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This interview was conducted at the home of Mrs. Helen Fairchild across from Greenwell Springs Baptist Church.  She is in good health but has to use a walker to get around. Question: What was life like growing up in the early part of the 20th century? Miss Helen: My father was born in 1861 while […]

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY of East Baton Rouge Parish has endorsed these incumbent public officials in the Oct. 24 primary election.  Endorsements are made by the 17-member Parish Executive Committee, which is elected by the Republican voters of the parish every four years.  Candidates answer a questionnaire and submit to an on-the-record interview by the committee.  […]

I’m always so amazed when someone says a particular thing is going to happen or a certain candidate is going to be elected or a certain calamity is about to befall us.  One of the things I’ve learned in life is that no can predict the future with any accuracy and that what seems so certain […]

Not long ago, Woodlawn High School was a quiet country school in rural East Baton Rouge Parish.  Everybody in the Woodlawn area knew one another, and the vast majority of parents sent their children to school there. Now, things are very different.  Forty years of cross-town busing caused most parents in the area to move […]

The new Miss Baton Rouge is Devin Boyd, a grad-uate of Parkview Baptist School and the LSU School of Mass Communications, where she had a 3.63 average and was on the Honor Roll. Devin’s victory was unusual because she won all of the competition’s categories — swimsuit, evening gown, interview, and most photogenic. As Miss […]

Just as East Baton Rouge Parish School Supt. Warren Drake has promised to re-open historic Istrouma High School on Winbourne Avenue, the school’s mascot, Chief Nawaganti has been given new life. The Istrouma High Class of 1964, which donated a statue of Nawaganti to the school, retrieved the chief from the vacant building and gave […]

Baton Rougeans often forget that the older parts of their city were a Civil War battlefield.  The Battle of Baton Rouge, which was fought on Aug. 5, 1862 left 48 Union and 48 Confederate soldiers dead. Some of the most intense fighting occurred on the grounds of the Historic Magnolia Cemetery at the corner of […]

This month the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board is implementing new school boundaries that could eventually restore neighborhood schools. The effects of the new boundaries could be felt most dramatically in the southeast part of East Baton Rouge Parish, where the St. George movement has been the strongest. Woodlawn High, Woodlawn Middle, and the […]