Capital City News

Starting a band program from scratch might seem too challenging for most band directors, but not for Istrouma High’s new band director, Reggie Jackson. He’s already done it once before with great success! When Jackson became band director at St. Helena College & Career Academy, only seven students came out for band, but three years […]

In an address to the Istrouma Advisory Committee which met Monday night at Winbourne Elementary School, Istrouma principal Reginald Douglas said one of the most important things the school will do is establish a new culture among the students. “The essence of our culture at Istrouma will be academic excellence. That is something you should […]

Some of Istrouma’s incoming 9th and 10th graders are being invited to participate in the school’s Student Leadership Academy. This is a chance for students and teachers to meet one another for the first time and get to know each other better.  The students participate in exercises to help them identify what is important in […]

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 […]