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• As cases increase healthcare workers see more people getting tested due to the holidays Play Video

  November 28, 2020 9:51 PM

  DENHAM SPRINGS - A steady stream of people walked into Ochsner's Community COVID testing site in Denham Springs on Saturday. This week alone, health care workers here tested more than 200 people. Octavia Holmes, a nurse says that many people getting tested are doing it for a... more »

• Kyle Ardoin wins LA Secretary of State election

  December 8, 2018 9:04 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Kyle Ardoin was elected Secretary of State in a runoff election Saturday. Voters had to elect a new state-wide elections chief after a sexual misconduct scandal ousted the previous office-holder. Republican Kyle Ardoin faced Democrat Gwen Collins-Greenup. Ardoin was working as interim secretary of... more »

• Municipal election wraps up

  March 25, 2017 9:25 PM

  BATON ROUGE -Voting has concluded in the March municipal elections around Louisiana. Statewide voting concluded Saturday afternoon for residents in East Feliciana, Livingston, East Feliciana, St. Helena and Tangipahoa parishes. Full results from the polls can be viewed here . more »

• Poll: 70 percent of EBR voters in favor of extending workplace smoking ban

  January 26, 2016 7:16 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Local, state and national public health groups have released the results of polls that show 70 percent of East Baton Rouge Parish voters are in favor of extending the statewide smoke-free policy to all workplaces, including bars and casinos. “Voters throughout East Baton Rouge Parish and... more »

• EBR Metro-Council members vie for state seats

  October 25, 2015 1:00 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Members of the East Baton Rouge Metro-Council looking to get in to the Louisiana State House will shake up the current council. C. Denise Marcelle is the only certified move into the state House of Representatives based on Saturday's election results. Marcelle went head-to-head against fellow... more »

• Voters split on fiscal, tax amendments

  October 24, 2015 11:45 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Voters approved two constitutional amendments and rejected two others Saturday which affect the state's budget and local tax revenues. Voters said "yes" to an amendment which gave the treasurer authority to invest state funds in an new fund meant to set up transportation loans for local... more »

• Incumbents ousted in Livingston Parish Play Video

  October 24, 2015 11:28 PM

  LIVINGSTON - There will be a shake up to the Livingston Parish Council after voters decided to oust several incumbents from their seats. Chance Parent, Marshall Harris, Joan Landry, Ricky Goff, and Delos Blackwell will not be returning to the council following defeats Saturday night. Incumbent "Jim" Norred,... more »

• Cazes lands re-election for WBR Sheriff

  October 24, 2015 10:35 PM

  PORT ALLEN - Sheriff Mike Cazes easily won a fourth term as sheriff of West Baton Rouge Parish Saturday night against an opponent he previously defeated four years ago. Cazes earned 73 percent of the vote in the parish, while Maranto received 26 percent. Maranto, a military and... more »