Baker News

Lane Regional Medical Center announced that Dr. F. Gregory Harris has been named medical director for Lane Behavioral Health Services in Baker.

Tricia Henderson, 27, Clinton, affidavit warrant for failure to return leased movables Eric Yarbrough, 39, Baker, booked for domestic abuse battery David Gonday, 28, Baton Rouge, bench warrants for failure to appear for failure to register vehicle and counterfeit motor vehicle inspection Shardae Dyer, 24, Baker, bench warrants for failure to appear ... (more)

Based on 2010-11 Louisiana Educational Assessment Program scores, 35 percent of students in Baker public schools are "at risk requiring intensive support," a new report says.

A 21-year-old Baton Rouge man was indicted Wednesday in the shooting death of a Baker man near Southern University.

A Baker High School student was arrested last Wednesday morning after the student's principal said he threatened to punch her in the face, said authorities.

Lane's Behavioral Health community relations representatives Jeanne Burns-Dempsey, left, and Karen Marchand, far right, discussed the services of Lane's Behavioral Health Centers in Zachary and now in Baker, on Jan.

Zakia Tasker, 30, Baker, booked in for felony theft, entry on or remaining after forbidden, resisting an officer and disturbing the peace by fistic encounter Garrett Hopwood, 17, Zachary, booked in for illegal possession of stolen things over $500 Larry Woodfork, Jr., 22, Baton Rouge, charged with possession of marijuana Anthony Wilson, 30, Baton ... (more)

Romell Lewis, 28, New Roads, bench warrant for failure to appear for domestic abuse battery Vernon Powell, 31, Baker, bench warrant for failure to appear for simple battery and fugitive through East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office Jaquesha Hives, 19, Baton Rouge, booked for theft of goods Angelique Williams, 20, Baton Rouge, booked for theft of goods ... (more)

Police arrested a Baker High School student Wednesday morning after his principal reported that he threatened to punch her in the face.

Baker Police now have the three people in custody who they believe are responsible for the July 2011 murder of Abelardo Domingo Pampo, 43, of Mavis Drive, South Baton Rouge.

The Baker City Council continued to hear complaints at its Jan. 24 meeting from residents with high utility bills.

Knaps said detectives obtained arrest warrants Wednesday for three Baton Rouge suspects in the slaying of Abelardo Domingo Pampo, whose body was found on the grounds of the Baker Civic Club's park on North Magnolia Drive.

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber released an analysis of the performance of the 12 school districts located within the Capital Region on Jan.

The state 1st Circuit of Appeal has reversed a district judge's ruling and sent a public records dispute between Baker City Court Judge Kirk A. Williams and Mayor Harold Rideau back to her court.

Leroy Duncan, 62, Baker, fugitive through East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office Jessica Lee, 25, Baton Rouge, bench warrant for failure to appear for theft Matthew Lewis, 31, Denham Springs, bench warrants for failure to appear for simple battery, motor vehicle inspection sticker, expired driver's license and fugitive through EBR Lee Robinson, 32, ... (more)

For 2012 the Baker School Board elected Elaine Davis as president and Shona Boxie as vice president at its Jan.

Health Fair: 10 a.m. to noon, Greater Hollywood Baptist Church, 2118 Staring Lane, with seminars, screenings, door prizes and healthy food.

Cora Tate, 22, Baton Rouge, booked in for resisting an officer and theft of goods A Roderick Hymes, 39, Baton Rouge, booked in for bench warrant for failure to appear for no driver's license Tien Quoc Dang, 40, Zachary, booked in for aggravated assault involving domestic violence, disturbing the peace by intoxication and resisting an officer ... (more)

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND CATS board member Jared Loftus, center, answers a break-out group's question from Together Baton Rouge's meeting on the CATS reform proposal at Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church on Thursday.

You don't have to spend much time in the American criminal justice system to become overwhelmed by the waste, the futility and the failure.