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The movement to incorporate the proposed City of St. George and start a new independent school district will hold a fundraising event Sunday, Jan. 26 at Louisiana Lagniappe, 9990 Perkins Road. The event will be from 6-9 p.m. Tickets are $125 each.  Sponsors will donate $500, which includes two seats at the Sponsor Table. The […]

The decision by the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal, written by Judge Robert Downing, in the challenge to the incorporation of the City of Central, addressed most of the issues likely to be raised in any challenge to the incorporation of the proposed City of St. George. The case, Devall v. Starns, was decided Dec. […]

In the current fiscal year, more than $80 million will be collected in local taxes from the area within the boundaries of the proposed City of St. George. What happens to those dollars after they are received by the City-Parish Treasurer’s office has been the subject of a growing controversy. St. George organizer Norman Browning […]

Thousands of supporters of the right to life are expected to gather at 12 noon on Saturday, Jan. 18 for the annual Louisiana Life March from the Old State Capitol to the new State Capitol.  The event is sponsored by the Catholic bishops, the Louisiana Baptist Convention, and other pro-life organizations.

A new cruise ship is sailing out of New Orleans.  The Serenade of the Seas left on its first voyage from Louisiana on Saturday, Dec. 28.  The 10-year-old vessel just completed a $58 million revocation and is in “like new” condition. The ship, which left with 2,436 passengers, offers a new route as well — […]

Metro Councilman John Delgado has declared war on the proposed City of St. George and is undertaking a variety of guerrilla tactics designed to block the effort.  Unlike Gov. Bobby Jindal, who said Wednesday the people of St. George should decide the matter, Delgado said he will file suit to block the incorporation, even if […]

Gov. Bobby Jindal told the Baton Rouge Press Club Wednesday he supports the right of the people of St. George to incorporate as a new city or form a new school district. At the same time the governor was making his remarks, Mayor-President Kip Holden was taking the opposite position before the Baton Rouge Rotary […]

While telling the Baton Rouge Rotary Club that “We are better together” at noon Wednesday, Mayor-President Kip Holden was secretly plotting the unprecedented takeover of the St. George Fire District.  St. George is an independent, non-political fire protection district that serves more than 70,000 residents of unincorporated areas south and east of the Baton Rouge […]

The University High Cubs will take their seemingly unstoppable offense and a perfect 13-0 record to the Louisiana Superdome next Thursday for a showdown with the best football team in Louisiana history, the John Curtis Patriots of River Ridge.  U-High sealed their place in the championship game with an overwhelming victory over cross-town rival Parkview […]

Former Baker Mayor and State Sen. Mike Cross passed away Nov. 18 after a battle with cancer. Cross, who was the father of six, served on the Baker City Council for four years, as mayor for five years, and in the Louisiana Senate for nearly 16 years.  He was one of the last of the […]