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Downtown parking enforcement to begin, patrolled by BRPD
Posted 5:42 PM 3/28/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - If you work in or visit downtown Baton Rouge, chances are you have experienced parking. It's not always easy, and has taken the City-Parish many years to transition from coin-fed machines to card-reading kiosks and pay-by-app.
Alas, parking kiosks were installed downtown in (More)
3/27/2024
Property abandoned, neighbor continues years-long battle to address Ascension Parish blight
Posted 5:59 PM 3/27/2024 by Brittany Weiss
PRAIRIEVILLE - It's a problem 2 On Your Side has been looking into for several years — one woman's fight with the blight adjacent to her property. The property in question is on Charlie Brown Road off of LA-933 near Joe Sevario Road.
Deanna Landry first reached out to Brittany Weiss (More)
3/25/2024
Victim in police chase that ended in crash looking for help repairing home
Posted 6:04 PM 3/25/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE — A woman's home was hit by a teen driving a stolen car at the end of a police pursuit. Her front porch is now propped up by jacks and doesn't have a working gas meter.
Thankfully, Connie Bailey wasn't injured in the incident, but her home is damaged because of that (More)
3/22/2024
Homeowner determined to find responsible party for flooding issues
Posted 5:11 PM 3/22/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - Patricia Sullivan says she wants someone to take responsibility for all the water that's flooding her property every time it rains.
"They've been telling us since 2005 that they're going to fix it and they have never fixed it," she said.
Sullivan's home backs up to (More)
3/21/2024
Homeowner fears broken guardrail creates safety issue, several requests submitted for repairs
Posted 9:08 AM 3/26/2024 by Brittany Weiss
UPDATE The City-Parish made repairs to the guardrail Monday morning. Melody Russell says she is happy to have her safety net back in place.
BATON ROUGE - A guardrail protecting a home was knocked down by a car last December. For months, it has (More)
3/19/2024
Multiple attempts to pay late daughter's bill go unaddressed by furniture company, fees accrue
Posted 6:11 PM 3/19/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - A mom is trying to settle the debt of her daughter who died last year. There's one bill from a furniture company that will not go away. After exhausting her options, she called 2 On Your Side.
Barbara Narcisse's daughter, Sheena Daniels, died last August from a heart attack. (More)...
3/18/2024
Council to vote on UDC change regarding forensic facilities
Posted 5:54 PM 3/18/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Metro Council will take on an amendment to the unified development code that would create a 1,000 foot buffer between a forensic facility and a community like a school, park, or neighborhood.
The measure comes about a year after a forensic psychiatric (More)
3/13/2024
Power company makes changes in neighborhood with frequent outages after call from 2 On Your Side
Posted 2:57 AM 3/14/2024 by Brittany Weiss
PRAIRIEVILLE - A fleet of Entergy trucks were busy at work Wednesday morning making improvements to a neighborhood that often loses power.
Residents living in Tall Timber (More)
3/12/2024
Veteran's roof repaired after 2 On Your Side report
Posted 11:16 AM 3/13/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - A WWII Veteran is resting peacefully under a new roof after she contacted 2 On Your Side for help dealing with the contractors that installed it.
Lillian Hoover, who is (More)
3/8/2024
State environmental agency to take closer look at red dust plan, parish ready to cover red dust
Posted 5:38 PM 3/8/2024 by Brittany Weiss
GONZALES - Ascension Parish leaders say they are another step closer to enclosing an old bauxite site for good. The parish, along with state representatives met with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and LAlumina a few days (More)
3/6/2024
Home elevation trouble, neighbor caught in the middle
Posted 3:01 PM 3/14/2024 by Brittany Weiss
DENHAM SPRINGS — There is a home in Denham Springs that's being elevated, a requirement made by FEMA following the 2016 flood. While the work is ongoing, the contractor ran into a problem and part of the house is bowing, leaning onto the property next door. The woman living next door called (More)
3/5/2024
Veteran looking for help resolving roofing troubles
Posted 8:22 AM 3/6/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - A woman's house has holes in it and after getting no where with the company that installed it, a couple of her friends contacted 2 On Your Side for help.
Lillian (More)
3/4/2024
Property owners still searching for answers after being rattled by Donaldsonville pump station project
Posted 5:46 AM 3/5/2024 by Brittany Weiss
DONALDSONVILLE - Work on a pump station in Ascension Parish has shifted gears from pile driving, but people living and working there are still asking what to do about (More)
2/28/2024
Ascension Parish plans to cover red dust with dirt, waiting on state approval
Posted 4:11 AM 2/29/2024 by Brittany Weiss
GONZALES - It was windy on Tuesday. That, coupled with the drought conditions, caused red dust to fly in parts of Ascension Parish.
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