11 April 2012
Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” Holden announced today that the City-Parish has contracted with an online government auction site, municibid.com, to auction off surplus and police-seized items. Holden said the use of an on-line auction will provide greater exposure of the surplus items to a broader audience, and ultimately result in greater benefits and cost savings to [...]
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10 April 2012
East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Detectives arrested a woman today for allegedly killing her two-month old son yesterday in a field near her home on E. Mount Pleasent Road. Sabrina Maiden, 22, of 1250 E. Mount Pleasant Road is charged with the First Degree Murder of her son Javion Brown. According to reports, Maiden and the [...]
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05 April 2012
Baton Rouge, LA, resident Carol Harrison is partnering with her local library system during April, Parkinson’s Awareness Month, to make it an even greater resource of information for people living with Parkinson’s. During the month of April, the East Baton Rouge Parish Library System will offer free educational materials about the disease and hold two [...]
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05 April 2012
Beginning Wednesday, April 11 at midnight, workers plan to close a segment of Staring Lane between Highland Road and Kingcrest Parkway for three weeks as part of a Green Light Plan project to widen the roadway. Previously scheduled to close April 9 to April 30, the City-Parish postponed the closure date by two days to accommodate the [...]
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04 April 2012
East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office Homicide detectives arrested WARREN P. SLAN, 43, of 8210 SKYSAIL for the Second Degree Murder of Tiffany Degazon. The 33-year-old woman was found deceased on the side of S. River Road Saturday. During the course of the investigation, detectives learned that Degazon was evicted from her residence on Friday March [...]
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04 April 2012
Beginning Monday, April 9 at midnight, workers plan to close a segment of Staring Lane between Highland Road and Kingcrest Parkway for three weeks as part of a Green Light Plan project to widen the roadway. Previously scheduled to close March 24 to April 15, the City-Parish postponed the closure date to accommodate the needs [...]
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03 April 2012
BREC offers summer camp registration for East Baton Rouge Parish residents beginning Saturday, April 14 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and on Tuesday, April 24 at 3 p.m. for out-of-parish residents. Parents or guardians may register in person at the facility of their choice or online at select locations. This summer, BREC offers athletic camps, extreme [...]
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02 April 2012
Representatives from CAAWS will be available to help volunteers sign up for opportunities with CAAWS at the Jones Creek Regional Branch Library, 6222 Jones Creek Road, on Wednesday, April 18, at 6:30 p.m. The program will include a visit with therapy dogs. The Capital Area Animal Welfare Society is a non-profit organization committed to the [...]
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02 April 2012
Shortly before 11 PM Saturday, Louisiana State Police Troop A investigated a fatality crash on LA 37 where a truck flipped and killed the driver. The investigation revealed that a 2012 Ford pickup was traveling south on LA 37 just south of Alphonse Road. For unknown reasons, the truck traveled off the road to the [...]
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31 March 2012
Mayoral candidate Mike Walker will be having a meet & greet on Thursday, April 5th, 2012. The event will be held at 18868 Old Scenic Highway in Zachary. It is hosted by Paul Carroll at his residence. Children are welcome, and there will be free food and beverages for everyone. Mike encourages everyone to bring a friend, family [...]
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30 March 2012
Its not every day where instant justice comes to those who break the law and try to harm others, but this story I got from the Baton Rouge Police yesterday honestly made wish more robbery incidents ended like this: KELVIN ARMSTEAD, 23, 2934 TOULON DR, was gravely injured in a traffic crash today after he [...]
29 March 2012
Baton Rouge General Medical Center recently expanded behavioral health services at its Mid City campus to better serve the community. Mid City’s behavioral health expansion, which includes enhanced inpatient and outpatient services and facilities, comes at a time when the community is seeing closures of state mental health facilities and reductions of behavioral health services [...]
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