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• Central residents fed up with drainage issues following heavy rain Play Video

  April 3, 2017 6:27 PM

  CENTRAL – City officials say that Central took on five inches of rain on Sunday and overnight, sending Beaver Bayou over its banks. The heavy rain and lack of drainage is causing residents, like Gwen Ragusa, problems. Back in August, all that Ragusa managed to save from her home... more »

• Power restored to most following outage to 4,000 residents

  January 2, 2017 10:33 AM

  BATON ROUGE – According to Entergy, power has been restored to most after thousands of residents were out of power on Monday morning. The Entergy power outage map showed that about 4,460 residents were without power from Industriplex Boulevard near the Airline/Jefferson area to Highland Road. Additionally, residents in... more »

• More than 5,000 homes receive repairs through Shelter at Home program

  October 27, 2016 11:15 AM

  BATON ROUGE – More than 5,000 homes have received temporary repairs through the Shelter at Home program, the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness announced. A total of 5,195 homes have been completed and another 4,480 repairs are taking place with 21,552 people signed up for the... more »

• Red Cross to transition residents out of River Center shelter on Thursday

  September 13, 2016 11:59 AM

  BATON ROUGE – The Red Cross shelter at the Baton Rouge River Center is set to transition displaced residents out of its location on Thursday. According to Red Cross officials, the shelter will begin transitioning displaced residents throughout the week to permanent or temporary housing until Thursday. The residents... more »

• Curfew for East Baton Rouge parish lifted following flood

  August 23, 2016 1:36 PM

  BATON ROUGE – The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office has lifted the curfew for East Baton Rouge parish residents following the recent flood. The curfew was issued for the parish after Governor John Bel Edwards signed an executive order requested by East Baton Rouge Sheriff Sid Gautreaux as a... more »

• Early morning fire at apartment complex displaces residents Play Video

  August 9, 2016 1:23 PM

  BATON ROUGE – An early morning fire displaced 15 to 20 residents at an apartment complex in the 2000 block of Jasper Street. The St. George Fire Protection District and Baton Rouge Fire Department responded to the complex around midnight where flames were on parts of the roof when... more »

• Residents opposed to second False River drawdown Play Video

  June 24, 2016 7:34 PM

  NEW ROADS - Some residents along the False River say they are against a plan to draw down the lake's water by six feet. When officials lowered the lake by three feet in 2014, resident Rick Falgout said the soil on his property gave away, causing $6,000 in damages.... more »