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Bicyclist struck by BRPD officer

Title: Bicyclist struck by BRPD officer
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: Dwayne Washington was hit while riding on Louise Street near Thomas H. Delpit Drive. Internal investigators cleared BRPD officer Stefan Jones of any wrongdoing, and he didn't receive any discipline from the department.

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'Jody's Law' targeting hit-and-run bail, sentencing proposed as state law

Title: 'Jody's Law' targeting hit-and-run bail, sentencing proposed as state law
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: Holly Crow is working with Louisiana State Representative Vanessa Lafleur on a bill (HB 806) that would result in stricter laws for those accused of hit-and-runs after the death of Jody Mann.

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LSU gymnastics head coach Jay Clark on the 2024 national championship

Title: LSU gymnastics head coach Jay Clark on the 2024 national championship
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: LSU gymnastics head coach Jay Clark had to include former coach D-D Breaux on the podium when they won their first-ever NCAA National Championship back in 2024.

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State lawmaker looks to abolish DCFS

Title: State lawmaker looks to abolish DCFS
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: State Senator Regina Barrow has now authored legislation to abolish DCFS as a whole and create new offices within other departments.

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Her Story with Brie Andras - Episode 13: Jay Clark - LSU gymnastics head coach

Title: Her Story with Brie Andras - Episode 13: Jay Clark - LSU gymnastics head coach
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: This week on the Her Story podcast, Brie sits down with nation championship winning coach Jay Clark. Clark shares how he got his start in coaching gymnastics, the ups and downs of his career and how he helped build LSU gymnastics to the powerhouse it is now.

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The WBRZ "Her Story" podcast is back!

Title: The WBRZ "Her Story" podcast is back!
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: The "Her Story" podcast is back! Watch Sports 2 reporter Brie Andras sit down with the women shaping local sports on the WBRZ YouTube page or the official "Her Story" Spotify channel.

WBRZ Photographer Dunks LIVE on air!

Title: WBRZ Photographer Dunks LIVE on air!
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: News 2 Photographer Kendal Dykes had to step away from the camera to show off his skills this morning on 2une In! The second "Drip, Sip and Jam" fundraiser is taking place at BRCC's Bonne Sante Wellness Center on Thursday, March 12, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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State lawmaker looks to abolish DCFS, calling the agency a 'structurally broken system'

Title: State lawmaker looks to abolish DCFS, calling the agency a 'structurally broken system'
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: State Senator Regina Barrow wants to abolish the State Department of Children and Family Services. Barrow says her goal is to ensure the safety of children, even if it means tearing down the entire agency and rebuilding it from the ground up.

First aired 3/3/2026

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Police department controversies not discussed by New Roads City Council during Tuesday's meetings

Title: Police department controversies not discussed by New Roads City Council during Tuesday's meetings
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: The New Roads City Council chose not to address the controversies surrounding the city's Police Department during its meeting Tuesday night.

First aired 3/3/2026

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Louisiana Public Service Commission candidates speak to voters at summit

Title: Louisiana Public Service Commission candidates speak to voters at summit
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: On Tuesday, candidates running to fill the two open seats on the Louisiana Public Service Commission spoke to voters at a summit hosted by the Pelican Institute of Public Policy.

First aired 3/3/2026

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Baton Rouge Fire Department investigating three grass fires in the same neighborhood

Title: Baton Rouge Fire Department investigating three grass fires in the same neighborhood
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: The Baton Rouge Fire Department is investigating three grass fires in the Scotlandville area that all broke out on Saturday.

First aired 3/3/2026

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Bicyclist struck by BRPD officer traveling 83 mph in a 25-mph zone sues cop, agency, city

Title: Bicyclist struck by BRPD officer traveling 83 mph in a 25-mph zone sues cop, agency, city
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: A bicyclist struck by a Baton Rouge Police officer last March filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the officer, BRPD and the city of Baton Rouge, alleging their negligence caused his injuries.

First aired 3/3/2026

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Two Istrouma High employees on admin leave after gun goes off in classroom

Title: Two Istrouma High employees on admin leave after gun goes off in classroom
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: Two employees at Istrouma High are currently on administrative leave while the school investigates how a gun got onto campus and went off in a classroom.

