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• Best Yard in Baker competition celebrates community, residents' yardwork Play Video

  May 3, 2026 6:52 PM

  BAKER — Baker celebrated its residents through the Best Yard in Baker competition at the Baker Branch Library on Sunday. Future Seed, a non-profit which helps underserved communities through education, mentorship, health and wellness and economic empowerment, sent judges throughout Baker neighborhoods to search for the most appealing yard.... more »

• Local nurseries see economic boom from first weekend of Spring Play Video

  March 21, 2026 4:56 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Spring is officially here, and with the warmer weather comes a surge in business at nurseries. Now that winter is officially over, Geraldine Walker said she's ready to get back to gardening. "It's beautiful, it's warm, the weather's getting right for plants to get transplanted... more »

• Large holes left in front yard for weeks, utility crew comes back after call from 2 On Your Side Play Video

  January 11, 2023 4:17 PM

  ZACHARY - A man's front yard was torn up by a crew contracted by AT&T. It stayed that way for weeks, until he called 2 On Your Side. It all started with a knock on Montrel Surgent's door in mid-November. The crew said they had an issue with the... more »

• Hurricane debris removal winding down in Ascension Parish Play Video

  October 31, 2021 11:06 PM

  GONZALES - A pair of neighbors, homeowners in Gonzales, rushed to put the last bit of storm debris on the curb Sunday. A debris removal truck was coming down their street, picking up trash from Hurricane Ida for the first time since the storm hit two months ago. "Finally... more »

• Woman says company collecting her MHU destroyed her yard Play Video

  August 16, 2017 6:04 PM

  FRENCH SETTLEMENT - Recovery from the flood drags on for one French Settlement woman. She says the crew that hauled off her FEMA Manufactured Housing Unit destroyed her property. Kimberly Blom-Roemer says it's gone on long enough and wants her yard fixed. After trying to get someone to take... more »

• Report: Woman allegedly looted neighbor's flooded home, sold stolen items at yard sales

  July 11, 2017 12:12 PM

  AMITE – A woman was arrested after she allegedly looted her neighbor's flooded home and then sold the stolen items at yard sales. WWL reports that Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's deputies began investigating a looting incident on Thomas Road in Amite in December. A large number of personal... more »

• Report: Removed Confederate monuments found in maintenance yard

  May 17, 2017 4:30 PM

  NEW ORLEANS – Two Confederate monuments removed from their locations in New Orleans were discovered in a maintenance yard next to piles of trash Wednesday afternoon, WWL-TV reports . Tweeted photos from WWL-TV reporter Lauren Bale, showed the concrete base of the Jefferson Davis monument as well as the... more »

• Man wanted for killing ex-wife, leaving her in front yard

  October 24, 2016 11:20 AM

  HAMMOND – The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office is looking for a man suspected of killing his ex-wife and leaving her in her front yard. On Sunday around 8:44 a.m. an emergency call was received in reference to gunshots heard on Artie Road in Hammond. The caller stated that they... more »

• ATV rolls over, kills man doing yard work

  November 16, 2015 3:42 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police said a man doing yard work in Baton Rouge died after the all-terrain vehicle he was using rolled over on top of him. Cpl. Don Coppola with BRPD said 46-year-old Marcos Domingo was doing work in another person's yard on Dubois Drive around 10:30 a.m.... more »