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• Shenandoah Elementary without power, classes canceled Thursday Play Video

  September 11, 2025 7:58 AM

  BATON ROUGE — Shenandoah Elementary School has been without power since Wednesday evening, East Baton Rouge School District Superintendent LaMont Cole said. Shenandoah Elementary has been experiencing the issues since Wednesday and they have persisted into Thursday morning. According to Cole, the building is "warm and dark," and... more »

• School system shocked by planned power outage at school - utility notification process being reviewed

  May 17, 2022 12:45 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Entergy said Tuesday, it is looking to "close any gaps" of communication between its team and its public school system customer after a scheduled outage in the neighborhood around Parkview Elementary surprised the education district. The East Baton Rouge Parish School System said earlier in the... more »

• Baton Rouge hotels fill up as winter storm brings power outages Play Video

  February 16, 2021 6:32 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Hotels are typically filled for Mardi Gras, but they are booked up for a different reason Tuesday. Power outages have many families booking hotels just to stay warm. "It's been very uncomfortable, inconvenient, cold," Herman Mitchell said. When the power went out at Mitchell's home,... more »