Ellyn Couvillion
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I cover breaking news for the Advocate newspaper in Baton Rouge.
http://theadvocate.com/
Joined June 2014
LSU students protest sexual misconduct allegations involving French Studies Department on campus https://t.co/m9kOrDILA3
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Dozens of LSU students marched on campus, Monday, October 18, in response to allegations of sexual assault and harassment, involving the Louisiana State University French Studies Department.
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4 PM UPDATE: #Ida still a Cat. 4 hurricane with max winds of 130 mph. Located about 70 miles SSE of Baton Rouge...that should have the core moving through our region within a couple hours either side of midnight.
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Twenty public comments in and more to come, Ascension Parish residents expressing outrage over East Ascension Drainage District’s plan to separate itself from Parish President Clint Cointment.
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The new performing arts center coming to Gonzales will carry the Price LeBlanc name. The family was on hand Friday at City Hall to present a $1.5 million donation toward the center’s construction costs.
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As rural Louisiana areas 'die before our very eyes,' here's how it's impacting the entire state too https://t.co/QF4oUmDfxm via @theadvocatebr
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State Treasurer John Schroder shrugged last week saying he may not be to blame and he may not know quite what to do, but the financial problems caused by a
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Students who pulled a fire alarm at Lake Elementary, where a basketball game was underway on Monday night when a fire broke out in a classroom will be honored by Ascension Parish School Board tonight.
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A district court judge has denied a temporary restraining order sought by 4 Ascension Parish residents to stop the parish council from voting tonight on massive sewer project.
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Bill Wheat is well ahead in Tangipahoa Parish for State House District 73, early voting results show.
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Early voting results show Pete Dufresne in the lead for St. James Parish president.
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Early voting results show incumbent Rep. Paula Davis, District 69, with a strong lead.
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Early voting results show incumbent Tangipahoa sheriff Daniel Edwards well in the lead.
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Mississippi River-inspired 'singing' sculpture coming soon in downtown Baton Rouge after year-long delay https://t.co/IhTk6Lzmq8 via @theadvocatebr
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Visitors to the Mississippi River levee in downtown Baton Rouge will soon see a new sculpture and hear it make music inspired by the river — after about a year-long
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Deputy shooting of Port Allen man raises concerns about using 'no-knock' warrants in Louisiana https://t.co/4tDrb486ZS via @theadvocatebr
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Members of a West Baton Rouge Parish drug task force gathered outside a motel in late July three miles north of Port Allen after getting a tip from an informant
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Near the Comite, people who flooded in 2016 anxious about Hurricane Barry river forecasts https://t.co/ajPrptKCIJ via @theadvocatebr
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As Hurricane Barry ambled into Louisiana on Saturday, people who flooded in 2016 near the Comite River said the slow crawl of the storm amid rising river forecasts made the
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American Idol Laine Hardy ready to move on from Hollywood, get to work on album: 'I can't wait' https://t.co/nBacHfYTZS via @theadvocatebr
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By all accounts, it seems, you can take Laine Hardy out of the country but you can't take the country out of Hardy.
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Mosaic's plan for removing acidic water from St. James complex concerns environmentalists https://t.co/vFJ5wXEqNh via @theadvocatebr
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CONVENT — Mosaic Fertilizer wants to remove 300 million gallons of hazardous, contaminated water from its operations at the company's St. James Parish complex by Sept. 30 as regulators voice
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Why the 'most egregious' ethics case in Louisiana remains open nine years later https://t.co/Geh8U0w1GK via @theadvocatebr
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It’s been nine years since the Louisiana Ethics Board first took up what its former chairman called “the most egregious case” to ever come before him.
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Two more patients arrested amid growing concerns about violence against Baton Rouge medical workers https://t.co/LW7inXA7vr via @theadvocatebr
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Two more Baton Rouge hospital patients were arrested this week following accusations of violence against medical workers.
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DOTD engineer: Sunshine Bridge should've collapsed after barge hit worst possible spot https://t.co/3oAQq9cTTf via @theadvocatebr
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GONZALES — A crane barge crash into the Sunshine Bridge last fall should have caused the Mississippi River bridge to collapse, a top state highway official told a federal panel
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Lee High twins sculpt Tiger face from 230K Sonic straws; see how ode to Baton Rouge came to be https://t.co/XKpBVx95mR via @theadvocatebr
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It wasn't until they reached 230,000 that Denise and Desiree Verrett reached their last straw — literally.
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