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LSU president addresses recent wave of top LSU staff departures
Posted 7:29 PM 2/21/2025 by Bess Casserleigh
BATON ROUGE — First the school's top attorney, then its chief administrative officer and now potentially the provost have all left LSU, leaving many to wonder why the (More)
2/20/2025
Mayor-President Sid Edwards says city crime situation 'better' under his leadership
Posted 5:40 PM 2/20/2025 by Bess Casserleigh
BATON ROUGE — Halfway through his first 100 days in office, Mayor-President Sid Edwards says he is still learning the ropes.
"The biggest adjustment for me is the slow pace — the slow pace of government. As a coach, I like to rock and roll. I like to go," Edwards (More)
2/19/2025
LSU executive vice president and chief administrative officer Kim Lewis resigns
Posted 10:02 PM 2/19/2025 by Bess Casserleigh, Adam Burruss
BATON ROUGE - LSU Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Kim Lewis resigned from her position Wednesday, according to sources close to LSU.
Her departure follows that of Winston Decuir, the university's top attorney, who quit in (More)
2/17/2025
Seven shootings on Interstate 110 in less than a year, still no cameras
Posted 6:03 PM 2/17/2025 by Bess Casserleigh
BATON ROUGE - Sunday evening, Baton Rouge saw another fatal shooting on Interstate 110.
In November, Baton Rouge Police Lt. L'Jean McKneely talked to The Investigative Unit about the sixth interstate shooting on I-110 in 2024.
"There has been definitely an increase in interstate (More)
2/13/2025
Levy meets with students after Law School dean cancels class Thursday
Posted 6:18 PM 2/13/2025 by Bess Casserleigh & Logan Cullop
BATON ROUGE - Professor Ken Levy returned to LSU but not his classroom Thursday after the First Circuit halted a judge's ruling that would have reinstated his teaching status.
The Investigative (More)
2/12/2025
Attorney disputes Impact Charter audit findings, claims there are factual errors
Posted 9:25 AM 2/18/2025 by Bess Casserleigh
BAKER - A legislative audit found operators of the Impact Charter School, d.b.a. Education Explosion, may have mismanaged nearly $2.5 million in funds (More)
2/11/2025
INVESTIGATIVE UNIT: Family members meet with APSO following officer-involved shooting
Posted 7:31 PM 2/11/2025 by Bess Casserleigh & Logan Cullop
GONZALES - People who saw law enforcement officers kill a man outside a gas station Monday morning say their memories don't match the report released by State Police, the WBRZ Investigative Unit learned.
The manager of the gas station and family member of the man who was killed says he did (More)
2/10/2025
INVESTIGATIVE UNIT: Mismanagement at Impact Charter School funded CEO's extravagant lifestyle
Posted 7:04 PM 2/10/2025 by The Investigative Unit
BATON ROUGE - The operators of the Impact Charter School at Baker mismanaged nearly $2.5 million in funds set aside to educate children, including hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on personal expenses for the school's chief executive, according to a report released Monday by the Louisiana (More)
2/6/2025
Judiciary Commission says they need more time to decide fate of 19th JDC judge removed from bench
Posted 10:13 PM 2/6/2025 by Bess Casserleigh & Logan Cullop
NEW ORLEANS - The judiciary commission was granted 60 extra days to find an appropriate punishment for 19th JDC Judge Eboni Johnson Rose.
The WBRZ Investigative Unit previously reported that Judge Johnson Rose was temporarily suspended in August 2024 and justices said that she could (More)
2/4/2025
Appeals court says LSU doesn't have to put law professor back in class before full hearing
Posted 9:17 PM 2/4/2025 by WBRZ Staff
BATON ROUGE - LSU can't be forced to put embattled LSU law professor Ken Levy back in the classroom without a full hearing on the evidence (More)
2/3/2025
INVESTIGATIVE UNIT: Battle between LSU Law professor, university heads to appeals court
Posted 8:13 PM 2/3/2025 by Bess Casserleigh
BATON ROUGE - The LSU Board of Supervisors filed a writ to the First Circuit Court of Appeal Monday, attempting to reverse a decision made by a 19th JDC judge to let an LSU Law professor (More)
