Capital City News

Three Republican candidates are running for the Metro Council in District 11, a seat currently held by Councilman Ryan Heck.  The district includes parts of the Mid City area and extends southeast to include parts of what would be the City of St. George. The three candidates discussed their philosophy during the Ronald Reagan Newsmaker […]

Incumbent Metro Council member Chauna Banks is running for reelection in District 2. She is opposed by Bones Addison, who held the seat for 12 years, and Greg Handy. Addison said he opposes any tax increase without a vote of the people and that he will fight special interests downtown. Banks said she has created […]

In August 2016, the capital area experienced a 1,000-year flood that inundated more than 59,000 homes in East Baton Rouge Parish. Most of the news coverage of the event focused on the devastation in Central and in Livingston and Ascension parishes. Getting far less attention was the historic flooding which also hit areas of North […]

The City of Baton Rouge has released maps defining the full breadth of the recent flooding in East Baton Rouge Parish. In the parish, the Estimated Flood Inundation Area was 227.53 square miles, or 48.5 percent, of the 469.5 square miles in East Baton Rouge Parish In the City of Central, the Estimated Flood Inundation […]

Despite the greatest tragedy in the history of Central, the people of this community have survived.  Many thousands have lost their homes and even now are without a permanent dwelling. Most of the losses were uninsured and will not be reimbursed by anyone. Yet, the people of this community have demonstrated an indominable spirit.  They […]

The people of East Baton Rouge Parish (pop. 440,000) experienced the greatest natural disaster in its history Aug. 12-14 when the parish received in some areas a record 30 inches of rain, followed by record flooding of the Comite and Amite rivers. More than 59,000 residences and 3,501 commercial buildings received damage, causing more than […]

The staff of Community Press, LLC, publishers of the Capital City News and Central City News, was honored at the 136th Annual Convention of the Louisiana Press Association in Lake Charles Saturday, June 18. The newspapers received some of journalism’s top awards at the state level. Most important was First Place in the General Excellence […]

Istrouma High School, which closed two years ago, is about to undergo a $22 million renovation program, in order to prepare it re-open in August 2017 on the 100th anniversary of the famous North Baton Rouge school. Supt. Warren Drake appointed the Istrouma Advisory Committee to assist him with the transition. Two weeks ago, the […]

The eyes of the world have been on Baton Rouge for the past week. We have been on television, in the newspaper, and all over the Internet. The media have wrongly presented our city as a violent, hostile place.  If you have family from outside Baton Rouge, you’ve probably gotten concerned calls asking “Are you […]

Rep. Ted James and businessman Cleve Dunn, Jr. addressed the Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon Tuesday on behalf of black leaders who want to keep protests in Baton Rouge peaceful and constructive. Dunn said, “We’ve seen others tear down their communities, and we want to  make sure that doesn’t happen here. We’ve been on the ground […]