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Supreme Court denies Baton Rouge’s request for rehearing | St. George incorporation stands
ST. GEORGE — After battling in court the last five years, the Louisiana Supreme Court justices’ latest ruling on June 27, 2024 puts an official end to the St. George incorporation battle. The Louisiana Supreme Court denied EBR Mayor Pro-Tem Lamont Cole’s request for a rehearing by a...
Metro Council members sue city, say new district map illegal, violates Voting Rights Act
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A new district map for East Baton Rouge Parish will soon be challenged in court. Five black members of the Metro Council along with two citizens filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday. They claim the maps passed in 2022 violate the Voting Rights Act. “What...
Louisiana legend Doug Williams gets Athletic Hall of Fame jacket
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A former Chaneyville High School and Grambling State quarterback received his East Baton Rouge Parish School System Athletic Hall of Fame jacket. Doug Williams was presented with the jacket on Saturday, June 22, during his football camp at Memorial Stadium in Baton Rouge, according...
Watch: East Baton Rouge council members talk about federal suit over voting districts map
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Five members of the EBR Metro Council announced that they are filing a new lawsuit about the voting districts map. Cleve Dunn, Jr., Chauna Banks, Darryl Hurst, Lamont Cole and Carolyn Coleman spoke at a press conference on Wednesday, June 26, at Baton Rouge City Hall.
Baton Rouge Metro Council districts violate federal Voting Rights Act, new lawsuit says
Five members of the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council and two other city-parish residents are suing the city-parish, claiming that the new district map dilutes the power of Black voters and is in violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Proponents of the lawsuit say the new map,...
Mayor, police chief gives statements following indictments of 4 BRPD officers
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Baton Rouge Police Chief Thomas Morse and East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome shared statements following the indictments of four BRPD officers. The case had to do with the alleged coverup of the 2020 beating of a man in police custody. The following statement...
Zachary native, Super Bowl-winning quarterback Doug Williams honored in local hall of fame
BATON ROUGE — A Super Bowl-winning quarterback who went to a local high school was finally honored as a member of the inaugural class of the East Baton Rouge Parish School System Athletic Hall of Fame after not being able to attend the May ceremony. Doug Williams was honored...
Livingston man fighting for his life after pothole triggered crashing into a tree
EAST BATON ROUGE — A 39-year-old man is fighting for his life and looking at additional surgeries after a crash Monday morning. Owen Roberthon, 39, of Livingston, was headed to work at B & J’s Metal Buildings on Wax Rd. around 7:45 a.m. on June 24 when he hit a pothole on Liberty Rd. in East Baton Rouge Parish, according to his employer Josh Austin.
Local leaders say election districts dilute Black votes for panel governing Louisiana’s capital
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Election districts for the council governing Louisiana’s capital city entrench white control of the council and dilute Black voting strength even though Black voting-age residents outnumber white voting-age residents, a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday says. The lawsuit was filed by seven people, including...
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