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• Plaquemine park closed after being vandalized with explicit graffiti

  January 6, 2022 7:40 PM

  PLAQUEMINE - The Fort Area Park in Plaquemine is closed after being vandalized with explicit graffiti. Police say the park sidewalks were spray-painted with "explicit foul language." The park will remain closed until the sidewalks can be cleaned. According to the Plaquemine Police Department, this is the third... more »

• Police arrest man accused of defacing week-old sculpture in downtown

  December 11, 2019 4:58 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Not a week since city leaders unveiled a shiny art installation along the Mississippi River in downtown , public works crews were assigned to remove graffiti painted on the object overnight. By sunup Wednesday, the graffiti was evident: Someone used spray paint to “tag” the concrete... more »

• BREC skate park closed due to graffiti

  May 25, 2017 1:02 PM

  BATON ROUGE – The BREC Skate Park on Perkins Road was closed Thursday as crews remove graffiti. “Thanks #Lilfangy, Hooligan and crew! Your ignorance has closed the skate park until we clean up your mess,” BREC’s Extreme Sports Facebook page shared Thursday. “The skate park will be closed until... more »

• New Orleans mayor condemns vandalism during anti-Trump march

  November 10, 2016 3:49 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - The mayor of New Orleans is condemning vandalism that occurred during a protest of Donald Trump's election to the presidency. Media reported that windows were broken at one downtown building during an anti-Trump march involving several dozen people Wednesday night. Anti-trump and anti-Ku Klux Klan slogans were... more »

• Facebook solves I-10 love story Play Video

  June 28, 2016 11:47 AM

  PRAIRIEVILLE - A near two-decade old love story and mystery unraveled thanks to Facebook and some curiosity this month. After noticing old graffiti on the eastbound-facing side of the Bluff Road overpass above I-10, some friends set out on a quest to find out the identities of the two... more »

• BREC City-Brooks Park struck by graffiti vandals overnight Play Video

  June 16, 2016 10:15 AM

  BATON ROUGE - The Parks and Recreation department says they’re working to clean up graffiti that appeared in Brooks Park on Dalrymple Drive overnight. A response from BREC concerning the vandalism says the community park has staff on-site from open to close, so normally issues like this one are... more »

• Business owner fed up with graffiti

  May 10, 2016 11:11 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A Baton Rouge business owner is angry with those who've been using her building as their own art canvas. In a Facebook post Tuesday morning, Marsha Rish, owner of Honeymoon Bungalow expressed her frustration. She was still fired up Tuesday afternoon. "We're hoping... more »

• Name of civil rights activist spray-painted onto Confederate statue

  January 1, 2016 1:26 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - Graffiti was sprayed on the memorial to former Confederate President Jefferson Davis overnight in New Orleans. The words "Angela Davis" were sprayed on the base of the statue some time overnight on New Year's Eve, according to WWL-TV . Davis is a civil rights activist who... more »

• Volunteers remove BREC park graffiti

  December 22, 2015 1:44 PM

  BATON ROUGE - BREC officials said despite heavy rain, volunteers came out to their Extreme Sports Park to remove graffiti painted on the skate park over the weekend. BREC said skaters who frequently used the park were the ones who cleaned it up. "They are true ambassadors of... more »

• BREC skate park closed due to graffiti

  December 21, 2015 12:56 PM

  BATON ROUGE - BREC said Monday they are closing the skating portion of their extreme sports park on Perkins Road until graffiti left over the weekend is cleaned up. According to the park's Facebook page someone sprayed the word "chap" at the park over the weekend. BREC said they've... more »