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Family forced from mold-infested home, now living in hotel

BATON ROUGE - A woman reached out to 2 On Your Side after saying her communication with her landlord had deteriorated. Officials declared her home uninhabitable. Charlisha Grant is living in a one-bedroom hotel room with her three children. It costs them $67 a day. It's her only option right now, since her home is cove
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I-TEAM: Federal judge acquits man accused of ramming ICE agents in Baton Rouge

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A federal judge has acquitted an undocumented man accused of intentionally ramming a vehicle into federal immigration agents during an enforcement operation in Baton Rouge, ruling the government’s case was not proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Evodio Merida-Tavera was charged in a federal indi
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11-year-old battling brain tumor, family having to sleep outside to save money for treatment

DENHAM SPRINGS -- A Denham Springs family is doing everything they can to help their eleven-year-old daughter battle brain cancer. Breann and Austin Tanton and their family have already had to move out of their home, out of the state of Louisiana, and for the last week, they have been even sleeping outside to save mone
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‘I didn’t want this.’ Baton Rouge business owner stuck in regulatory loophole after crater...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A local business owner has spent more than a year demanding answers after utility crews left a large crater in his driveway — and a regulatory loophole is leaving the state with little power to help him. Jacob May, owner of Empire Roofing on...
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Missing woman and child reportedly may be in St. Martin Parish

BUTTE LA ROSE, La. (KLFY) — An East Feliciana Parish woman and her 10-year-old daughter have been reported missing in the Butte La Rose area. According to the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office, 39-year-old Danielle Escue Lea and her daughter, Alayna Lea, were reported missing in Baton Rouge on July 28.
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Baton Rouge man charged after child found with skull fracture and bruised face

A father is accused of leaving a child with a skull fracture and bruised face after two separate incidents in June and July of this year.
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EBR superintendent speaks publicly for the first time about the AG’s investigation into him

BATON ROUGE — Tuesday morning, EBR Schools superintendent LaMont Cole walked on stage to address nearly 6,000 EBR School District employees for convocation. The majority of his speech focused on motivating the employees for the coming school year. However, at closing, he spoke about being the subject of an Attorney Gen
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“Feels like we can breathe again” | Denham Springs family tent camping now moved...

CINCINNATI, Ohio — Within hours of UWK‘s report of a Denham Springs family forced to tent camp in Ohio for their daughter’s terminal brain cancer treatment, the family is now in a hotel with a promise for a roof over their heads for the remainder of the year. Breann & Austin Tanton’s 11-year-old daughter Katie […] The
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Man arrested in Iberville Parish after stolen jewelry, coins were found in his car...

PLAQUEMINE — A 45-year-old man was arrested in Iberville Parish on Tuesday after deputies found stolen items in his vehicle during a traffic stop. The Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office received a call that a local camp had been robbed and launched an investigation. During their investigation, police pulled over John Ke
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Crews on scene of gas leak incident, St. George Fire Department says

The St. George Fire Department reports that crews are on the scene of a gas leak at an intersection.

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