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Baton Rouge Wire
Comprehensive News Feed for Baton Rouge, LA.
Results 1 - 20 of 5,440 in Baton Rouge, LA
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U.S. government urged to ditch I-80 toll plan
... private operator would pay. Smith contends the company that did the analysis, Provident Capital Advisors LLC of Baton Rouge, La., had never studied highways before and had changed its name from Provident Healthcare Coalition just days before landing ... Comment?
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Rapper violates order, faces more prison time
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A Baton Rouge rapper who failed to follow a judge's instructions in a drug case will now have to serve about two years in prison instead of one. Comment?
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Lil Boosie Violates Probation, Judge Doubles His Original Sentence
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Baton Rouge rapper Lil Boosie was handed down a steeper sentence on Monday , after he failed to abide by a judge's orders after being sentenced for a third-marijuana offense back in September. Comment?
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Alch to be president of BofA operations
... graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and received an MBA from the University of Tennessee. The Baton Rouge, La., native moved with his wife, Kim, and their three daughters to Chattanooga in 2007, when he was promoted to his ... Comment?
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Swine flu toll rises to 33 in Louisiana
... Health officials say the latest deaths include a man and a woman from the seven-parish area that includes East Baton Rouge and a woman from the four parish area around New Orleans. Meanwhile, more vaccine is arriving in the state weekly. Health ... Comment?
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D.C.-area sniper John Allen Muhammad executed in Virginia
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... for three weeks in October 2002, was executed Tuesday. Muhammad, who was born in New Orleans and grew up in Baton Rouge, died by injection at 9:11 p.m. at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va., prison spokesman Larry Traylor said. He said ... Comment?
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Five women wanted in string of shoplifting incidents
East Baton Rouge sheriff's detectives are looking for several women believed to be involved in a string of shoplifting incidents in the Towne Center/Bocage areas. Comment?
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Pastorek: Too soon to tell if vouchers work
BATON ROUGE - Whether an experimental voucher program is providing a sound education for the New Orleans students attending private and parochial school needs more time, Superintendent of Education Paul Pastorek told a panel looking for ways to save money. Comment?
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Jindal praises Tech's effort to focus on areas of excellence
... commission and to inform the work of the Legislature." PERC's next meetings will be held Monday and Tuesday in Baton Rouge. Jindal said Tech is well positioned to benefit from changes that PERC could recommend and the new higher-education funding ... Comment?
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Two Lady Tigers Receive CS360 Primetime Performer of the Week Honors
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... Memphis into its third-straight NCAA Tournament appearance against No. 22 Texas A&M on Friday, November 13 in Baton Rouge, La. Match time is set for 4 p.m. at the LSU Soccer Complex. Tickets for the first and second rounds of the 2009 NCAA Women's ... Comment?
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Ags & Memphis to Boot It at 4pm Friday
COLLEGE STATION, Texas a ' The No. 22 Texas A&M soccer team makes its 15th consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament on Friday in Baton Rouge, La. Comment?
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Louisiana Has 2nd Best State Ranking During Recession Jindal Wants Improvement
BATON ROUGE, La. Louisiana and Governor Bobby Jindal have hit another high ranking. Comment?
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House Republican leader urges rejection of I-80 study
... to "rent" a private operator would pay. The company that did the analysis, Provident Capital Advisors, LLC of Baton Rouge, La., had never studied highways before and had changed its name from Provident Healthcare Coalition just days before landing ... Comment?
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State Predicts Everyone Will Soon Have Access To H1N1 Vaccine
... when the time comes. DHH has confirmed three additional H1N1-related deaths in the past week. Two of them in the Baton Rouge area. That brings the swine flu death toll for the state to 33. Its estimated as many as 172,000 Louisianians currently have ... Comment?
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Rapper Lil' Boosie gets four years in prison
Rapper Lil' Boosie was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday by a judge in Baton Rouge, La., for violating his probation, according to the city's CBS affiliate WAFB. Comment?
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Dear Members of the Metro Council - Thank you so very much for your service to East Baton Rouge Parish. Comment?
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Phase two of Plan Baton Rouge, downtowna TMs master plan, is nearly ready for public consumption. Comment?
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State says vaccine now available as Swine Flu deaths climb
... to 33 deaths across the state. One of the new victims is from the New Orleans area, the other two are from the Baton Rouge region. Officials say Louisiana is seeing similar death rates from the disease as other states. "We're not seeing any more, ... Comment?
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Saints Linkage: Team has work to do, but will have bulls-eye on it and more
... is unblemished and a tropical system was in the Gulf . He can't believe it's November, not September! In the Baton Rouge Advocate, Les East points out that Sean Payton isn't necessarily ecstatic over the way things have gone recently. Yes, the ... Comment?
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Former prep football standout murdered in Gentilly
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... Drive in Gentilly on Tuesday. Shadrach Angelain, a New Orleans-born prep football running back who starred for a Baton Rouge high school the season after Hurricane Katrina, was shot to death inside his Gentilly-area apartment Tuesday morning. He ... Comment?
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