The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development will shift the lane configuration on La. 1 southbound as early as Monday as repairs continue on the heavily trafficked roadway.
The West Baton Rouge Museum staff has visions of Port Allen as a sprawling cultural hub where artists sell their wares from renovated historic cottages, festivals routinely line the streets and creatives flock to do business.
Assumption Parish businessman and former two-term state senator Troy Brown says he is giving "strong thought" to seeking his old River Parishes seat again this fall, but his decision "is not 100 percent at this point."
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NEW ROADS — A suspect was arrested late Saturday in a shooting at St. Ann Street and Highway 10 that left a man in stable condition at a local hospital, Police Chief Kevin McDonald said.
Two men were killed in a double shooting early Saturday morning in St. Helena Parish, the sheriff's office said.
State and local officials are sounding the alarm about a disturbing trend in Livingston Parish: The number of children entering foster care here has nearly doubled over the past four years to the highest per capita rate of any parish in the state.
Few men over 6 feet tall are proud to be known by the Louisiana nickname "Tee," which means small. But Joseph "Tee" Wayne Abshire, a native of Kaplan and resident of St. Amant, wore that title proudly.
GONZALES — Almost 12 years to the day that a Gonzales man shot his girlfriend once in the head, an Ascension Parish jury convicted him in her murder following years of delays over the man's mental fitness to stand trial.
A man returned to his Zachary-area home Thursday night and discovered his wife beaten inside, according to the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office. The woman later died.
GONZALES — The Ascension Parish Council held off Thursday on adopting a critical ordinance to trigger new federal flood insurance rate maps south of Gonzales and in Sorrento amid public complaints about looming repercussions from new floodways als…
LIVINGSTON — The parish schools superintendent is expected to introduce a proposal next week to give all school employees a 13th check worth $750, their first additional check in several years, a school board member confirmed Thursday night.
RaceTrac attorney says they'll back off Baker site after School Board inaction on lawsuit resolution
BAKER — The attorney for a proposed RaceTrac says the company is no longer interested in the Main Street site after the Baker School Board refused to discuss a resolution he drafted for the board to dismiss its lawsuit against the city over an alc…
A handgun stolen from a Port Allen police officer, who other media sources have identified as Police Chief Esdron Brown, was used more than 900 miles away in a gas station murder six years ago, according to Oklahoma cold case detectives.
Starbucks could be slinging frappuccinos to westsiders as soon as May, according to developers.
As part of the Interstate 10 widening project, I-10 eastbound in Ascension Parish will be down to one lane from Highland Road to La. 73, for several nights, with the first lane closure beginning Saturday at 7 p.m. for paving, the state Department …
DONALDSONVILLE — Three of four lanes on the Sunshine Bridge will be opened Saturday morning after the completion of months of emergency structural repairs to the Mississippi River span damaged in a barge crash last fall, state highway officials said.
Seven children — one from each school in Zachary — were recognized as students of the year at the Zachary Community School Board’s meeting Tuesday.
Mosaic Fertilizer recently stopped draining a giant threatened lake of acidic water atop its waste pile in St. James Parish that some feared could break open and release its hazardous contents to harm surrounding swamps.
Check out these programs at the East Baton Rouge Parish Libraries this month.
Carlee Bell’s braids bounced on her head as she moved, a purple bow as big and loud as her 4-year-old personality trying in vain to hold them in place.
Paper Chase kicked off the 2019 spring season of Downtown Live at the Gazebo on Friday at the Zachary Historic Village.
Brenda Wilson wore a white- and blue-laced wedding dress on her big day 36 years ago. Her dress, still packaged in a shadow box, had its “little day” Feb. 16 when the Slaughter resident donated it to Born with Angels Wings, so it could be turned i…
While the houses are the stars of the annual Audubon Pilgrimage in West Feliciana, lots of activities are part of the weekend.
WALKER — Walker High School administrators, teachers, students and local business leaders held a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 7 to celebrate four businesses opening locations on the new expanded campus at 9677 Florida Blvd., Walker.
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Teeing it up in the Felicianas
After 29 years working in Ascension Public Schools, in the central office and at East Ascension High School, Randy Watts is retiring.
Mental toughness, familial caring drive Ascension Catholic softball
When temperatures plummeted this winter, workers at CARA's House, the animal shelter for Ascension Parish, set up diesel-fueled heaters in the unheated room where dogs are kept in kennels.
As the Division V girls state powerlifting meet inched to a close, Holden coach David White did the math in his head.
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber is accepting applications for the 2020 class of its Leadership Baton Rouge program through May 31 at brac.org/leadership.
Copper Mill Elementary School Junior Beta Club students returned from the Louisiana Elementary Convention and the Louisiana Junior Convention with several awards, including a 2019-2020 state Beta secretary.
Tuesday is American Diabetes Association Alert Day, and the Americana YMCA wants residents of Zachary to know about their risk for prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes, as well as preventive steps they can take to reduce the chances of developing the disease.
As an elected city councilwoman, it is my duty to represent my constituents and do what I believe is best for the community. I ran for my seat on the promise that I would fight for smart economic development that would advance the interests of our…
Gardening enthusiasts can choose from more than 5,000 locally-grown plants — about 275 varieties — at the 22nd annual East Baton Rouge Master Gardeners Association plant sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the LSU AgCenter’s Burden Botanic Gard…
HAMMOND — The Southeastern Louisiana University Community Music School is hosting a series of summer programs for young musicians.
At the end of the summer, families want to hear their child had “the best summer ever.” To help make that happen, the Americana YMCA is offering summer camp, keeping children in Zachary adventurous, active, engaged and healthy all summer long, acc…
Each year in December, hundreds of students show up at local high schools and play prepared music and scales for a panel of judges in hopes that they will be selected to an honor band. During January and February, all the best students, as determi…
Stephen David Jr., of Hancock Whitney Bank in Baton Rouge, has been installed as president of the Louisiana Bankers Education Council.
Lunchtime on March 8 brought excitement to the Quad Area Community Action Center on Main Street in Clinton. East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Dep. Houston Frazee wrangled a roaming hog. Jeannie Love, of RKM Primary Care, stopped to take photos.
On Feb. 2, the Wolf Den of Cub Scout Pack 61 organized and participated in a site cleanup around the Captain Bennett Landing on the Mississippi River.
Peggy Hodges and Thad Powell were named queen and king of the Lane Nursing Home 2019 Mardi Gras Parade.
The West Feliciana Parish Extension office in St. Francisville will hold a Master Gardener certification class beginning Aug. 7.
MANDEVILLE — Keep America Beautiful, the nation’s community improvement nonprofit organization, presented Keep Louisiana Beautiful with its 2018 President’s Circle Award recognition at Keep America Beautiful’s recent National Conference in Baltimo…
Deondrais Boxley of Vidalia High School in Concordia Parish was elected president of the executive leadership team of the Louisiana DECA High School Association during the group's annual career development conference in Baton Rouge. Members of the…
The Our Lady of the Lake Blood Bank recently recognized Ascension Parish government, Parish President Kenny Matassa and Parish health director Christy Burnett for outstanding participation during blood drives.
Registration is open for Girl Scout resident camp sessions between June 2 and July 7 at Camp Marydale in St. Francisville and Camp Whispering Pines in Independence.
The 2019 chairman of the Ascension Chamber of Commerce board is Barbara Irwin of Pujol, of Pryor & Irwin, attorneys at law. Irwin succeeds Michael Buturla, of Domain Architecture.
A variety of food trucks will be offering their wares from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 30, at Tanger Outlets Gonzales, 2410 S. Tanger Blvd.