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LaFleur out as Southern's AD; Sandy Pugh recommended for interim post
BATON ROUGE – On Wednesday, April 6, Southern University Chancellor Kofi Lomotey announced his decision to dismiss Athletic Director Greg LaFleur. Lomotey will recommend to the university's Board o...
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Zachary School Board hires construction manager
At the March 24 Zachary Community School Board meeting, board members agreed to hire a construction manager to take over the remaining projects the district petitioned for when they asked voters to...
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Antwoene Irving, 63144 Washington Ave., Roseland
Man facing first-degree murder charge surrenders to ZPD
A Roseland man turned himself in to Zachary Police detectives early Wednesday morning, April 6, in connection with a domestic dispute, abduction and apparent homicide, said Captain David McDavid of...
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The weapon confiscated during a search of the student's back pack and locker. (PHOTO/EBRSO)
Juvenile arrested at McKinley High
On Tuesday, April 5, at 9 a.m., East Baton Sheriff’s Office School Drug Task Force deputies made an arrest at McKinley High School in Baton Rouge. Deputies were called to the school when it was lea...
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Graphic of Americana interior boulevard.
Americana traditional neighborhood becoming a reality in Zachary
Zachary Mayor David Amrhein met with representatives of Daigle-Americana Development Group, developers of Americana, a mixed-use traditional neighborhood community, on Tuesday who announced that th...
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District 1 community meeting scheduled for April 5
The District 1 monthly community meeting hosted by Councilman Trae Welch will be held Tuesday, April 5, at 6:30 p.m. at the Zachary Library, 1900 Church St. The Office of Community Development will...
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SET members who met Thursday, March 24, in the meeting room at the Zachary Chamber of Commerce, clockwise from bottom right, are: Chip Mills, director of economic development/Zachary; Scott Byrd, director of economic development/Pointe Coupee and West Feliciana; Jimmy Bello, parish administrator/Pointe Coupee; Matthew Wiggins, business counselor/LSU's Business and Technology Center; Rachel Pierson/BRAC; Kenyetta Nelson-Smith, assistant specialist of community and economic development/Southern University Agricultural Research & Extension Center; and Justin Egbee, extensions and research assistant/Southern University Agricultural Research & Extension Center. Unavailable for photo was Ken Dawson/police juror/West Feliciana. (PHOTO/Stacy Gill)
SET defines goals, assets in North Capital Region
The Zachary Chamber's director of economic development, Chip Mills, is hard at work with members of the Stronger Economies Together (SET) program; a program that encourages communities - primarily ...
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Latana Bankston, 37, 6727 Village St., Baton Rouge
Two arrested in prostitution sting
On Thursday, March 31, deputies from the East Baton Rouge Narcotics section and the Sex Offender and Child Predator Unit conducted a prostitution sting in the Baton Rouge area. As a result of the...
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Charlene Charlet Day
Zachary attorney wins Family Court seat
New to the political arena, Republican Charlene Charlet Day, 57, of Central, won the East Baton Rouge Family Court judge's race on Saturday, April 2. Day will take the seat vacated by Judge Toni Hi...
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City of Zachary qualifies for recovery grant funding
The City of Zachary has received notice that it has qualified to receive $1.8 million from over $1 billion in state Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds to assist in recovery activities w...
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Election day Saturday, April 2
Saturday, April 2 is election day. On the ballot in East Baton Rouge Parish is the race for Family Court judge as well as three tax-renewal propositions. In the Family Court race, Charlene Charlet...
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Budget cuts force LSU AgCenter to phase out three research stations
Because of cuts in state funding and to make more efficient use of resources, the LSU AgCenter has begun phasing out research programs at three of its 20 research stations. The three are the Coasta...
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