Top headlines from Baton Rouge inside.
with Jennifer Wadsworth | Assistant metro editorGood morning. Let's bring you up to speed on our latest headlines … New jail health contractCity-parish officials are eyeing a new private company to handle medical care for East Baton Rouge Parish Prison detainees, marking the latest push in a longstanding effort to improve the system and curb inmate deaths. But, as reporter Lea Skene explains in this story, the new contractor isn't without its own problems. Whispering PinesA Girl Scouts chapter ramped up its legal fight against an advocacy group trying to block the sale of a beloved camp in Tangipahoa Parish. Reporter James Finn brings us the latest in the saga of Camp Whispering Pines. Louisiana lastThe state is last in the U.S. in COVID-related job losses. And it doesn't look like things are going to get better anytime soon, as reporter Adam Daigle explains in this piece. Thanks for stopping by! |
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| After years of public outcry about the death rate inside the Baton Rouge jail, city-parish officials have recommended a new private company… Read more |
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| A Girl Scouts chapter on Friday ramped up its legal fight against an advocacy group that’s suing the chapter to block the sale of a beloved… Read more |
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| $800 million coastal land-building project downsized from 47 to 31 square miles Read more |
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| One person is in critical condition after they were struck by a vehicle while biking a few blocks from Louisiana State University Saturday … Read more |
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| A Baton Rouge man was killed after his car struck another vehicle while traveling along La. 16 north in Livingston Parish Saturday morning,… Read more |
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| A 38-year-old man died early Saturday in a crash on La. 10 in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana State Police say. Read more |
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| Just west of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway lies an undisturbed pocket of nature in a parish exploding with development. Near the old neig… Read more |
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| A Midwest energy company on Friday canceled controversial plans for a $2.5 billion oil export terminal and pipeline in Plaquemines Parish a… Read more |
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| My seat in the press box in Tiger Stadium is next to the glass partition that separates the working press area from the athletic director’s… Read more |
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