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08/07/2019

Marijuana dosing begins in Louisiana

#ICYMI: In Baton Rouge, the state's first medical marijuana patient officially checked out of the Campus Wellness Pharmacy Tuesday morning.

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08/07/2019

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08/07/2019

Governor race update

#ICYMI: Today was the first of three days of election qualifying in Louisiana, with a host of state-wide candidates making their official entries.

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08/07/2019

Police say there was no shooting at Baton Rouge Walmart

#WATCH: With the past two weeks seeing three mass shootings in America, it comes as no surprise that people in Baton Rouge thought that there was a mass shooting that took place in Walmart today, but it turned out that there wasn't one at all.

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08/07/2019

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08/07/2019

Coming Up on Nightside

In Baton Rouge today, an incident people thought was a shooting inside a Walmart turned out not to be. We will have the latest on the incident that caused so much confusion. Tune in for Nightside at 10 p.m. here: https://www.kalb.com/livestream

08/07/2019

Disney announces streaming bundle price

DISNEY STREAMING BUNDLE: Disney says it will offer its three streaming services in a package for $13. These include Disney Plus, Hulu, and ESPN.

Photo Source: CNN

08/07/2019

Florida woman bites home intruder: ‘I’m not your mama; Get out of my house’

FLORIDA WOMAN BITES INTRUDER: “I was able to bite him. And I didn’t even have my teeth in my mouth like now,” Coleman explained. “My brother say, ‘How did you bite him?’ I said, ‘With the little teeth I got, I bit him.’”

Photo Source: WSVN / CNN

08/07/2019

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08/07/2019

New Army and Boise Cascade partnership helps soldiers get civilian jobs

LIFE AFTER ARMY: Louisiana Army recruits can consider job opportunities for life after service through community partnership.

Soldiers are guaranteed two job interviews through the partnership.

08/07/2019

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RPSB WORKING TO UPDATE SCHOOLS: Many Rapides Parish Schools are over 50 years old and in need of updates, especially the 21 schools in Alexandria's city limits that make up District 62. Tuesday night the board voted to start working on a bond issue for that district.

RPSB WORKING TO UPDATE SCHOOLS: Many Rapides Parish Schools are over 50 years old and in need of updates, especially the 21 schools in Alexandria's city limits that make up District 62. Tuesday night the board voted to start working on a bond issue for that district.

08/07/2019

Tuesday's Top Stories

#ICYMI: Today was the first day of qualifying for races across the state. Al, Brooke, and Steven take an inside look on who has officially thrown their hat into the race so far and more on Tuesday's Second Look.

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08/07/2019

Clinton impeachment is FX's next 'American Crime Story'

NEXT ON 'AMERICAN CRIME STORY': FX said the next chapter of its 'American Crime Story' series will dramatize the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.

Photo Source: Ida Mae Astute/ ABC / CC BY-ND 2.0 / MGN

08/07/2019

Sears, Kmart announce more store closures

MORE SEARS, KMART CLOSINGS: Though more large-format Sears and Kmart stores are set to close, the company says it will open more smaller stores like Sears Home & Life and Sears Hometown.

Photo Source: KFVS

08/07/2019

Police: Texas sex offender allegedly caught peeking in child’s window

ALLEGEDLY PEEKED IN CHILD'S WINDOW: A registered sex offender in Texas allegedly has been caught on camera looking into a child’s bedroom window, according to authorities in Bowie County.

Photo Source: Bowie County Sheriff’s Office / KSLA

08/07/2019

Heat Advisory: La Salle, Grant, Winnfield, Nitchitoches, and Sabine parishes until 7pm Thursday. High temperatures in the mid-upper 90's with heat indices between 105-100 degrees. #KALB #LAWX #barrett_wx

08/07/2019

Feds: College students tried to access Trump's tax return

ILLEGALLY ACCESSING TRUMP'S TAX RETURNS: A man has pleaded guilty to trying to illegally access President Donald Trump's tax returns a few days before the 2016 election.

Photo Source: Michael Vadon / CC BY 2.0 / MGN

08/07/2019

Official: Nuke program serves as 'ultimate insurance policy'

'ULTIMATE INSURANCE POLICY': The head of the U.S. agency that maintains the nation's nuclear weapons arsenal said the country is facing the most complex and demanding global security environment since the Cold War.

Photo Source: MGN

08/07/2019

NSU scholars reflect on influence of Toni Morrison

INFLUENCE OF TONI MORRISON: “She opened doors others could not have opened. What a gift to the world she was,” said Dr. Holly Stave referring to Toni Morrison, the venerated novelist, editor and professor, who died Tuesday at age 88. Stave is a professor of English in the Louisiana Scholars’ College at Northwestern State University.

Photo Source: Christopher Drexel / MGN

08/07/2019

Medical marijuana is officially in Cenla

MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN CENLA: While it’s unclear how many dispensaries will begin selling products immediately, the Medicine Cabinet Pharmacy in Alexandria started dispensing today!

After years of waiting, medical marijuana products are now in Louisiana.

08/07/2019

No shooting at Baton Rouge Walmart; person had gun legally and was acting in self defense

NO SHOOTING AT BR WALMART: Authorities say initial findings indicate that the person who was detained was legally carrying a firearm and was acting in self-defense.

Photo Source: WAFB

08/07/2019

Steven Maxwell

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We break down everything you need to know for day one of qualifying for the Oct. 12 election. See who's running across the state and Cenla:

FULL LIST:
https://www.kalb.com/content/news/List-of-local-qualified-candidates-for-October-12-election-523179541.html

08/06/2019

KALB Channel 5 Sports

LENTZ SIGNS WITH LC: The Louisiana College Lady Wildcats have added a shooter to their squad in Shelby Lentz, who signed with the team on Tuesday.

