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Zachary HS football player honored with moment of silence at Signing Day on Tuesday
ZACHARY - As a number of students were signing with colleges and looking forward to the future, they also took time to remember a fellow student athlete who was fatally shot Sunday. Jonathan Johnson Jr., 16, was shot and killed in New Roads along Carver Drive near Wilkins Street. A...
Summer of Hope 2024 kicks off this weekend
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Community members are invited to come together this weekend to kickoff Baton Rouge’s annual summertime proactive, community-focused effort. East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome announced the Summer of Hope 2024 initiative returns with the Late Night Hype event on Friday, May 24, and a pool day at Liberty Lagoon on Sunday, May 26.
Editorial: Sending juvenile suspects to Jackson Parish will exact a heavy toll
Things are bad enough for teenagers who are accused of a crime and booked into jail. But in East Baton Rouge Parish, they have become exponentially worse in the last month, as Sheriff Sid Gautreaux has begun sending 17-year-old arrestees to Jackson Parish. Gautreaux is in a difficult position. Federal...
Summer 2024: Where to find free breakfast, lunch for kids in, near Baton Rouge
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — School systems across the Greater Baton Rouge area will be giving out free meals to kids this summer. Schools will serve breakfast and lunch to children under a certain age to help make sure they have a meal during the day throughout the summertime.
Zachary Police bookings for May 10-16, 2024
The following people were booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison or issued a summons by the Zachary Police Department from May 10-16: Jacien Belezaire: 39; 3072 Garden Gate Ave., Zachary; prohibited acts, possession/distribution Schedule V, possession with intent to distribute, transactions involving proceeds from drug offense and money laundering.
Organizations attempt to minimize juvenile crime by bringing awareness to youth summer programs
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - As schools close for the summer, local organizations are raising awareness about the programs available to the youth. In the first four months of 2024, the Baton Rouge Police Department arrested 271 juveniles. Some of those juveniles are accused of violent crimes like murder. A...
WBR Schools to offer free summer meals for kids, teens
WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH, La. (WAFB) - The West Baton Rouge Schools announced a free summer meal program for children and teens. According to the school system, families can come weekly to the distribution events to receive a meal box for each of their children, ages 18 and under. Each meal box includes seven breakfasts, seven lunches, and one gallon of milk.
Former Zachary, BRCC standout hired as Tara's new boys basketball coach
Morris Wright carved out a solid career as a basketball player, first at Zachary High School and then at both BRCC and Xavier of New Orleans. Now the 30-year-old said he believes that experience will pay off as he takes on his second head coaching job. Wright was hired as the boys basketball coach at Tara High.
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