The search is on for five juvenile offenders who escaped a detention center in Jefferson Parish. The escape happened at the Bridge City Center for Youth and residents who live in Bridge City. WBRZ-TV in Baton Rouge reports the juveniles are serving time for violent offenses.

First responders located an abandoned infant in north Baton Rouge by helicopter yesterday, alive and well in a church parking lot. Brooke Thorington has more.
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On his Ask the Governor Show, Governor Edwards said he hopes Louisiana’s U-S Senators will vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U-S Supreme Court…
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Edwards says Judge Jackson has support from groups of different political leanings. Confirmation hearings for Jackson begin Monday.

During the governor’s State of the State address, Edwards proposed a 500-million dollar allocation for a new Mississippi River Bridge in Baton Rouge. Speaker Pro Tem and Houma Representative Tanner Magee says he supports funding for a new Mississippi River Bridge, but he would like to see a plan to secure the rest of the funding so the project is more shovel-ready…
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