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When Baton Rouge cleared out two homeless encampments in mid-May, they said the move was a precaution to fight the potential spread of the coronavirus.
I ride the public transit bus. I’m no Rosa Parks.
Gov. John Bel Edwards is expected to announce on Monday whether Louisiana has made enough progress suppressing the spread of the coronavirus to further loosen restrictions on businesses and gatherings.
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When she was in high school, sports changed the trajectory of Dayna Kohn’s life. She was a star player for a new girls basketball program at Belaire High in the 1990s. She was part of a team, and for her, that made a difference.
The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge is bringing its Ebb & Flow Festival to the internet.
All it took was one rule adjustment to put the LHSAA and some of its schools in the spotlight, or the crosshairs, depending on your point of view.
The coronavirus pandemic adds another challenge to preparing for hurricane season this year, Baton Rouge officials say — but it's nothing they haven't dealt with before.
East Baton Rouge Parish Library branches will reopen their doors to the public Monday, officials announced Friday.
On the eve of a key decision, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Friday he is confident the state will meets its initial target of tests for the coronavirus, a major part of efforts to ease work, dining and recreation limitations.
The Baton Rouge Police Department is launching its next basic training academy for new recruits amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, with social distancing and sanitization measures for the traditional classroom learning and exercise drills.
Nine workers on a Shell-operated platform in the Gulf of Mexico were evacuated to onshore medical facilities for coronavirus testing, and six of them have tested positive for COVID-19, a Shell spokeswoman said. The other three the workers tested n…
After months of teaching online because of the coronavirus pandemic, East Baton Rouge Parish schools are planning to offer both their regular summer school — albeit virtually — and new online courses.
The Baton Rouge region dropped 52,800 jobs in April compared to the year before, a tally that reflects how the region was standing after the first full month of the stay-at-home order issued to control the coronavirus pandemic.
Navy Cmdr. David Volk spent much of the past six weeks either isolated in a hotel room or caring for patients alongside more than 100 other naval officers at Baton Rouge General Medical Center's Mid City coronavirus surge unit.
There is great pain in the African American community right now. It’s searing through the hearts and minds from the streets in Baton Rouge to the sidewalks of Minneapolis, Minn., and all points in between.
When you go back to the Baton Rouge Zoo, things might be different — but Burreaux, the young giraffe, along with the Malayan tigers, pygmy hippos and other zoo favorites are still there.
If the effort to contain coronavirus is a war, the nursing homes of Louisiana are the battlefield.
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, R-LA, called face masks meant to slow the spread of coronavirus a "bacteria trap" and claimed they don't help slow the spread of the virus, according to an interview with CNN on Thursday.
Nearly four years after its old campus flooded, Central Private School has broken ground about a mile away at its new home on much higher ground near the intersection of Joor and Gurney roads in Central.
Jana Nero showed up at the Blackwater United Methodist Church in Baker early Thursday for a novel coronavirus test after a woman who wasn't wearing a protective mask sneezed in front of her at the grocery store.
The Louisiana Board of Regents announced Thursday that students can return to campus in the fall if the state's colleges and universities follow guidance from public health officials on how to safely conduct in-person activities in the wake of the…
Our Lady of the Lake facilities will allow limited visitation for individuals to serve as an essential advocate for patients starting Friday.
Two local schools have hired assistant coaches to fill their head boys basketball roles for 2020-21.
The number of coronavirus cases climbed in East Baton Rouge Parish in numbers reported Thursday, and the coroner's office reported another death, as the mayor's office said it would deploy mobile units across the city throughout the month of June …
As Louisiana figures out how to spend billions in coronavirus federal aid, a rift has emerged between Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards and Republican legislative leaders over $811 million that the governor wants to give to local governments and la…
The number of people in Louisiana filing jobless claims for the first time narrowed further last week, while those continuing to receive unemployment benefits rose slightly to 328,409 for the week ending May 23.
When the coronavirus forced schools across Louisiana to close, many children missed out on meals they would normally get at school. To compensate, a federal program seeks to provide families money to buy meals. Here's a quick rundown:
Thirty-five more cases of coronavirus have been diagnosed in East Baton Rouge Parish, state health officials said.
The East Baton Rouge Coroner's Office on Thursday announced that another parish resident has died from coronavirus, a reminder that lives are still being lost even as the parish's death count has been trending downward in recent days.
More than 200,000 Louisiana families have applied so far to receive debit cards preloaded with $285 — the cost of 50 days worth of meals that their children would have eaten if their schooling hadn’t been disrupted by the novel coronavirus.
Baton Rouge's bike-sharing program has experienced a dramatic uptick in users since mid-March, when restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic left residents clamoring for new ways to take in the great outdoors.
[This list was updated Wednesday, May 27, at 6:45 p.m.]
Despite guidelines and warnings, the LHSAA is investigating a growing list of schools who were turned in on suspicion of practicing before the new June 8 summer start date.
Here are high profile Baton Rouge area restaurants that have closed during the coronavirus pandemic.
The area around St. Gabriel is continuing to hold the top spot for cases of the novel coronavirus in Louisiana since the outbreak began to be detected in early March.
A group of inmates in Baton Rouge's jail filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday seeking their release to home confinement because the coronavirus is spreading through the lockup.
Louisiana has confirmed its first death from a rare coronavirus-related inflammatory condition in children and young adults, officials said Wednesday, as the state sees continued improvement on some key virus testing and hospitalization metrics.
The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport has seen a small uptick in passengers in May compared to historic lows hit in April during the height of travel restrictions and stay-at-home orders imposed across the country and world to curtail the spread of…
It's the end of an era for Susan Hodges and her chosen family of fitness enthusiast seniors who are about to lose the place that brought them together and kept them fit.
Despite guidelines and warnings, the LHSAA is investigating a growing list of schools who were turned in on suspicion of practicing before the new June 8 summer start date.
Here are high profile Baton Rouge area restaurants that have closed during the coronavirus pandemic.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. surpassed a jarring milestone Wednesday in the coronavirus pandemic: 100,000 deaths.
The area around St. Gabriel is continuing to hold the top spot for cases of the novel coronavirus in Louisiana since the outbreak began to be detected in early March.
A group of inmates in Baton Rouge's jail filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday seeking their release to home confinement because the coronavirus is spreading through the lockup.
Louisiana has confirmed its first death from a rare coronavirus-related inflammatory condition in children and young adults, officials said Wednesday, as the state sees continued improvement on some key virus testing and hospitalization metrics.
The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport has seen a small uptick in passengers in May compared to historic lows hit in April during the height of travel restrictions and stay-at-home orders imposed across the country and world to curtail the spread of…
It's the end of an era for Susan Hodges and her chosen family of fitness enthusiast seniors who are about to lose the place that brought them together and kept them fit.
Is singing in church bad for your health?
There were 443 newly diagnosed cases of the novel coronavirus across Louisiana reported on Wednesday, according to the latest reported numbers from the Louisiana Department of Health.
Satterfield's Upper Deck Restaurant in New Roads is up for sale after its owners decided not to reopen due to economic uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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