First aired 3/3/2026

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As carbon capture industry grows, some remain hesitant toward new tech

Title: As carbon capture industry grows, some remain hesitant toward new tech
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: Carbon capture sequestration has sparked debate in Louisiana, with lawmakers introducing bills to regulate the industry.

First aired 3/3/2026

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State Officials Announce "Louisiana FastSites"

Title: State Officials Announce "Louisiana FastSites"
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: Landry said the $140 million state investment would be called "Louisiana FastSites," saying it would be a way to prepare sites for major corporations looking to build new factories, plants and shipping centers.

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Victim's family calls for closure of after-hours clubs

Title: Victim's family calls for closure of after-hours clubs
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: Demarcus Variste died at 27-years-old in a shooting outside an after-hours club called "Lil Blue House," near Plank Road. The Variste family wants establishments like Lil Blue House shut down.

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Table for 2: City Pork redefines BBQ in the Capital City

Title: Table for 2: City Pork redefines BBQ in the Capital City
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: For more than a decade, customers have packed the City Pork Jefferson Highway restaurant for barbecue that many say helped redefine the craft in Baton Rouge.

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Baton Rouge Police Department investigating shooting near 225 Fest on Saturday

Title: Baton Rouge Police Department investigating shooting near 225 Fest on Saturday
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: "It looks like a disagreement. A fistfight that broke out, then one or two subjects pulled out guns, fired."

BRPD Chief TJ Morse spoke with WBRZ about a shooting that happened in downtown Baton Rouge over the weekend

First aired 3/2/2026

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Proponents and protestors take to LSU campus to voice feelings about conflict in Iran

Title: Proponents and protestors take to LSU campus to voice feelings about conflict in Iran
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: Free Speech Alley on LSU's campus echoed with both protests and support surrounding the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran.

'They have alcohol and guns, that's it:' Victim's family calls for closure of after-hours clubs

Title: 'They have alcohol and guns, that's it:' Victim's family calls for closure of after-hours clubs
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: The family of a man killed outside an after-hours club on Saturday morning called for the closure of those types of establishments in Baton Rouge.

First aired 3/2/2026

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Proponents and protestors take to LSU campus to voice feelings about conflict in Iran

Title: Proponents and protestors take to LSU campus to voice feelings about conflict in Iran
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: Free Speech Alley on LSU's campus echoed with both protests and support surrounding the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran.

First aired 3/2/2026

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Louisiana lawmakers look ahead to legislative session starting next Monday

Title: Louisiana lawmakers look ahead to legislative session starting next Monday
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: Louisiana lawmakers have already filed more than a thousand bills for the upcoming legislative session, covering topics from economic incentives to improved infrastructure and better schools.

First aired 3/2/2026

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Baton Rouge Police Department investigating 225 Fest Shooting

Title: Baton Rouge Police Department investigating 225 Fest Shooting
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating a shooting near 225 Fest on Saturday.

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Crosswalk signals still not working months after $2.5M Sherwood Forest upgrade

Title: Crosswalk signals still not working months after $2.5M Sherwood Forest upgrade
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: Months after a $2.5 million upgrade project along South Sherwood Forest Boulevard was intended to improve safety, pedestrian crosswalk signals along the corridor are still not operating.

First aired 3/2/2026

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TABLE FOR 2: City Pork continues to redefine BBQ in the Capital City

Title: TABLE FOR 2: City Pork continues to redefine BBQ in the Capital City
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: You can smell it before you see it — smoke rises from the pit and crews slice brisket to order at City Pork.

First aired 3/2/2026

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Chio scores third straight 10.0 on beam to help LSU win Podium Challenge

Title: Chio scores third straight 10.0 on beam to help LSU win Podium Challenge
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: Kailin Chio scores her third straight 10.0 on beam to help LSU win the Podium Challenge. The Tigers won the meet with a 198.200, their second-highest score of the season.

