🌱 'Be Heard' BR HS Club + LSU Student Arrested For Yik Yak Post

Happy Friday, Baton Rouge! Let's get you all caught up to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Cooler with some sun. High: 52 Low: 27.

Here are the top 3 stories in Baton Rouge today:

1. A high school student created a club hoping to make a difference in peers' lives. James Robinson started the "Be Heard" club where students from different grades meet three times a week to talk about problems they're going through. Robinson said he felt like his school needed a student-led club that allowed students to talk openly about what they were uncomfortable telling adults. (WAFB)
2. An LSU student was arrested and is facing a felony charge for using the
   "anonymous" Yik Yak app to warn of a campus shooter. Dominic Elick Moore used his friend's phone to post in Yik Yak saying "there's about be an active shooter in the 459 at 6:30." Officials were able to connect him to the 459 dining hall during the timeframe using recorded video surveillance and LSU ID card swipes to enter the building. LSUPD sent out a text after the incident to let the community know they had it under control. Moore is being charged with terrorizing. (WBRZ)
3. Four people were arrested after participating in a month-long crime spree across Baton Rouge. There were at least five armed robberies and a home invasion involving the four suspects. Jorge Aldari-Menciac, Rommel Zair Banegas-Villela, Ever Alexander Robles-Cordova, and Didier Javier Guardad0-Cardenas were arrested by Baton Rouge police and East Baton Rouge sheriff's deputies. (WBRZ)

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Today in Baton Rouge:

• Teen Smash Book Grab-and-Geaux - Greenwell Springs Road Regional Branch Library (12:00 AM)
• 3D Paper Succulents: Grab & Geaux - Bluebonnet Regional Branch Library (12:00 AM)
• 3D Paper Succulents: Grab & Geaux - East Baton Rouge Parish Library (12:00 AM)
• Teen Smash Book Grab-and-Geaux - East Baton Rouge Parish Library (12:00 AM)
• Fitness in the Stacks - Bluebonnet Regional Branch Library (10:00 AM)
• Fitness in the Stacks - East Baton Rouge Parish Library (10:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• It’s not too late to register for Greg’s Playwright’s Process Class! ICYMI: Theatre Baton Rouge is excited to highlight Greg Williams, Jr, TBR's Playwright’s Process Instructor! Greg is the Artistic Director of New Venture Theatre. He previously directed the 2020 production of American Son. (Facebook)
• Louisiana Public Broadcasting is calling for short film submissions (3-15 min) from Louisiana filmmakers for the 2021 PBS Short Film Festival. Send entries to filmfest@lpb.org. For more information, go to http://www.lpb.org/filmfest. (Facebook)
• The Baton Rouge Area Chamber has launched BR Works, the region's first and only regional jobs portal. It's the premier way for job seekers to access the more than 28,000 open positions in the BR metro. Turn a job search into a career match at http://www.brworks.org. (Facebook)

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That's it for today. See you all tomorrow for another update!

— Kayla Harrison

About me: Kayla Harrison is a Writing Arts professor, as well as a freelance writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners. In her free time, you can find her listening to podcasts, writing poetry, and visiting local coffee shops.