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Posted 10:44 PM 9/19/2026 by WBRZ Staff

BATON ROUGE — A community memorial was held Saturday morning for Claudis Hampton Cosey, a civic leader whose family described him as a trailblazer.

Cosey passed away in September. His family said he was one of the city's first male hairdressers, opening Cosey's House of Glamour in (More)

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Posted 10:32 PM 9/19/2026 by WBRZ Staff

BATON ROUGE - Southern University held a free coding workshop at its Welcome Center for students from elementary to high school age.

Younger students learned coding through Scratch while high schoolers worked in Python.

Program leaders say coding is now considered part of fundamental literacy for the 21 century.

Posted 9:25 AM 9/19/2026 by Dave Baker

Tropical Depression Six formed in the eastern subtropical Atlantic on Friday afternoon. Located a few hundred miles southwest of the Azores, the system will meander over the coming days before turning southwest next week. In doing so, the system could strengthen into a weak tropical storm, taking (More)

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Posted 10:08 AM 9/19/2026 by Dave Baker

The Capital Region gets a dry weekend with plenty of sunshine and temperatures running several degrees above normal. A disturbance sliding through Monday could bring some showers and thunderstorms before the heat settles back in. 

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Posted 7:30 PM 9/19/2026 by Brie Andras

ZACHARY - The Zachary Broncos were shut out in the first half of their week three matchup against Madison Prep. However, they stormed back to complete the comeback 39-36.

The Chargers controlled the first half. After Madison Prep got a safety, Harlem Turner took the ensuing kick off inside (More)