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Hegseth insists the Iran conflict is not endless

Title: Hegseth insists the Iran conflict is not endless
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke on concerns that the U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran could spiral into a protracted regional conflict by declaring, “This is not Iraq. This is not endless," even as he warned that more American casualties are likely in the weeks ahead.

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Investigation alleges Broome-era nonprofit paid murder suspect to speak at gun safety event

Title: Investigation alleges Broome-era nonprofit paid murder suspect to speak at gun safety event
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: A Baton Rouge nonprofit, which is part of a corruption investigation, allegedly paid for a man awaiting trial for murder to speak to children about gun safety and violence.

First aired 3/1/2026

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District attorney reviewing nuisance law after deadly shooting outside Baton Rouge club

Title: District attorney reviewing nuisance law after deadly shooting outside Baton Rouge club
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: Baton Rouge Police are investigating a shooting outside an after-hours nightclub that left a 27-year-old man dead early Saturday morning. Now, District Attorney Hillar Moore says his office is reviewing whether the property could be declared a nuisance under state law.

First aired 3/1/2026

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Central police chief says city mayor exaggerating budget needed to make department full time

Title: Central police chief says city mayor exaggerating budget needed to make department full time
Date posted: 3 months ago
Description: CENTRAL - The Central Police Department chief said Thursday the mayor's proposed budget overestimates how much money it would take to operate the agency full-time.

First aired 2/28/26

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Independent tester claims Smitty's contamination still spreading down Tangipahoa River

Title: Independent tester claims Smitty's contamination still spreading down Tangipahoa River
Date posted: 3 months ago
Description: ROSELAND — An independent environmental tester who has tracked contamination from the Smitty’s Supply explosion since the beginning says new sampling shows pollutants are still spreading downstream.

First aired 2/28/26

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Iranian Americans in Baton Rouge react to U S attack on Iran

Title: Iranian Americans in Baton Rouge react to U S attack on Iran
Date posted: 3 months ago
Description: BATON ROUGE - Several Iranian-Americans living in Baton Rouge were overwhelmed with joy, hearing the news of the United States and Israel launching an attack on Iran.

First aired 11/28/26

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Some state lawmakers are pushing back on LA Gator Scholarship funding

Title: Some state lawmakers are pushing back on LA Gator Scholarship funding
Date posted: 3 months ago
Description: The Louisiana "Giving All True Opportunity to Rise" or LA Gator Scholarship Program—passed in the 2024 legislative session—is a school choice voucher program that allows parents to send their children to private school using public dollars for the tuition.

First aired 2/27/26

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Former Broome aide Courtney Scott released from EBR Parish Prison after corruption arrest

Title: Former Broome aide Courtney Scott released from EBR Parish Prison after corruption arrest
Date posted: 3 months ago
Description: Courtney Scott, a former aide to former Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome, was released from the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on Friday after she was booked on conspiracy and money laundering charges connected to a probe of city-parish programs.

First aired 2/27/2026

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2 ON YOUR SIDE: LSU replaces water fountains after community push

Title: 2 ON YOUR SIDE: LSU replaces water fountains after community push
Date posted: 3 months ago
Description: In January, 2 On Your Side reported the disappointment expressed by the running community after LSU Facilities Staff removed several water fountains from around the University Lakes. This week, LSU installed new ones.

First aired 2/27/2026

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LSU Board of Supervisors approves requiring incoming freshmen to submit standardized test scores

Title: LSU Board of Supervisors approves requiring incoming freshmen to submit standardized test scores
Date posted: 3 months ago
Description: LSU's Board of Supervisors passed a standardized testing requirement on Friday that will affect incoming freshmen beginning in 2027.

First aired 2/27/2026

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84 wildfires burn across Louisiana, stretching state funds and volunteer crews

Title: 84 wildfires burn across Louisiana, stretching state funds and volunteer crews
Date posted: 3 months ago
Description: Dry conditions and gusty winds fueled a spike in wildfires across Louisiana this week, and the cost to fight them is rising quickly.

