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Today's riddle: What do evil hens lay? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Baton Rouge sues fire truck manufacturers over alleged price-fixing conspiracy (wafb.com) — Baton Rouge city officials have sued several major fire truck manufacturers, claiming a years-long price‑fixing scheme inflated what local taxpayers paid for new fire engines. The lawsuit, filed in East Baton Rouge Parish court, seeks damages, profit disgorgement, and possible injunctions, and highlights delayed delivery of new trucks the city says it still urgently needs.
2. Authorities believe remains of missing 15-year-old found at East Baton Rouge landfill (louisianaradionetwork.com) — Authorities searching the East Baton Rouge Parish landfill believe they've located the remains of missing 15‑year‑old Je'Darrius Minnieweather after more than five weeks of painstaking work. Baton Rouge leaders praised search crews' persistence, while police await DNA confirmation and continue combing the area for additional evidence in the ongoing homicide case.
3. Hundreds flee in stampede on West Chimes Street outside LSU's campus (wafb.com) — A chaotic stampede on West Chimes Street outside LSU in Baton Rouge sent hundreds of people running and left cars trapped, raising fresh concerns about safety and noise near campus. Neighbors blame an unpermitted block party tied to a nearby lounge and are urging more weekday police presence as classes and football season approach.
4. Louisiana targets 100,000-person gap in nutrition assistance (blackchronicle.com) — Louisiana health officials are ramping up efforts to enroll more families in WIC, with new electronic benefit cards and mobile teams focused on areas including Scotlandville and East Baton Rouge Parish. For local parents, that could mean easier sign-ups at neighborhood pop-up events and simpler ways to keep formula and healthy foods on the table.
5. How Louisiana's law requiring Ten Commandments displays is unfolding on college campuses (nola.com) — Louisiana colleges, including LSU in Baton Rouge, are rolling out newly required Ten Commandments posters in classrooms as students return this fall. Campus officials describe the effort as legal compliance, while some students worry the Christian-focused displays could alienate classmates from other faiths or beliefs.
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