The multimillion-dollar project to build low-income housing in Scotlandville, which has been delayed by a public dispute between developers and the mayor-president’s office, finally appears poised to move forward.
Baton Rouge will have a new police chief by the end of the year to replace the resigning Murphy Paul, Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome’s office said Tuesday.
The city-parish has been pumping money back into Baton Rouge’s Raising Cane’s River Center ever since large venues were allowed to cease pandemic restrictions in a bid to kick-start the
With statewide elections on the horizon in Louisiana, some Baton Rouge-area officials working to bring a new Mississippi River bridge to the region are worried leadership changes could derail construction
Multiple lane closures on Interstates 10 and 12 will take place this weekend near the two highways’ split in Baton Rouge, including a total closure of I-12 eastbound Saturday night
Construction of the specialized bus route intended to provide speedy public transportation between north and south Baton Rouge is facing delays, but officials say it is currently only a handful
East Baton Rouge Parish appears likely to try again to create a new fee for property owners to fix its beleaguered stormwater system — though the fee could be smaller
The battle against litter and blight in Baton Rouge was given another boost on Wednesday when the Metro Council approved a measure that should allow the city-parish to start taking
A bill filed after the death of LSU student Madison Brooks that would have banned people under the age of 21 from entering bars in Louisiana was gutted by the
Private businesses that want to work with East Baton Rouge’s city-parish government will have to change their hiring process to comply with a new ordinance that advocates say will provide
Two brothers, a 9-year-old and a 6-year-old, found dead Saturday afternoon likely drowned in a pond near Independence, the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office said.
Balloon releases, typical at celebrations of life, will be allowed to continue in East Baton Rouge Parish after an item that would have banned them was rejected Wednesday evening by
Touting it as a step toward solving Louisiana’s affordable housing problems, local and state officials unveiled a 99-unit, low-income senior community on Wednesday in south East Baton Rouge Parish.
Federal investigators are now saying the Baton Rouge Police helicopter crash Sunday that killed two officers had an unknown cause — not the tail rotor striking a tree, as they