🌱 Highway Pedestrian Crash + Top Medics Honored In Baton Rouge

Rise and shine, Baton Rouge! Here's everything you need to know to get this Monday started off right.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and cooler. High: 56 Low: 34.

Here are the top three stories today in Baton Rouge:

1. On Saturday evening, Louisiana State Police Troop I was called to the scene of a fatal crash involving a pedestrian in St. Mary Parish. Everardo Perez, 19 of Houston, Texas, was walking in the middle of the westbound lane of US 90 North Frontage Road when he was struck by a vehicle. According to the investigation, Perez was pronounced dead on the scene, and the driver of the vehicle was not under the influence of alcohol or impaired at the time of the crash. Police are currently investigating the incident. (Louisiana State Police)
2. Acadian Ambulance honored the top medics in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Paramedic Tripp Blanchard and emergency medical technician Ashley Matthews were recognized in the capital region. (NOLA.com)
3. A community is choosing to give back to a BRPD officer by running 26.2 miles. Sgt. Jason Martin lost his leg when he was hit by a drunk driver during his response to a traffic accident. Catherine Childers, along with other local businesses, are partnering to raise money, $50 a mile, to go toward the Sgt.'s recovery. (WAFB)

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Today in Baton Rouge:

• Baton Rouge EMT Class - National EMA Academy (8:00 AM)
• Sensory Sensitivity Time At The Library - Greenwell Springs Road Regional Branch Library (9:00 AM)
• Warmth of the Earth Pottery Program - Sharp Road Park Adult Leisure Center (9:30 AM)

From my notebook:

• EBRSO is looking for a suspect who created a counterfeit ID and used the victim’s information to buy phones. They set up accounts with Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, as well as bought two Apple iPhones and a Samsung Galaxy phone. (BRProud.com)
• "Mitre Priest" by Chris Badenoch, "Goodbye Horses" by Christopher Rivera, "The Personal Savior Merit Badge: Blue-Eyed Jesus Flips The Bird" by Craig Thompson, and other artworks are on display at the Baton Rouge Gallery. They are a part of Surreal Salon 14, curated by Carrie Ann Baade, with special thanks to Lynne Petit Pisto and John G. Turner & Jerry G. Fisher. (Facebook)
• Louisiana Art & Science Museum shared exciting news from NASA. Their new Webb Space Telescope that launched Dec. 25, 2021 will look back more than 13.5 billion years in time to see the faint infrared light from the first galaxies, revealing a previously unseen era of cosmic history that shaped the universe of today! (Instagram)

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— 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.