Capital City News

Darian Edwards is on a one-man crusade to rid North Baton Rouge of drug dealers, black-on-black crime, and illegal foreign workers who take the jobs of poor people. So day after day, he carries signs protesting what is going on all around him.  His signs say: •    “I am a working man! Drug dealers, your […]

For more than 20 years, Sunrise Rotary Club of Baton Rouge has recognized an outstanding member on the staff of the first responder agencies in East Baton Rouge Parish. Every year during its weekly meeting before Memorial Day, Sunrise Rotarians acknowledge the dedicated service of the men and women who protect the citizens of East […]

The new Capital City Young Republican Club honored four state legislators for the conservative stand they took on many of the important issues during the recent regular and special sessions of the Louisiana Legislature.  Those receiving Outstanding Legislator Awards were: •    Sen, Bodi White (R-Central) •    Rep. Rick Edmonds (R-Baton Rouge) •    Rep. Valarie Hodges […]

When cable news networks carried the news on Thursday, June 15 that House Majority Whip Steve Scalise had been shot by an assassin targeting Republican Congressmen, many in Louisiana were heartsick. They know Scalise as a friend and colleague who is well-liked in both parties. Two journalists associated with this newspaper, columnist Jeff Crouere and […]

Four Baton Rouge area Republican lawmakers  broke ranks with their Republican colleagues to support the state budget proposed by Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards.  They were: •    Rep. Franklin Foil •    Rep. Kenny Havard •    Rep. Barry Ivey •    Rep. Rogers Pope The bill passed 56-46 and crushed the more conservative plan developed by House […]

Now the Board of Commissioners of BREC is considering a plan to move the Baton Rouge Zoo from its home in North Baton Rouge to a site in the southern part of the parish, possibly near L’Auberge Casino on the Iberville Parish line — 22.7 miles and at least 34 minutes from the zoo’s present […]

In the legal system today, getting justice is slow, difficult, and expensive.  That is one of the lessons Danny Hoover and Dr. Bob Welch have learned during a lonely, 10-year struggle to have their property rights respected under Louisiana law in a battle against Rouzan developer Tommy Spinosa. Now the Hoover and Welch families have […]

In March, the Istrouma Advisory Committee, which was appointed by East Baton Rouge Parish schools Supt. Warren Drake to assist him, interviewed six applicants to be the principal of Istrouma High School beginning with the 2017-2018 school year. On recommendation of the committee, Reginald Douglas was chosen by Supt. Drake to fill that position. Here […]

Olivia B. Broderick of Baton Rouge received a Juris Doctor degree on May 6 from Washington and Lee University School of Law. Broderick, the daughter of Pat Broderick and Ann Broderick, was among 99 students who received their J.D. degree during commencement ceremonies held on Washington and Lee University’s historic    Front Lawn. She won the […]

After the DOJ announced its decision in the Alton Sterling, Baton Rouge Republican leaders invited several prominent black to come to the Ronald Reagan Luncheon to discuss the issues and how to keep protests safe for everyone. The discussion, which went far overtime, was a success and resulted in better understanding.