BY MATTHEW ALBRIGHT | Staff writer It started with two Shih Tzus and a cat named Moo. The pets love to play escape artists, so their owners put up some chicken wire on a fence. But that resulted in a dispute between neighbors, and more fences started going up. Things started to spiral from there. This is the story of how a neighborly feud led to parish council debates, concerns about flooding, and accusations of political favoritism — and could end up changing the law. Kerisha Johnson was just days from giving birth when she drove to pick up someone at an Easter party for teens. As she pulled up, several people started firing, riddling her car with bullets. She and her unborn were killed. Police say the shooters mistook her car for one that had driven by earlier that night, from which somebody shot in the air. Here's what we know. The Belle of Baton Rouge hotel and casino was already set for a renovation, but now it's getting a total overhaul. Some 250 hotel rooms will be renovated, hundreds of slot machines will be installed, and about $100 million could be spent. Here's the plan. |