran.com | Kiran Chawla
DENHAM SPRINGS — A crash on Wednesday night in Denham Springs claimed the life of a Holden man. It was around 10:15 p.m. on May 7 when Denham Springs Police responded to a three-vehicle crash on I-12 eastbound across from Bass Pro. DSPD has not released any specifics into what caused the crash. One person did die in the crash. They have been identified as Steven Slifkin, 63, of Holden. No further details have been released at this time.
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1 week ago | 
unfilteredwithkiran.com | Kiran Chawla
BATON ROUGE — President Donald Trump has officially nominated Kurt Wall to serve as the next U.S. Attorney for the Middle District. That’s federal court, which represents nine area parishes: Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana. Wall, who currently works as the chief felony prosecutor with the 21st Judicial District Court, brings over 35 years of law experience to the position.
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1 week ago | 
unfilteredwithkiran.com | Kiran Chawla
IBERVILLE — A 25-year-old is behind bars after a traffic stop that yielded nearly 60 pounds of marijuana and $4,000 in cash. It was around 1 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6 when Iberville Sheriff’s deputies attempted to stop Yusef Chaisson Jr., 25, of Lafayette for a traffic violation. “My deputy tried to stop him at mile marker 140 on Interstate 10 westbound. He pulled into the Bayou Shell Truck Stop in Grosse Tete,” Sheriff Brett Stassi told UWK.
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1 week ago | 
unfilteredwithkiran.com | Kiran Chawla
BATON ROUGE — The East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner is asking for the public’s help in identifying a Hispanic man found dead in a duplex backyard. It was April 9, 2025, when the coroner’s office responded to the 1800 block of N. Harco Dr. to investigate the death of a man found dead. Despite fingerprinting, officials have not been able to identify the man. “The decedent is a Hispanic male who, according to area residents possibly went by the name of “Carlos Rodriguez”.
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1 week ago | 
unfilteredwithkiran.com | Kiran Chawla
IBERVILLE —- Iberville Parish schools will be closed on Wednesday, May 7, due to the weather. Power outages are triggering the closures as well as officials saying out of an abundance of caution, schools will remain closed. This is a developing story. As soon as more details are provided, the story will be updated. Check back for new information. Download the Unfiltered with Kiran app from the Apple App Store and Google Play to stay updated on the latest news across the Capital area.
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1 week ago | 
unfilteredwithkiran.com | Kiran Chawla
EAST BATON ROUGE — East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s deputies are on the scene of a double shooting in the Baker area that’s left one person dead and at one other injured. It happened around 7:15 p.m. on Sunday, May 4 in the 6100 block of Rolling Acres, off of Plank Rd.Sources tell UWK the shooting happened at a family crawfish boil. One person died from their injuries. Another person was transported to a hospital in critical condition.
