Capital City News

Louisiana State Police  August 21, 2022  ·  TROOP A NEWS RELEASE State Rep. Selders Charged  with DWI Following Reckless Driving Incident On August 21, 2022, shortly after 2:00 am, Troopers with Louisiana State Police Troop A observed a reckless driver on East Boyd Drive at Burbank Drive in East Baton Rouge Parish.  The vehicle was […]

Since she was in the Louisiana Senate, Sharon Weston Broome fought hard against the incorporation of the City of St. George and the creation of a new community school system in the southeast part of the parish. When she became Mayor-President, she ramped up her opposition to St. George, even filing suit against the new […]

Qualifying will be held Wednesday, Jan. 29 to Friday, Jan. 31 for candidates in the first municipal elections to be held for the City of St. George Voters in the newly-incorporated city will go to the polls on Saturday, March 29 to elect the Mayor, Police Chief, and seven members of the St. George City […]

Interim Mayor Dustin Yates has officially announced his intention to run for a full term as Mayor of St. George in the upcoming election in March 2025. Appointed by Governor Jeff Landry in May 2024, Yates has led the city’s transitional government and is now seeking a full term. “I’m running for mayor because I […]

Interim Chief of Police Todd Morris, a law enforcement veteran with 34 years of distinguished service, is officially announcing his candidacy for Chief of Police of the City of St. George. Running under the banner of “Building Community & Safety Together,” Chief Morris is committed to fostering collaboration, strengthening partnerships, and enhancing public safety for […]

Political pundits talk about a “turnout election,” meaning an election which is close and where the energy and commitment of one candidate’s supporters is great enough to swing the election his way. Of course, every election is about who goes to the polls, but a “turnout election” places the outcome squarely in the hands of […]

If there was one thing Coach Sid Edwards and former Rep. Ted James agreed on in the run up to the Nov. 5 election, it was that the City of Baton Rouge needed more police officers and better pay in order to attract and keep the best possible people on the job. Edwards said Baton […]

Make no mistake. Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, was a significant day in the history of the City of St. George and East Baton Rouge Parish. Like a massive tsunami, voters in St. George and across the parish crashed through strongholds and flattened the political power structure of City-Parish government. The parish will likely never be […]

Based on early voting, Republican voters appear to turning out in record numbers in East Baton Rouge Parish and across the nation. Two likely beneficiaries are former President Donald Trump, who is seeking to return to office, and Coach Sid Edwards, who is seeking to end 20 years of Democratic rule in the Mayor-President’s office. […]

Woody Jenkins, Editor St. George Leader  Scott McKay of TheHayride.com offered a theory in his talk on the races for President and Mayor-President at the Chamber of Commerce of East Baton Rouge Tuesday.   He calls it the Fun Rule.  His theory is simple: Forget the polls, the mailings, the TV spots, the lies, the […]