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Longtime investigative reporter Chris Nakamoto will join WAFB-TV as chief investigative reporter, the Baton Rouge TV station said Monday. He previously worked at WBRZ-TV in Baton Rouge.

The computer system of the state's Office of Motor Vehicles is down, the agency said Monday morning at about 9 a.m.

Computer services at the state's Office of Motor Vehicles were restored Monday around 12:30 p.m., after a roughly three-hour outage. A spokesperson said there was not indication the system had been hacked.

A man was fatally shot as he walked to his Baton Rouge apartment, the sheriff's office said.

Temperatures will drop into the mid-30s on Friday and Saturday nights in Baton Rouge, the National Weather Service said. Cold fronts will be sweeping through on Thursday and Friday.

Sid Edwards, newly elected East Baton Rouge Parish mayor-president, has named 26 people to his transition team. They include representatives of non-profits, education, public agencies, healthcare and businesses.

The property tax that that the East Baton Rouge District Attorney's Office is proposing for its operations would bring in about $20 million per year, DA Hillar Moore said. The proposal will go before the state bond commission in February for consideration for the May 3, 2025, ballot.

An 18-year-old suspect is wanted for second-degree murder in the death of a teen whose body was found burned in a sugar cane field in West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office said.

Christmas trees can be recycled at several locations in East Baton Rouge Parish, including six BREC parks and the parish's recycling drop-off enter on Tom Drive. The trees should be cleared of tree stands and decorations. Flocked trees can't be recycled, officials said.

Troopers identified more than 30,000 transactions linked to his gambling operation