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Celebrating Mardi Gras

Celebrating Mardi Gras

9News Neighborhoods is celebrating Mardi Gras by posting your parade pictures.

Kathy Farber of Denham Springs wrote "the kids are my daughter Carson Kate Farber and Beau Passman. They both attend Seventh Ward Elementary in Denham Springs. Every year, the kindergarten students get to make their own floats and get to pick an upper class man to pull them. This is an annual event that all the school looks forward to."

If you'd like your photos featured, send a picture and a little bit about the parade, where you liive, and those in the photo to mmccalope@wafb.com We'll post them on the website and maybe include in our newscasts. Also, feel free to send your children's Mardi Gras celebrations at their school.

 

Southern alumnus investigates modern-day lynchings

Southern alumnus investigates modern-day lynchings

Southern alumnus uncovers recent lynchings in TV special

By  Candace J. Semien

In the latest Investigation Discovery’s INJUSTICE FILES: AT THE END OF THE ROPE, Southern University alumnus Keith Beauchamp probes the shocking claim that lynchings may still be a reality today.

The two-hour special airs at 7 p.m.,  Tuesday, Feb. 21 on Investigation Discovery. View details online at http://investigation.discovery.com/tv/injustice-files/. ID can be found on Cox channel 103 or  DirectTV channel 285 and ATT Uverse channel 260.

Beauchamp examines four modern-day hangings and the evidence that led investigators to rule them as suicides.

He takes in the assistance of a criminologist, psychologist and forensic pathologist and probes through the cases of Raynard Johnson, Nick Naylor, Keith Warren, and Izell Parrott who were believed to be lynched from 1996 to  2006. For years, the families have searched for answers to confirm their deep rooted-beliefs that foul play is at hand even though investigators closed the case as suicides.

Sapphires 'N Spurs fundraiser

Sapphires 'N Spurs fundraiser

Family Service of Greater Baton Rouge is hosting its annual Sapphires 'N Spurs fundraiser on March 9 at LSU Parker Coliseum from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.  There will be pony rides, a petting zoo, a mechanical bull,  music, dancing, a silent auction, and great food.  All children 12 and under get in free.  Adult tickets are $20.  To purchase tickets,  call (225) 927-9810 or go to go to www.fsgbr.org

Celebrating sweethearts: Melissa and Loran Conrad

Celebrating sweethearts: Melissa and Loran Conrad

Nine News Neighborhoods is celebrating sweethearts on this day of love.  Melissa and Loran Conrad of Sunshine met on a blind date arranged by her sister and brother-in-law in 1995. They have remained sweethearts through 15 years of marriage.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Memorial services for Skip Bertman's daughter today

Memorial services for Skip Bertman's daughter today

Memorial services for Dr. Lisa Jo Pate, the daughter of former LSU athletic director Skip Bertman, will be held on Wednesday Feb. 8 at Congregation Bnai Israel, 3354 Kleinert Avenue, in Baton Rouge.

Visitation will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. followed by a memorial service and reception.

Pate who lived in Owings Mills, Maryland died in January from cancer. She was 44.

A loving mother to Samuel and Ezra Pate, Dr. Pate served on the faculty of Harvard University’s OCD Institute and on the faculty of Tulane University’s Medical School (2001-2004).

She graduated from Tulane University’s Newcomb College in 1989 with a dual Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Psychology.  She earned her Ph.D in 1999 from the Louisiana State University in Clinical Psychology.

She is survived by her beloved husband Dr.

Funeral services today for SU's Carnell Knighten

Funeral services today for SU's Carnell Knighten

Southern University students and staff as well as family and friends will say their final goodbye to longtime former assistant band director Carnell Knighten. Knighten's funeral will be held at 11 a.m. today, Feb. 1 at the F.G. Clark Activity Center on campus.

He died on Jan.  24 after collapsing in the hallway in the music department on campus. He was 60 years old.

 Co-workers say that Knighten was an outstanding musician, composer and arranger, and that he was well loved by all the students and faculty.