CREST and ORAL-B Invite Baton Rouge To Take the Better Check-Ups Challenge!

CREST and ORAL-B Invite Baton Rouge To Take the Better Check-Ups Challenge!

Is your mouth ready for a makeover? If you answered YES, you could be one of the first to take the Better Check Ups Challenge. Crest and Oral-B are looking for Baton Rouge residents to take the Better Check-Ups Challenge to help improve their oral health and encourage others to do the same! We’ll select six challengers to use the [...]

Baton Rouge Man Arrested on Bank Fraud

Baton Rouge Man Arrested on Bank Fraud

United States Attorney David R. Dugas announced that TIMOTHY M. STRAIN, age  47, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was arrested today pursuant to a criminal complaint signed by U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Christine M. Noland charging STRAIN with mail fraud and bank fraud. The affidavit filed in support of the complaint alleges that STRAIN used [...]

Troopers Remove Nearly 800 Pounds of Marijuana off the Street

Troopers Remove Nearly 800 Pounds of Marijuana off the Street

Troopers arrested two individuals Sunday morning, March 7, on two separate traffic stops for Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana. The first traffic stop, shortly before 7:30 a.m. on Interstate 12 eastbound at LA 441, produced nearly 200 pounds of marijuana. Troopers stopped Aaron G. Major (W/M, age 38) of Concrete, WA driving a 2010 [...]

BRAC Completes Regional Innovation Strategy

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC) announced today the results of the regional innovation strategy it developed in order to create a culture that deeply fosters and supports entrepreneurship throughout the Capital Region. The strategy, which was created in collaboration with Louisiana Economic Development (LED), Louisiana State University (LSU), the Louisiana State University System Research [...]

U.S. 190 Amite River Bridge Lane Closure Update

U.S. 190 Amite River Bridge Lane Closure Update

The outside lane of U.S. 190 Eastbound at the Amite River Bridge will be closed on Thursday, March 11 and Friday, March 12 from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. each day to allow crews to make repairs to the temporary travel lane. This closure will allow vehicles up to 11 feet wide to pass through the [...]

Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day Slated for Saturday, March 13

Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day Slated for Saturday, March 13

East Baton Rouge Parish residents can drop off household hazardous materials for safe disposal at the upcoming Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day on Saturday, March 13 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. City-Parish Recycling Director Susan Hamilton emphasized that this event is only for the collection of residential hazardous materials, and will not [...]

CREST and ORAL-B Invite Baton Rouge To Take the Better Check-Ups Challenge!

CREST and ORAL-B Invite Baton Rouge To Take the Better Check-Ups Challenge!

10 March 2010

Is your mouth ready for a makeover? If you answered YES, you could be one of the first to take the Better Check Ups Challenge. Crest and Oral-B are looking for Baton Rouge residents to take the Better Check-Ups Challenge to help improve their oral health and encourage others to do the same! We’ll select six challengers to use the [...]

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Baton Rouge Man Arrested on Bank Fraud

Baton Rouge Man Arrested on Bank Fraud

10 March 2010

United States Attorney David R. Dugas announced that TIMOTHY M. STRAIN, age  47, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was arrested today pursuant to a criminal complaint signed by U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Christine M. Noland charging STRAIN with mail fraud and bank fraud. The affidavit filed in support of the complaint alleges that STRAIN used [...]

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Troopers Remove Nearly 800 Pounds of Marijuana off the Street

Troopers Remove Nearly 800 Pounds of Marijuana off the Street

10 March 2010

Troopers arrested two individuals Sunday morning, March 7, on two separate traffic stops for Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana. The first traffic stop, shortly before 7:30 a.m. on Interstate 12 eastbound at LA 441, produced nearly 200 pounds of marijuana. Troopers stopped Aaron G. Major (W/M, age 38) of Concrete, WA driving a 2010 [...]

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BRAC Completes Regional Innovation Strategy

10 March 2010

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC) announced today the results of the regional innovation strategy it developed in order to create a culture that deeply fosters and supports entrepreneurship throughout the Capital Region. The strategy, which was created in collaboration with Louisiana Economic Development (LED), Louisiana State University (LSU), the Louisiana State University System Research [...]

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U.S. 190 Amite River Bridge Lane Closure Update

U.S. 190 Amite River Bridge Lane Closure Update

10 March 2010

The outside lane of U.S. 190 Eastbound at the Amite River Bridge will be closed on Thursday, March 11 and Friday, March 12 from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. each day to allow crews to make repairs to the temporary travel lane. This closure will allow vehicles up to 11 feet wide to pass through the [...]

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Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day Slated for Saturday, March 13

Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day Slated for Saturday, March 13

05 March 2010

East Baton Rouge Parish residents can drop off household hazardous materials for safe disposal at the upcoming Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day on Saturday, March 13 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. City-Parish Recycling Director Susan Hamilton emphasized that this event is only for the collection of residential hazardous materials, and will not [...]

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Michael Lee Pleads Guilty to Charges Relating to Operation Illegal Motion

Michael Lee Pleads Guilty to Charges Relating to Operation Illegal Motion

05 March 2010

United States Attorney David R. Dugas announced today that MICHAEL LEE, age 46, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, appeared before U.S. District Court Judge James Brady and pleaded guilty to charges contained in a corruption-related indictment (“corruption indictment”) and a firearm-related indictment (“firearm indictment”). With regard to the corruption indictment, LEE pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate [...]

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EBR Sheriff’s Office Releases 2009 Crime Statistics

EBR Sheriff’s Office Releases 2009 Crime Statistics

05 March 2010

The number of major crimes reported by the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office for 2009 increased by 188 incidents (2.12 %) when compared to 2008, according to the crime figures submitted to the FBI Uniform Reporting (UCR) program. (Major Crimes reported to UCR in 2008 were a 10.46% decrease when compared to 2007). Violent Crimes [...]

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Student of the Year Finalists Announced

Student of the Year Finalists Announced

01 March 2010

Today the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) released the names of 18 students selected as regional finalists in the state’s annual Student of the Year competition.  The 18 students selected include one 5th, 8th and 12th grader from each of the state’s six regions – and represent public and non-public elementary, middle and high schools [...]

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O’Neal Lane Widening Project lane closure update

O’Neal Lane Widening Project lane closure update

01 March 2010

Northbound and southbound LA 3245 in Baton Rouge from I-12 to US 190 will be closed intermittently in both directions from Wednesday, March 3 to Friday, March 5. Lane closures will be allowed from 8:00pm to 5:00am the following day while crews install subsurface drainage under the existing roadway. This closure will allow vehicles 12-feet wide [...]

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Three-Vehicle Crash Claims Two Young Lives, Driver Impairment Suspected

Three-Vehicle Crash Claims Two Young Lives, Driver Impairment Suspected

01 March 2010

Two young men were killed Sunday in a three-vehicle crash on LA 70 near Sorrento shortly after 5:00 p.m. State Troopers began investigating the crash that had LA 70 near LA 22 closed to traffic for nearly three hours. Preliminary investigation revealed that a 1991 Honda Civic, being driven by Thomas Walker (W/M, age 18) [...]

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Three Indicted for Fraud in Counterfeit Art Sales

Three Indicted for Fraud in Counterfeit Art Sales

26 February 2010

Three individuals were indicted by a federal grand jury for selling non-authentic paintings falsely attributed to Clementine Hunter, Acting United States Attorney William J. Flanagan announced today. WILLIAM TOYE, age 78, of Baton Rouge; BERYL ANN TOYE, age 68, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and ROBERT E. LUCKY, JR., age 62, of New Orleans, Louisiana, were named [...]

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