First aired 2/27/2026

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Students react to new LSU requirement

Title: Students react to new LSU requirement
Date posted: 3 months ago
Description: News 2's Leah Williams gets reaction from students on the LSU Board of Supervisors' decision requiring incoming freshmen with GPAs below 3.5 to submit standardized test scores.

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One Tank Trip: BREC Baton Rouge Zoo

Title: One Tank Trip: BREC Baton Rouge Zoo
Date posted: 3 months ago
Description: Ever wanted to travel the world and see exotic animals without leaving Louisiana? The Baton Rouge Zoo offers a shortcut to a global adventure.

First aired 2/12/2026

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Courtney Scott released from East Baton Rouge Parish Prison after corruption arrest

Title: Courtney Scott released from East Baton Rouge Parish Prison after corruption arrest
Date posted: 3 months ago
Description: Courtney Scott, a former aide to former Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome, was released from the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on Friday after she was booked on conspiracy and money laundering charges connected to a probe of city-parish programs.

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LSU women's basketball honors seniors and wins big over Tennessee

Title: LSU women's basketball honors seniors and wins big over Tennessee
Date posted: 3 months ago
Description: Amiya Joyner, Izzy Besselman and Flau'jae Johnson played their final home game last night. The Tigers took down the Vols 89-73.

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Lent season comes with Fish Fry Fridays

Title: Lent season comes with Fish Fry Fridays
Date posted: 3 months ago
Description: In Southeast Louisiana, every year during the Lenten season, churches across southeast Louisiana host Fish Fry Fridays.

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Netflix walks away from Warner Bros deal

Title: Netflix walks away from Warner Bros deal
Date posted: 3 months ago
Description: Netflix is walking away from its offer to buy Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming business.

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83rd Annual Southern University Ag Center State Livestock and Poultry Show

Title: 83rd Annual Southern University Ag Center State Livestock and Poultry Show
Date posted: 3 months ago
Description: 2une In's Mia Monet putting in work at Southern University's 83rd annual Ag Center State Livestock and Poultry Show. Make sure to come and check out all it has to offer!

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REDUCE YOUR RISK: Medical breakthroughs allow children with serious heart conditions to thrive

Title: REDUCE YOUR RISK: Medical breakthroughs allow children with serious heart conditions to thrive
Date posted: 3 months ago
Description: It's a parent's worst nightmare, seeing their child diagnosed with a serious heart condition. But it is a reality that exists for thousands of families annually, including a family in Baton Rouge.

First aired 2/27/2026

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Despite Governor Landry touting major tax cuts, advocates aren't so sure it will pay off long-term

Title: Despite Governor Landry touting major tax cuts, advocates aren't so sure it will pay off long-term
Date posted: 3 months ago
Description: On Wednesday, the governor told media outlets that Louisiana hit the jackpot.

First aired 2/26/2026

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Scotlandville community pushing for new economic developments

Title: Scotlandville community pushing for new economic developments
Date posted: 3 months ago
Description: Along Scenic Highway sit a few corner stores, a Family Dollar, and a Dollar General that residents in the area can shop for some of the basic necessities like water, toilet paper, cleaning supplies, and some non-perishable items.

First aired 2/26/2026

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One Tank Trip: BREC Golf Course

Title: One Tank Trip: BREC Golf Course
Date posted: 3 months ago
Description: On this One Tank Trip, Angelica Butine takes us golfing with 2 On Your Side's Brittany Weiss at the historic J.S. Clark Golf Course!

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2 ON YOUR SIDE: Repairs begin after sewage backups frustrate Baton Rouge homeowner

Title: 2 ON YOUR SIDE: Repairs begin after sewage backups frustrate Baton Rouge homeowner
Date posted: 3 months ago
Description: The day after a 2 On Your Side report about sewage backups inside a woman's home, a crew was working to identify the problem and make repairs.

First aired 2/26/2026

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Bond set for student accused of having gun that went off at Istrouma High School

Title: Bond set for student accused of having gun that went off at Istrouma High School
Date posted: 3 months ago
Description: A $50,000 bond has been set for an 18-year-old accused of bringing a modified handgun into school, which went off in the middle of class.

First aired 2/26/2026

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