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Longtime BRAC leader stepping down, taking on new role at Committee of 100

Adam Knapp, longtime CEO at the Baton Rouge Area Chamber, is leaving the organization to join a non-profit seeking to bolster economic development across the state. 

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FBI investigates alleged abuse in Baton Rouge police warehouse

Police assaulted suspects detained in an obscure warehouse named 'Brave Cave'.

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ALTERED: Image, supposedly of President Ruto holding a baton, is doctored

Image is of Ruto in a dark grey suit with a rose pinned on the lapel and holding a white baton

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Amid legal fight with city-parish, troubled Civil Service Board member arrested for contractor fraud

The man at the head of a board that oversees discipline for Baton Rouge law enforcement was arrested again Tuesday on allegations of contractor fraud. 

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Low rope and baton fence installed in Waikanae Estuary Scientific Reserve to protect bird nesting areas

“The Waikanae estuary is a nesting or roosting place for around 60 native bird species.”

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East Feliciana animal preserve claims feds 'wrongfully confiscated' their sick giraffe

A small-scale nature preserve that markets up-close encounters with exotic animals says federal regulators overreached this week when they took away its ailing giraffe.

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Woman who allegedly gunned down 12-year-old girl indicted for murder as others shed charges

A woman who allegedly shot and killed a 12-year-old girl who knocked on her front door was indicted for murder Thursday as two others implicated in the shooting had their charges reduced or thrown out all together. 

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Fight between city workers led to dangerous shootout in Baker; 2 facing criminal charges

A city worker was shot after an argument escalated to gunfire in Baker Monday afternoon. 

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CNN This Morning

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Fight between city workers in Baker leads to shooting; one person hospitalized

A city worker was shot after an argument escalated to gunfire in Baker Monday afternoon. 

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