Unfiltered with Kiran

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.

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.

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.

1 week ago | unfilteredwithkiran.com | Shannon Thornton

BATON ROUGE — Three people pleaded guilty in federal court to accusations of conspiracy to commit health care fraud during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are accused of a scheme where they used the identities of medical professionals to get controlled substance prescriptions, in addition to receiving money from federal pandemic assistance programs through fraudulent applications.

1 week ago | unfilteredwithkiran.com | Shannon Thornton

PORT ALLEN — A judge sentenced twin brothers Rob and Tom McCormick on May 9th and ordered them to pay $214,262.13 in restitution to the State of Louisiana’s Office of the State Fire Marshal. The men were found guilty late last year of several charges related to financial crimes committed against the State in 2020 and 2021. Both brothers were sentenced Friday morning, May 9th. Their sentencing was rescheduled multiple times previously.