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Council to vote on UDC change regarding forensic facilities
Posted 5:54 PM 3/18/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Metro Council will take on an amendment to the unified development code that would create a 1,000 foot buffer between a forensic facility and a community like a school, park, or neighborhood.
The measure comes about a year after a forensic psychiatric (More)
3/13/2024
Power company makes changes in neighborhood with frequent outages after call from 2 On Your Side
Posted 2:57 AM 3/14/2024 by Brittany Weiss
PRAIRIEVILLE - A fleet of Entergy trucks were busy at work Wednesday morning making improvements to a neighborhood that often loses power.
Residents living in Tall Timber (More)
3/12/2024
Veteran's roof repaired after 2 On Your Side report
Posted 11:16 AM 3/13/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - A WWII Veteran is resting peacefully under a new roof after she contacted 2 On Your Side for help dealing with the contractors that installed it.
Lillian Hoover, who is (More)
3/8/2024
State environmental agency to take closer look at red dust plan, parish ready to cover red dust
Posted 5:38 PM 3/8/2024 by Brittany Weiss
GONZALES - Ascension Parish leaders say they are another step closer to enclosing an old bauxite site for good. The parish, along with state representatives met with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and LAlumina a few days (More)
3/6/2024
Home elevation trouble, neighbor caught in the middle
Posted 3:01 PM 3/14/2024 by Brittany Weiss
DENHAM SPRINGS — There is a home in Denham Springs that's being elevated, a requirement made by FEMA following the 2016 flood. While the work is ongoing, the contractor ran into a problem and part of the house is bowing, leaning onto the property next door. The woman living next door called (More)
3/5/2024
Veteran looking for help resolving roofing troubles
Posted 8:22 AM 3/6/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - A woman's house has holes in it and after getting no where with the company that installed it, a couple of her friends contacted 2 On Your Side for help.
Lillian (More)
3/4/2024
Property owners still searching for answers after being rattled by Donaldsonville pump station project
Posted 5:46 AM 3/5/2024 by Brittany Weiss
DONALDSONVILLE - Work on a pump station in Ascension Parish has shifted gears from pile driving, but people living and working there are still asking what to do about (More)
2/28/2024
Ascension Parish plans to cover red dust with dirt, waiting on state approval
Posted 4:11 AM 2/29/2024 by Brittany Weiss
GONZALES - It was windy on Tuesday. That, coupled with the drought conditions, caused red dust to fly in parts of Ascension Parish.
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2/27/2024
2 ON YOUR SIDE: Who foots bill for driveway damage caused by tree roots?
Posted 5:48 PM 2/27/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE — As a concrete mixing truck backed up to Ginger Simon's driveway on Tuesday morning, she felt a huge weight lifted off of her shoulders.
"I can't wait to just be like a normal person and just go home from work and just drive," she said.
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2/23/2024
Man calls post office response 'concerning' after no mail delivery in neighborhood for three days
Posted 8:08 AM 2/24/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - One man contacted 2 On Your Side after he says the post office didn't take his concerns seriously and fears the rules and protocols were not followed.
On February 9, Ray Acardo didn't get his mail. According to the Informed Delivery app, he was expecting two packages and (More)
2/21/2024
Closed gas station turns into dumping ground, constituent frustrated over reporting procedure
Posted 5:39 PM 2/21/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - The city says it is discussing making an improvement to how it closes out constituent requests for service through its 311 reporting system.
As it goes now, work orders are submitted, then reviewed by the city. Once those work orders are reviewed, they are closed out without (More)
2/20/2024
Crews on Amite River clearing decades of debris
Posted 7:12 PM 2/20/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - Work to clean out waterways in the Baton Rouge area continues. Crews are currently on the Amite River pulling out decades of debris that has piled up.
"We're working all the way from East Feliciana down to Ascension Parish," Transportation and Drainage Director Fred Raiford (More)