A Baton Rouge man considered a person of interest in the shooting deaths of two black men last week, has bonded out of jail. 23-year-old Kenneth Gleason was arrested over the weekend on drug charges. Baton Rouge Police Sgt. Don Coppola says Gleason has yet to be cleared of the homicides…:
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He says it’s a possibility that these murders were racially motivated.

Phi Delta Theta has shut down its LSU chapter as result of 18-year-old Max Gruver’s death. Gruver was a pledge at the frat and died from the result of a possible hazing incident. No charges have been filed and East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore says that could take awhile. Moore says he’s met with the Gruver family and they are devasted…
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LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center receives a six-million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to study how to improve soldiers’ nutrition. Emelie Gunn has more…
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An explosion in a home injured three people today including 92 year old Dwena Henry, an alderman for the village of Stanley in DeSoto parish and her daughter Sharon Fletcher who is the mayor. Sheriff Rodney Arbuckle says William Roe, a friend of the family was also injured. Arbuckle says Henry suffered third-degree burns to over 50-percent of her body and is fighting for her life.