BATON ROUGE - Today is the last day of school for most students in East Baton Rouge Parish Schools. But for those at Istrouma High, is will also be their last as part of the parish school system.
In April, the state Department of Education announced the school will... more »
BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Recovery School District plans to relocate Prescott Middle School students to the campus of Istrouma High School effective this fall. The move comes as the Recovery School District takes over the middle school, which is being operated this year by Advance Baton Rouge, a charter... more »
BATON ROUGE - Over a half-million dollars is making renovations at Istrouma High School possible. The East Baton Rouge Parish school board approved $586,000 in repairs so that contractors can refurbish the entire second floor of the school.
Everything from the ceilings to the floors will be replaced.
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BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board has approved spending $586,000 to renovate classrooms on the second floor of Istrouma High School. Two months ago the board voted to delay the construction at the high school over the objections of Superintendent John Dilworth. Istrouma High School is... more »
BATON ROUGE - An Istrouma High School student was arrested today after authorities said he brought a handgun onto the school's campus.
17-year-old D'Mori Alexander, a 10th-grade student at Istrouma, was arrested in suspicion of illegal possession of a weapon on school property.
Sgt. Don Kelly with the... more »
BATON ROUGE – Classes at Istrouma High School will be back in session after they were canceled for a second time this week due to electrical problems. Chris Trahan with the East Baton Rouge Parish School System said an underground electrical fire last night knocked out power to the entire... more »
WASHINGTON D.C. - Louisiana's $3.5 billion sugarcane and sugar mill industries could breathe a sigh of relief after an effort to effectively end the federal... more »
BATON ROUGE - State emergency officials scheduled a demonstration today of a new emergency alert system which uses FM radios to let the public know... more »
BATON ROUGE - People getting ready for hurricane season will get a break if they buy supplies this weekend.
The annual Hurricane Preparedness Sales... more »
MOORE, Okla. - The first of the funerals is scheduled today following the deadly tornado in Moore, Okla. It will be for 9-year-old Antonia Candelaria,... more »
BATON ROUGE - The Department of Transportation and Development said they're studying the area around the Assumption Parish sinkhole for a possible alternate highway in... more »