Merrydale News

The Exchange Club of Baton Rouge honored 14 new elementary school teachers at the Oct.

Eight East Baton Rouge Parish schools are in need of improvement. So say school officials.

Authorities arrested a man Tuesday accused of shooting through the front door of an apartment, forcing his way inside, pistol-whipping the occupant and threatening to kill him, an East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office spokesman said in a news release.

Mayor-President Kip Holden's proposed $901 million capital improvement tax package failed Saturday because of a lopsided 'no' vote in suburban, predominantly white areas of East Baton Rouge Parish, according to an analysis of precinct vote totals.