Here's your local news at a glance for Tuesday, the 16th of June.
Good morning, Baton Rouge.
A family is asking for help finding Lester 'Ray' Hatter, a 74-year-old with dementia last seen on Florida Street on June 10.
They ask anyone with information to call his brother, Mitch Hatter, at 281-782-0981 or local law enforcement.
BMN Entertainment announced the first joint Cash Money + No Limit Records Tour featuring New Orleans icons, including Baton Rouge rapper Boosie Badazz.
Pre-sale tickets begin tomorrow, and the tour will kick off on Sept. 11 in Houston.
Registration is open for the Love Our Waterways initiative, which will clean Louisiana’s shoreline and waterways in September; Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and Keep Louisiana Beautiful lead the effort (the first 200 groups receive supply boxes) and ask volunteers to sign up on the program site.
A tropical disturbance over northeast Mexico is expected to reemerge in the Gulf and may become Tropical Storm Arthur later today or tomorrow, bringing up to 10 inches of rain to Baton Rouge + Acadiana.
Residents should prepare for potential flooding and gusty winds.
Pennington Biomedical is recruiting Baton Rouge residents aged 18-65 with a BMI of 30 or higher to join a clinical trial testing a GLP-1 weight loss drug against a reduced-calorie diet (the study lasts about a year and a half and includes overnight stays).
Louisiana launched its first Youth ATV/UTV Safety Task Force this month in Baton Rouge — a group of law enforcement, health professionals and Wildlife and Fisheries officials focused on educating and protecting children under 14 from ATV crashes; the task force is recruiting board members to help shape safety policies.
Louisiana officials have recalled Nara Organics infant formula, sold online and at Target, after federal agencies linked it to an infant botulism outbreak.
They urge parents to return or discard the product and wash any surfaces that may have been contaminated.
LSU baseball added Tulane transfer Jason Wachs to its team plus the sophomore outfielder hit .327 with nine home runs for the Green Wave last season and will join the Tigers to strengthen the lineup.
Louisiana lawmakers are taking a key role in Congress as they debate two college sports bills to limit student athlete transfers and spending.
The proposals (supported by Speaker Mike Johnson and LSU legend Nick Saban) could change college athletics nationwide in the near future.
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