Capital City News

The lights will come on once again for Istrouma High School football when Istrouma hosts Mentorship Academy for a spring game at 6:30 p.m. on May 17 at Tack Jackson Stadium at Istrouma. Istrouma was a perennial football champion, winning eight state championships in a 12-year period. But the school was closed permanently in 2014 […]

LITTLE LIBRARIES such as these on Capital Heights in front of Ingleside Methodist or Terrace at Camellia avenues give neighbors a chance to share their books and save a trip to the library.  If you’d like information on starting a Little Library, go to littlefreelibrary.org

Dr. Jackie Mims and former Rep. Woody Jenkins have been named Volunteers of the Year for Public Schools in East Baton Rouge Parish by Supt. Warren Drake.  Drake praised the two leaders for their roles in helping to bring back Istrouma High School, which was closed for good by the state four years. Supt. Drake […]

Clyde Lawrence came to Baton Rouge from North Louisiana and began working at Militello’s Shoe Repair in 1976. Now he and his wife Jerri have purchased the business from the Militello family. Militello’s is located on Corporate Boulevard across from Whole Foods. Militello’s repairs and cleans men’s shoes. They also repair the heels of women’s […]