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An extraordinary number of scandals at the Capital Area Transit System (CATS) and widespread opposition to the $165 million CATS property tax have led to one Metro Council member proposing that the entire system be replaced. Metro Councilman John Delgado (R-Baton Rouge) asked the Chamber of Commerce of East Baton Rouge to help him “end […]

After three months of debate, leaders of Local Schools for Local Children voted Tuesday to begin the formal process of creating a new municipality in the southeast part of East Baton Rouge Parish.  The group’s leader, Norman Browning, said a petition drive will probably be launched before the end of September. The new municipality would […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: Dr. Charles Coates coached LSU’s first football team in 1893.  In 1937, he wrote this article on how LSU got its school colors of purple and gold and how LSU became known as the Tiger.  Dr. Coates served LSU for 46 years and retired as Dean of the College of Pure and Applied […]

While President Obama and the left like to pretend that they oppose bullying with all their hearts and souls, the truth is far darker: The left is the greatest purveyor of bullying in modern American history. Bullying has morphed into the left’s go-to tactic, as they attempt to quash their opponents through fear, threat of […]

Paul Dietzel II will bring his campaign for the United States Congress to Baton Rouge Tuesday at the Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon. Dietzel, 27, founder and CEO of Anedot, said in an interview Wednesday that it’s time for fiscal conservatives from his generation to step up and assume positions of leadership. “My generation will be […]

Greenwell Springs Baptist Church will welcome a new full-time senior pastor this Sunday after a one-year search. Rev. Jeff Meyers comes to Greenwell Springs from Conyers, Georgia. Those who know Rev. Meyers describe him as a man who is passionate about his personal faith in Jesus Christ, his wife Traci and their three boys, and […]

The family of Danielle Wright, who has been missing in the South Pacific for 60 days, is making a last-ditch effort to raise financial assistance to continue the air search of the  area where her vessel, the Nina, and six other crew members could  be.  It is a vast area, encompassing more than 300,000 square […]

Because of new rules adopted by the Louisiana High School Athletic Association, private schools face the 2013 football season with uncertainty.  The state’s traditional football playoff system has been scrapped by a controversial vote of the principals who govern the LHSAA.  Starting this year, private schools and other “select” schools will compete for state championships […]

Central Mayor Mac Watts announced today that he will not seek another term as mayor in municipal elections scheduled for next year.  Watts said he wanted to announce his decision now in order to give other candidates the opportunity to run. Watts was appointed by Gov. Kathleen Blanco as interim mayor in July 2005 and […]

On this, the first day of the new school year, my mind races back six years to August 2007 — the first day of class for students attending the newly-formed Central community school system.  What a momentous time it was!  There was a feeling of exuberance, as though the Berlin Wall had just come crumbling […]