I've heard reports last night that she spent 5 years reporting in Baton Rouge and 20 years in New Orleans. Though not originally from Louisiana, she certainly considered New Orleans her home.
She must’ve been in BR in the early 90s. I was attending LSU and saw her there on the news there. I think it was WAFB. I recognized her on Nola TV when we came to visit family in the years after moving away. Sad story.