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Record heat could equal record food prices

By Sean "Haus" Vivian
LOUISIANA (FOX44) - Record heat, wind, and extreme drought conditions have farmers working overtime to keep crops alive. That combination could end up costing you money.

A career oriented high school coming to the Capitol City

By Sean "Haus" Vivian
BATON ROUGE, La (FOX44) – The city is getting a new high school this fall. The Career Academy will open as a charter school August 10th.

Community supports couple with sick child

By Kelsey Scram
ST. AMANT, La (FOX44) — Bart and Selena Himel's daughter, Gabby, was born with a rare birth defect called OEIS complex or Cloacal Exstrophy. She was born with her bladder and some of her intestines outside of her body.

Baton Rouge man arrested for bank fraud

By Kelsey Scram
BATON ROUGE, La (NBC33) — A Baton Rouge man is behind bars after, troopers say, he passed counterfeit checks and defrauded a bank out of $100,000.

Mayor Holden Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

By Brix Fowler
BATON ROUGE, La - — Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” Holden was honored by the Louisiana Emergency Preparedness Association (LEPA) with its Lifetime Achievement Award for his leadership in emergency preparation, response and manag

Future compensation for B.P. victims

By Brix Fowler
BATON ROUGE, La. (FOX44) — A victory tonight for those who may later be affected physically by the B.P. oil spill.

Boating accident leaves one man dead

By Brix Fowler
Port Allen, La (FOX44) — A boating accident happened around six-thirty this evening near the Port Allen Lock. According to Chief Fred Smith of the Port Allen Police Department, they received a call of a capsized boat.

'Guns on Campus' bill shot down

By Kelsey Scram
BATON ROUGE, La (FOX44) -- The House Criminal Justice committee shot down  House Bill 413 authored by Rep. Ernest Wooton from Belle Chasse, La.

LSU system plans for disasters

By Kelsey Scram
BATON ROUGE, La (FOX44) — If disaster strikes, LSU officials say they need to be ready for anything.