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GOP Endorses Tim Kelley and Toni Higginbotham For Supreme Court, Mike McDonald for Appeals BATON ROUGE — The Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish Wednesday night announced its endorsement of two of the eight candidates seeking a vacant seat on the Louisiana Supreme Court. Receiving the Supreme Court endorsement were Court of Appeal Judge Toni […]

Republicans Open Parish Headquarters, Begin Campaign for Romney, GOP Slate  BATON ROUGE — The Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish opened its Parish Headquarters last week at 7047 Jefferson Highway, Suite B.  More than 100 people attended.  The headquarters will be used as an office, call center, meeting place, and pickup point for yard signs […]

Social Conservatives Don’t Base Their Vote On Checks in the Mail by Woody Jenkins, editor BATON ROUGE — Over the past couple of years, probably the most common refrain among my fellow conservatives has been this: “Nearly half the people in America get a check from the government every month.  At some point soon, the number of […]

Singing Kumbaya With Terrorists Is No Substitute for Military Strength by Woody Jenkins, editor BATON ROUGE — The Arab Spring has turned into the Arab Winter.  With it, the utter naivete and ineptitude of the Obama Administration’s policy in the Mideast have become clear for all to see. In his Cairo speech, President Obama reached out to the […]

BATON ROUGE — East Baton Rouge Parish coroner Dr. Beau Clark will discuss the parish’s murder rate at the new Chamber of Commerce of East Baton Rouge meeting at 12 noon Tuesday at Café Américain.  As coroner, Dr. Clark examines each murder victim.

Republicans Cite Senator’s Service To State’s People BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge area Republicans packed the City Club for the 1st Annual Ronald Reagan Awards Luncheon last Friday and honored U. S. Sen. David Vitter as Man of the Year.  Vitter was recognized for his support of free enterprise, limited government, lower taxes, traditional values, and a […]

by Woody Jenkins, editor BATON ROUGE — Mayor-President Kip Holden had a career as a radio and television newsman before being elected as a City-Parish Councilman and then serving 20 years as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. Elected as Mayor-President in 2004, Holden has now served eight years and is proud of […]

BATON ROUGE — An impending vacancy on the Louisiana Supreme Court caused by the resignation of Chief Justice Kitty Kimball later this year has left the philosophical direction of the court hanging in the balance and local judges and attorneys scrambling. Eight candidates are seeking the seat, including four Court of Appeal judges, two District […]

by Elizabeth Dent BATON ROUGE — With every storm, there is a silver lining — the friends we make, the people we help, the people who help us, and maybe even something unexpected, such as the return of the hummingbirds! In late August 2005, my Fred and I were in Asheville, NC, to attend a […]

Days of Cannon, Taylor, Kinchen Won’t Return But Prep Football Still Great to Watch BATON ROUGE — In the 1950’s — in the days of football greats Jimmy Taylor and Gus Kinchen (Baton Rouge High) and Billy Cannon (Istrouma High) — Baton Rougeans filled Memorial Stadium to capacity and beyond, sometimes more than 18,000 fans for a high school […]