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BRPD: Homicide suspect taken into custody following pursuit that ended in crash on Florida Boulevard

BRPD: Homicide suspect taken into custody following pursuit that ended in crash on Florida Boulevard

Posted 6:49 AM 3/13/2026 by WBRZ Staff

BATON ROUGE — A potential homicide suspect was taken into custody after a police pursuit that ended in a crash along Florida Boulevard, Baton Rouge Police said.

According to police, units chased the suspect's car before the chase ended in a crash along Florida near Marilyn Drive. (More)...

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Baton Rouge mother says her 5th grade son attacked by stranger at school bus stop along Highland Road

Posted 4:46 AM 3/13/2026 by Joe Collins

BATON ROUGE -- A Baton Rouge mother says that her 5th-grade son was attacked by a man while waiting for the school bus along Highland Road on Thursday morning.

Alisha Ellis says her son and daughter wait for the bus around 7:20 a.m. in the parking lot near the Walmart on Highland.

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2 Your Town Wearin' of the Green: This year's Grand Marshal is meteorologist Jim Cantore

Posted 5:32 AM 3/13/2026 by April Davis

BATON ROUGE - A parade grand marshal generally has a welcoming presence, but people tend to evacuate when this year's "Wearin' of the Green" Grand Marshal comes to town.

"Folks know if there's an approaching storm, and Jim says, 'I'm going to be covering it on the Gulf Coast,' and he shows (More)

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