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4TH OF JULY CONCERT: 7 p.m., Main Library at Goodwood, 7711 Goodwood Blvd. The Baton Rouge Concert Band will perform a ...
Louisiana’s dynamic cultural traditions are in rich supply in Baton Rouge, where public art has long been part of the local landscape. Notable murals and sculptures provide inspiration in unexpected ...
The roots of the St. George effort came from a legislative push in 2012 to create a new school district inside East Baton Rouge Parish, which has about 441,000 residents.
A wealthy Baton Rouge neighborhood has become its own city in order to try to create a new school district. Some residents call the move modern day segregation. Louisiana has a new city that broke ...
When Opéra Louisiane presented a free performance of Gioachino Rossini's version of "Cinderella" for 1,300 schoolchildren on Nov. 2, the volunteer chaperones and ushers included several members ...
Violence in Baton Rouge remains higher than it was in the years before the pandemic and is still extraordinarily high for a city its size. And there were 31 homicides in the first quarter of 2024 ...
Broome's office subsequently sued organizers, arguing the new city would cripple East Baton Rouge financially, while also contending St. George would not be able operate on a balanced budget.
A winter storm system pummeled south Louisiana with frigid winds and freezing temperatures Tuesday as snow blanketed New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette. Snow started to fall before sunrise ...
Here are the locations in and around the Baton Rouge area that have a curfew in place. Ascension Parish The City of Gonzales has issued a curfew, beginning at dusk on Wednesday, Sept. 11, lasting ...
A group of wealthy white Baton Rouge residents have won a decades-long battle to split from the majority-black city to form their own suburb following the state’s Supreme Court ruling.
BATON ROUGE, La. — A pedestrian was hit and killed Tuesday morning by a city-parish worker driving a publicly owned vehicle in Baton Rouge, according to our partners at WBRZ.
A wealthy Baton Rouge neighborhood has become its own city in order to try to create a new school district. Some residents call the move modern day segregation.