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  • St. Helena schools to offer buyouts

    May 12, 2013 10:29 AM

    GREENSBURG, La. - The St. Helena Parish School Board has approved a plan to offer early retirement buyouts to some staff members. The Advocate reports certified employees would be offered $5,500 to take early retirement, and noncertified employees would be offered $3,000. School system officials say six certified and three... more »
  • Leaders talk about law dealing with chained dogs Play Video

    April 24, 2013 10:30 PM

    BATON ROUGE - For years, animal activists have called tethering dogs cruelty, and Wednesday East Baton Rouge council members introduced an ordinance that would make it illegal. "That dog is a natural social animal that wants to get out, and when you keep it on that tether, it doesn't... more »
  • Lafayette school board to revamp attendance policy

    March 25, 2013 8:55 AM

    LAFAYETTE- Lafayette Parish School Board members would be able to miss up to five meetings in a calendar year before facing penalties under a revised attendance policy recommended by the board's executive committee. The revisions, which come after some board members have faced criticism for their absences, would clarify some... more »
  • Family relay reports from kids about Conn. shooting

    December 14, 2012 12:55 PM

    NEWTOWN, Conn. - Family members are relaying what children told them about the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Stephen Delgiadice says his 8-year-old daughter heard two big bangs and teachers told her to get in a corner. His daughter is fine. He says the shooting is... more »
  • Term limits for school board members on ballot

    October 15, 2012 10:07 AM

    BATON ROUGE - After years of off and on debates, voters in most school districts will decide on Nov. 6 whether to limit local school board members to 12 consecutive years of service. The only exceptions are Lafayette and Jefferson parishes. Under the ballot measure, voters of each... more »
  • 3 service members wounded, 1 missing in shooting

    July 20, 2012 3:43 PM

    WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Defense says three members of the U.S. Armed Forces were wounded in a movie theater shooting in Colorado and one is unaccounted for. The agency says a Navy sailor was injured and a male sailor who was at the theater early Friday morning cannot... more »
  • Obama thanks military at July Fourth celebration

    July 4, 2012 6:23 PM

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is marking the Fourth of July by thanking service members and their families, who he said "represent what is best in America." The president, accompanied by first lady Michelle Obama, hosted a barbecue and concert Wednesday for the families on the White House South Lawn.... more »
  • Band members face charges in hazing death

    May 1, 2012 3:11 PM

    TALLAHASSEE - Authorities in Orlando say they plan to file charges against band members accused in the hazing death of a Florida A&M drum major. The sheriff says multiple defendants will be charged in the death of Robert Champion. Detectives say Champion suffered blunt trauma blows and that... more »
  • Board members oppose program changes

    April 6, 2012 6:41 AM

    LAFAYETTE - Two Lafayette Parish School Board members say they aren't happy with Superintendent Pat Cooper's plan to change the mission of the district's newest high school, Thibodaux Career and Technical High School. Board members Mark Allen Babineaux and Rae Trahan said Wednesday that they oppose Cooper's recommendation to move... more »
  • Congress members urge Iraq to buy US rice

    February 24, 2012 2:28 PM

    HOUSTON (AP) - Congress members from the largest rice-growing states are urging Iraq to resume buying U.S. long-grain rice, calling the country's standards "unreasonable." The Associated Press received a copy Friday of a letter the bipartisan group sent to Iraqi Minister of Trade Khair Alla Babaker. Congress members... more »
  • Baton Rouge Tea Party in transition after in-fighting Play Video

    January 26, 2012 10:46 PM

    BATON ROUGE- The Baton Rouge Tea Party has only one leader tonight, after three of its top officers resigned Wednesday. They say they did so after in-fighting led them to believe the purpose of the group was taking a backseat to personal issues and they couldn't be a part... more »
  • Metro Council members plan to change new downtown library plan to renovation

    September 15, 2011 10:29 PM

    BATON ROUGE- Metro Council members are telling the Library Board to change its plans for the River Center Branch Library. The board recently began backing off talking about building a new library because of heat from city leaders. The $19 million project was approved in December. It got a lot... more »
  • Boehner names GOP members of 'super' debt panel

    August 10, 2011 2:12 PM

    WASHINGTON - A conservative Texas Republican congressman has been chosen to co-chair a powerful new committee that's supposed to find a bipartisan plan to cut the federal budget deficit by more than $1 trillion. House Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur) today named Jeb Hensarling to that post. The Democrat who... more »
  • EBR Superintendent announces exit from district

    May 20, 2011 10:34 PM

    BATON ROUGE- In East Baton Rouge Parish, the school system superintendent says he's leaving. John Dilworth cites on-going issues with the school board, so he won't be back when his contract ends next summer. Now, the board has to hire a new one. This is the second time... more »
  • Church members train with sheriff's deputies

    January 23, 2011 10:39 AM

    BOSSIER CITY, La.- Members of Bossier Parish churches trained with sheriff's deputies Saturday to prepare themselves for the unlikely event someone might threaten their congregations with violence. In the first of several planned Church Security Training Sessions at the Bossier sheriff's gun range, the 20 trainees sat through several... more »
  • Three sworn in on UL board

    January 8, 2011 10:37 AM

    BATON ROUGE - Two new members have taken their posts on the governing board of the University of Louisiana system, while another has started another term. During the board's Friday meeting in Baton Rouge, Carl Shetler, of Lake Charles, began his new six-year term. He has been on the board... more »
  • Missing Gonzales man located in Texas

    December 8, 2010 6:46 PM

    GONZALES - Family members of a missing Gonzales man with a mental illness tell News 2 that he has been located alive and well by authorities in Houston. 25-year-old Joey Zaffuto was reported missing after his family says he walked down to a local gas station and didn't come... more »
  • Ascension Parish battles over bingo

    October 14, 2010 6:33 PM

    Video bingo is on the chopping block in Ascension Parish. The game is legal, but some parish council leaders want to rid their home of what they call a "vice." After a Popeyes in Livingston Parish asked the owners of an attached video bingo hall to leave, they... more »
  • Metro Council focuses on crime camera costs

    October 13, 2010 10:36 PM

    The Metro Council posed lots of questions Wednesday night about the costs to watch crime on-camera around Baton Rouge. Members wanted to know why hundreds of thousands of dollars in maintenance were spent without contracts. News 2's Ashley Rodrigue found out why no one has the big picture. more »
  • Potential bi-racial school committee members named

    October 6, 2010 6:35 PM

    St. Helena School Board Attorney Nelson Taylor filed in federal court 22 names of potential bi-racial committee members Tuesday. A judge had asked for the submission after he said he got letters from parents who do not trust school leaders in the parish. Two of those members have ideas... more »
  • New board member chosen for EBR

    September 16, 2010 10:29 PM

    A pastor has been chosen as East Baton Rouge's newest school board member. Rev. Tommie Gipson is filling the interim positon until January. Board Vice President Jay Augustine recommended the reverend when he resigned his position last month. Augustine gave up the seat to take a position with... more »
  • SU faculty members protest university decisions

    September 10, 2010 4:18 PM

    Southern University faculty members said they're fed up with the campus’ political and money management systems, especially while the school is facing a $2 billion shortfall. The verbal blast came over some decisions made by the Board of Supervisors. About three dozen faculty members showed up to protest recent decisions.... more »
  • You Decide: Delay bond proposal vote?

    September 30, 2009 2:30 PM

    A special meeting is being considered in order to pull East Baton Rouge Parish's $901 million bond issue from the November 14 ballot, and put it off until possibly next spring. The meeting, which would take place October 12, is being sought by council members Chandler Loupe, Trae Welch... more »

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