BATON ROUGE- City leaders approved a plan to buy the old Woman's Hospital on Airline Highway and turn it into a public safety complex.
Wednesday, Metro Council voted to spend $11 million on the facility, which will include purchasing the buildings and improvements.
Mayor-President Kip Holden has called... more »
BATON ROUGE - A spokesperson for the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office said it would be up to the Metro Council to decide the location of its headquarters.
EBRSO was slated to move into a facility at the airport in October. Moving day was then pushed to January... more »
BATON ROUGE - Woman's Hospital is celebrating and welcoming its 300,000th baby.
The infant - a boy - was born Thursday at 5:58 a.m.
Woman's delivered its first baby in November 1968, its 100,000th baby in August 1985 and its 200,000th baby in September 2000.
To celebrate... more »
BATON ROUGE - Less than a week after the city-parish announced plans to buy the old Woman's Hospital Campus on Airline Highway and turn it into a law enforcement headquarters and training complex, it's unclear if the Sheriff's Office is on board.
Mayor Kip Holden envisions the Woman's Hospital... more »
BATON ROUGE - The exact terms of the deal aren't yet public, but News 2 has learned the East Baton Rouge city-parish wants to buy the former Woman's Hospital campus and use it for a law enforcement complex, including a new headquarters for Baton Rouge Police.
During a budget... more »
BATON ROUGE - Woman's Hospital says it will delay the opening of its new Baton Rouge hospital and moving its patients because the building is not complete. Woman's had scheduled the patient move for June 3. Woman's President and Chief Executive Officer Teri Fontenot said Thursday staff training was set... more »
BATON ROUGE - After last week's severe weather in Northwest Louisiana, Gov. Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency for the area. The National... more »
GRAPEVINE, Texas - The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted... more »
NEW ORLEANS - A four-car accident on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway sent one car catapulting into the lake. The causeway's manager says the lone occupant... more »