2 girls fall from Ferris wheel at Louisiana harvest festival: Sheriff

Two young girls were hospitalized after they were thrown from a Ferris wheel at a weekend harvest festival in Louisiana, ...
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Pat Cheramie, longtime WBRZ executive, dead at 77

Pat Cheramie, the longtime general manager of WBRZ Channel 2, died February 18 after a brief illness. Cheramie, 77, worked at the Baton Rouge ABC station for 39 years, starting out in the sales ...
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Ex-Baton Rouge ground water agency chief and parks official indicted on conspiracy charges

The former head of the Baton Rouge area's groundwater protection district and a parish parks agency official were indicted on ...
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Lots of tax proposals on the Nov. 15 ballot in the Baton Rouge region. Here's what they say.

The three tax measures, branded as "Thrive East Baton Rouge" by the mayor's office, will together redirect money that ...