May 16 2012.
East Baton Rouge residents will have a chance to ask questions and sound off about the two largest capital improvement programs in city-parish history during a series of public meetings that will be held over the next two months. The federally mandated Sanitary Sewer Overflow ( SSO) Control and Wastewater Facilities Program and the voter-approved [...]
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May 10 2012.
A Baton Rouge man has been arrested and charged with 100 counts of pornography involving juveniles, announced Attorney General Buddy Caldwell. David Burke, 60, of 428 Stoney Creek Ave., was arrested today as part of a joint investigation involving the Attorney General’s High Technology Crime Unit, East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations [...]
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May 09 2012.
East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s detectives and Baton Rouge Police detectives have charged a man in three recent bank robberies and one bank burglary committed in East Baton Rouge Parish. Paul Martin McCarty, 47, of 12501 Settlement Court is charged by EBRSO withArmed Robbery in the April 30th robbery of the Regions Bank located at 8756 Siegen Lane, Armed Robbery [...]
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May 03 2012.
We are disappointed, to say the least, that the Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce has chosen to side with the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and oppose the citizen led initiative South East Baton Rouge Community School District. We believe that public education CAN succeed and that parents deserve to be, and must [...]
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May 03 2012.
CEOs nationwide ranked Louisiana as the “most improved state for business in the U.S.” according to the 2012 Chief Executive magazine’s Best/Worst States for business ranking. “Governor Jindal and the legislature have worked tirelesly to grow Louisiana from the 27thranked state to 13th in a year,” said Roger Villere. “It is definitely something to brag about.” [...]
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May 02 2012.
Interstate 12 westbound will be closed at the O’Neal Lane interchange beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 5, until approximately 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 6. The closure will allow construction crews to safely pour concrete for the new O’Neal Lane overpass. All eastbound lanes of I-12 will remain open. Detour: Westbound traffic on I-12 [...]
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May 02 2012.
Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” Holden, District Attorney Hillar Moore, Sheriff Sid Gautreaux and Police Chief Dewayne White announced Wednesday that they are teaming up with juvenile services, probation and parole, social agencies, LSU and the faith-based community to launch a new program to curb violence in East Baton Rouge Parish. The new Baton Rouge Area Violence [...]
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May 01 2012.
Effective Wednesday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m., workers will reopen a segment of Staring Lane between Highland Road and Kingcrest Parkway, previously closed to non-local traffic for three weeks in order for crews to install and test new sewer pipeline as part of a Green Light Plan project to widen the roadway. Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” [...]
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May 01 2012.
The RocketKidz Rookies Triathlon is back! Grab your racing gear and head out to theLiberty Lagoon Water Park, on Saturday, June 12 at 7 a.m. for a morning full of fun. BREC’s RocketKidz Rookies Triathlon is an event that introduces children ages 3-10 to the sport of triathlon. Triathletes transition from swim to bike to [...]
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May 01 2012.
The LSU Board of Supervisors decided to terminate System President John Lombardi at the board’s April meeting. Board Chair Hank Danos explained that with Lombardi’s contract set to expire at the end of the year, board members felt it would be best to expedite the process of finding the university system’s next leader. Lombardi will [...]
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April 28 2012.
Multiple generations of Louisiana job seekers looking for career opportunities are encouraged to attend a job fair sponsored by U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy. The 2012 Jobs Fair: Including Jobs for Generations X, Y and Z will take place Thursday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Baton Rouge Marriott, 5500 Hilton Avenue, [...]
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April 27 2012.
United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr., announced that, as part of Operation Blighted Officials, Chief U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced JOHNNY L. JOHNSON, Sr., age 65, of Port Allen, Louisiana to two years probation, with a condition of having to spend 6 months in a half-way house, and forfeiture of the bribe [...]
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