No Third Trial For Sex Offender + Airline Highway Closures

Happy Saturday, neighbors! Here's what's going on in town today.

First, today's weather:

An afternoon thunderstorm. High: 83 Low: 72.

Here are the top stories in Baton Rouge today:

1. A 65-year-old Baton Rouge man convicted twice of sticking a mirror and cellphone under a stall in a women's restroom at a Corporate Boulevard restaurant won't get a third trial, a judge decided yesterday. Michael Lee Jackson, who has a history of video voyeurism and obscenity convictions and was a registered sex offender at the time of the 2016 restroom incident, was found guilty and is set to be sentenced on Dec. 14. Jackson was first found guilty in 2018 by a non-unanimous East Baton Rouge Parish jury, but after the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed split-jury verdicts last year, that conviction and resulting 80-year prison sentence as a habitual offender were thrown out. (The Advocate)
2. Officials with East Baton Rouge City-Parish say the intersection of Airline Highway (US 61) at Goodwood Boulevard will be closed through the weekend for drainage repairs. Crews first shut down the intersection Friday morning at 6 a.m. and it will remain that until 6 p.m. Sunday. The westbound approach will be closed Saturday, while the eastbound approach will be closed Sunday. Drivers are encouraged to follow the designated detour routes. (WAFB)
3. Ghost Garden Games, a women-led video game design studio, hopes to bring a concept first hatched in a St. Joseph’s Academy classroom to the marketplace. (Greater Baton Rouge Business Report)
4. Baton Rouge’s Real Men Wear Pink campaign is once again kicking off to commemorate Breast Cancer Awareness Month. (BRProud.com)
5. A community fridge on 1600 Government Street has been created to help fight hunger in Baton Rouge. (WAFB)

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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. She holds a Master's Degree in Writing Arts and is grateful to incorporate writing into everything she does. In her free time, you can find her listening to podcasts, writing poetry, and visiting local coffee shops.