An appointed judge will determine whether state Judge Don Johnson can continue to hear a lawsuit filed by the head of the East Baton Rouge Cou…

Southern University fired former professor and Elder Law Clinic Director Dorothy Jackson on Friday following multiple investigations and heari…

Southern University Law Center Chancellor John Pierre has recommended firing Dorothy Jackson, the professor and elder law clinic director who …

Questions abounded in a Baton Rouge court Tuesday about bills from a number of attorneys who have worked on the succession of the high-profile…

Southern University owes The Advocate and WBRZ-TV more than $13,000 in attorney's fees and court costs over a public records lawsuit the news …

Helen Plummer's daughter filed a lawsuit Friday alleging theft, fraud and negligence on the part of the East Baton Rouge Council on Aging, the…

The East Baton Rouge Council on Aging is ending up with an even bigger budget than originally anticipated for 2018 – one that’s more than trip…

The family of Helen Plummer finally hashed out a settlement agreement Wednesday that leaves Plummer's money to her daughter and great-grandchi…

A consultant who just a few months ago advised the East Baton Rouge Council on Aging on how to address staffing needs has been hired as the or…

The state Inspector General's office has issued at least five subpoenas in an investigation into the East Baton Rouge Council on Aging's execu…