Capital City News

According to campaign finance reports filed with the Louisiana Board of Ethics, here are some of the donors to the anti-St. George campaign that kept the attack pieces coming in the mail and on TV day after day: •Future PAC (Baton Rouge Area Chamber) – $2,500 •Forte & Tablada – $1,500 •Craig Gehring – $1,500 […]

Voters in the southeast part of East Baton Rouge Parish went to the polls in near record numbers on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, and gave a resounding ‘Yes’ to a proposal to create the new City of St. George. A total of 32,285 voters cast their ballots and gave a 54-46 victory to incorporation. For […]

During the campaign to incorporate St. George, Chris Rials and Andrew Murrell, two leaders of the St. George movement, explained the goals of incorporating the new city. Murrell cited the top five reasons for the City of St. George as: 1)Fighting Crime. The 193 murders in 2017 and 2018 were the highest two-year total in […]

By Woody Jenkins, editor, St. George Leader • BATON ROUGE — After Congress opened the votes from the Electoral College and Joe Biden was declared elected, our newspapers asked its readers what they would say to President Trump if they could do so — in no more than three sentences.  Here are their answers: •Patricia Keith Watts […]

Gov. John Bel Edwards listed his accomplishments in office in a speech to members of the Louisiana Press Association at their annual meeting held at the City Club in Baton Rouge. Central City News editor Woody Jenkins asked the governor if President Trump has been cooperative in working with him in the interests of Louisiana. […]

In an interview with the Capital City News, East Baton Rouge Parish Registrar of Voters Steve Raborn said his office is busy processing signatures on petitions for the incorporation of the City of St. George. However, it is slow-going, he said, and he does not anticipate completing his work in time to meet the March […]

Last Thursday, the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board voted 5-4 against a resolution to grant an Industrial Tax Exemption on $67 million in capital improvements at the Exxon Refinery in Baton Rouge. Exxon’s tax exemption was unanimously approved by the State Board of Commerce and Industry, but under rules put in place by Gov. […]

After the shooting of Alton Sterling at the Triple S convenience store on North Foster Drive in July 2016, protests broke out in front of the convenience store and at other points around Baton Rouge. Some protests were spontaneous, while others were well planned and organized. What few people knew at the time was that […]

Since reopening in Fall 2017 after being closed for four years, Istrouma High School relaunched its heralded football program, which has won nine State Championships. For the 2017-2018 school year, Istrouma had only 9th and 10th graders. Under Louisiana High School Athletic Association rules, it was only allowed to compete at the Junior Varsity level, […]

Baton Rouge Community College Vice Chancellor Phil Smith says the BRCC sports program is loaded with talent and exciting play, great coaches, and excellent facilities, but not enough sports fans are aware of how good the BRCC Bears are. That changed January 19 2019 when the college launched an ambigious schedule of TV broadcasts of […]