LENTZ SIGNS WITH LC: The Louisiana College Lady Wildcats have added a shooter to their squad in Shelby Lentz, who signed with the team on Tuesday.

08/06/2019

North Korea's Kim: Rocket launcher test 'adequate warning'

N. KOREA'S 'ADEQUATE WARNING': North Korea said leader Kim Jong Un supervised a live-fire demonstration of newly-developed short-range ballistic missiles he said would send an 'adequate warning' to the United States and South Korea over their joint military exercises.

Photo Source: AP Photo / Ahn Young-joon

08/06/2019

KALB-TV News Channel 5 & CBS 2 | Livestream 3

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08/06/2019

Ohio shooter said to have wrestled with dark thoughts

OHIO SHOOTER'S DARK THOUGHTS: The Dayton, Ohio shooter's ex-girlfriend described their first date, saying he showed her a video of last year's Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and narrated it play-by-play.

Photo Courtesy: Dayton Police Department

08/06/2019

Florida boy calls 911 to order pizza, gets lesson and a pie

CALLED 911 FOR PIZZA, IT WORKED: A Florida boy who called 911 to report he was hungry and wanted a pizza got a lesson in proper emergency call etiquette, but he also got a pie.

Photo Source: Sanford Police Department

08/06/2019

Jeff Powell outlines his future vision for RPSB

#WATCH: Over the summer the Rapides Parish School District had a major change when board members hired new superintendent Jeff Powell. With only a few more days left before school kicks off, we sat down with him to discuss what he has planned for the year ahead.

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08/06/2019

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08/06/2019

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08/06/2019

Montana man threw 13-year-old to ground for wearing a hat during the anthem, authorities say

CHARGED WITH THROWING BOY: Montana authorities have charged a man with assault after a witness said he threw a 13-year-old boy to the ground because the boy didn't remove his hat during the national anthem at a rodeo.

Photo Source: Montana Department of Corrections

08/06/2019

EBRSO says ‘no shooting incident’ at Walmart on Burbank; 1 in custody, 1 wanted

"Preliminary investigation results gathered are that a shooting incident did not occur."

The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office has released a statement clarifying what was believed to be a shooting incident at the Walmart on Burbank Drive Tuesday, Aug. 6.

Photo Source: WAFB

08/06/2019

Fighter jets coming to Tyndall Air Force Base, which was destroyed by Michael

JETS COMING TO TYNDALL: The Trump administration is confirming that Tyndall Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle, which was devastated by Hurricane Michael, will be rebuilt so it can house F-35 fighter jets.

Photo Source: KALB

08/06/2019

Louisiana Medicaid suspends removal of thousands of patients

LOUISIANA MEDICAID LATEST: Louisiana's health department has temporarily suspended a feature of its new eligibility system that automatically kicked people off the Medicaid rolls if they did not respond to requests for annual renewal information.

Image Source: Medicaid / MGN

08/06/2019

We have the full list of candidates for day 1 of qualifying for the Oct. 12 election. Steven Maxwell has the detail:

08/06/2019

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08/06/2019

FDA says Novartis withheld data problem before drug approval

U.S. regulators want to know why Novartis didn't disclose a problem with testing data until after the Swiss drugmaker's $2.1 million gene therapy was approved.

Novartis had no immediate comment.

08/06/2019

Former St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain faces more child rape charges in superseding indictment

Grand jurors in St. Tammany Parish issued a superseding indictment splitting up counts of aggravated rape against former Sheriff Jack Strain.

Grand jurors in St. Tammany Parish issued a superseding indictment splitting up counts of aggravated rape against former Sheriff Jack Strain.

08/06/2019

FBI reviewing Ohio shooter’s interest in violent ideology

FBI REVIEWING OHIO SHOOTER: Two former classmates said that the shooter was suspended from their high school after a hit list was found scrawled in a school bathroom.

Photo Source AP Photo / John Minchillo

08/06/2019

Harvard student returning to campus 2 years after severe football injury left him paralyzed

“I guess it’s better to look at life from the light rather than from the darkness, yeah,” he said.

Abercrombie suffered a severe injury two years ago left him paralyzed, but the Hoover native is returning to Harvard on Aug. 26.

08/06/2019

Meteorologist Tom Konvicka

A piece of energy moving southward in northerly flow aloft will touch off hit-miss showers and t-storms for midweek.

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08/06/2019

Meteorologist Tom Konvicka

Another hot day is expected Wednesday as temperature climb into the 90s again. With the humidity factored in, it will feel like 97 to 107 degrees.

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08/06/2019

Police: Man arrested in shooting, wounding of Baton Rouge cop

UPDATE FOR BR OFFICER SHOT: A Baton Rouge man is in custody after he allegedly shot and wounded a police officer responding to a domestic dispute on Geranium Street Monday night.

Photo Source: WAFB / Baton Rouge Police Department

08/06/2019

Police chief to shooter who killed infant in La.: 'You cannot hide'

A police chief in Louisiana called out anyone who knows anything about the fatal shooting of a 1-month-old girl.

The 1-month-old girl was inside a Shreveport, La. residence when she was fatally struck by a bullet from a drive-by shooting.

08/06/2019

Court reinstates Sarah Palin suit against New York Times

Palin sued the Times for unspecified damages after the editorial about gun control was published following the June 2017 shooting of Louisiana U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise on a baseball diamond in Washington.

Palin sued the Times for unspecified damages after the editorial about gun control was published following the June 2017 shooting of Louisiana U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, also a Republican, on a baseball diamond in Washington.