Worker fatality: Authorities confirm a man is dead after an apparent accident at an East Baton Rouge plant, WBRZ-TV reports. According to the coroner’s office, the accident was reported just before 10 a.m. Thursday at the Stupp Corporation off La. 19. The coroner says a man was taken from the site with serious injuries and later died. The victim has been identified as 30-year-old Stephen Diggs. Details surrounding the accident are limited at this time. An autopsy is scheduled for Friday morning. Read the full story.
Back behind bars: Corrections officials say they’ve caught all seven state inmates who climbed a perimeter fence to escape from a jail in northeastern Louisiana. Spokesman Ken Pastorick says the last was caught at 9:15 p.m. Wednesday, about 10 hours after the escape from the Madison Parish Detention Center in Tallulah. The jail is run by a private company called LaSalle Corrections. Pastorick says three of the men were quickly caught, and officers from four agencies and chase teams from three prisons went after the other four. Read the full story.
Hitting the brakes: General Motors Co is recalling 1.205 million pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles worldwide due to issues with a temporary loss of power steering, the No.1 U.S. automaker announced today, Reuters reports. The recall covers certain 2015 Chevrolet, GMC and Cadillac pickup trucks and SUVs, and includes about 1.02 million vehicles in the United States. GM spokesman Tom Wilkinson said the automaker has received reports of 30 crashes and two injuries, but no deaths linked to the recall. Read the full story.
