 BY DEANNA B. NARVESON | Staff writer What's going on with the plan for a new Mississippi River bridge? The construction of another Mississippi River bridge south of Baton Rouge continues to face significant hurdles, reports Advocate Staff Writer Haley Miller. Completed studies are raising more questions about the proposed bridge, delaying the environmental review process at the same time as a group of Iberville landowners vocally opposes a potential bridge corridor that threatens an old-growth cypress forest. When they came before the exasperated commissioners of the Capital Area Road and Bridge District, project leaders announced that the review under the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, will likely occur later than planned. The answer to when a new bridge could be operational continues to shift. Read the full story about what's happening.
This federal lawsuit alleges there was a 'pimp' in the Baton Rouge jail. Two deputies that worked as guards in the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison have been named in a federal lawsuit alleging they forced a female inmate to have sex with one of the jailers. The lawsuit, filed Sunday in the U.S. Middle District Court of Louisiana, accuses ousted sheriff's Deputy Elijah Lee Christopher of having sex with the plaintiff on multiple occasions last year while she was awaiting trial. Read the full story from Court Reporter Matt Bruce.
Trash pickup update: East Baton Rouge Parish workers are currently collecting residents’ large piles of woody waste as a courtesy, but that won’t continue next year as the resources to do so run out. Read more. | 
