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LaMont Cole highlights changes within district as new school year approaches
East Baton Rouge Parish Superintendent LaMont Cole says the district is entering the new school year with 72 teacher vacancies—down significantly from about 200...
Here’s how the CPB shutdown impacts local public radio
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced Friday it will begin shutting down operations, creating a ripple effect that will impact public radio and TV...
Baton Rouge General expands urgent care network with new partnership
Baton Rouge General has partnered with HEALTHremède and will operate its three clinics under the BRG Express Care and Occupational Health brand, expanding the...
Good news from the Gulf: This year’s ‘dead zone’ is smaller than expected
This year’s low-oxygen “dead zone” in the Gulf is smaller than previously expected, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration researchers’ announced on Thursday.
The zone, which...
Baton Rouge JCPenney is among 119 stores being sold in $947M deal
Roughly five years after JCPenney filed for bankruptcy, a Boston private equity firm has agreed to buy 119 JCPenney stores, including Baton Rouge’s Mall...
LSU researchers developed a breakthrough flood forecasting tool
A new flood forecasting tool developed by a team of LSU researchers has the potential to reshape how Louisiana—and perhaps the world—prepares for and...
Great River Industries rebrands with new name as part of growth strategy
Great River Industries is changing its name and rebranding to TankWorx + Construction Services effective immediately, according to its parent company, HBH Holdings Inc.
The...
High expectations: Coach Kelly touts this year’s LSU football roster as his best
LSU head football coach Brian Kelly told a larger-than-usual Rotary Club of Baton Rouge audience Wednesday that the Tigers will take the field this...
New name, bigger mission: Here’s how BRAC is reinventing itself
As part of a broad strategic shift, the Baton Rouge Area Chamber is dropping the word “chamber” from its name and leaning more heavily...
How one downtown bar owner is leveraging data and AI to boost business
David Facey, the entrepreneur behind the downtown nightclub Violet and the speakeasy-style Second Story that sits above it, is bringing a Silicon Valley mindset...
This Zachary shopping center just sold for $2.9M
The Main Street Plaza Shopping Center property in Zachary has changed hands.
Georgia company Randolph Property Group Main St Baton Rouge LLC bought the property...
Newtron Group founder Newton Thomas dies
Newton Thomas, who founded The Newtron Group, a $1 billion Baton Rouge-based industrial construction contractor, died Saturday at the age of 81.
Thomas began his...
Feds: LSU arena finalist secretly made millions in ‘incentives’ steering its clients to Ticketmaster
A signed non-prosecution agreement in the indictment involving the top contender for the LSU arena project indicates the company pocketed millions of dollars to...
Will Meta’s Louisiana data center one day rival Manhattan’s footprint?
In a post on Threads this week, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg touts the build-out of a data center called Hyperion.
That center, he shares, is...
This Lafayette fine jewelry brand is opening a Baton Rouge storefront
Lafayette’s Embark Fine Jewelry is expanding into Baton Rouge. The company plans to open a location in the Coterie Exchange development on Jefferson Highway,...
Who owns the Gates at CitiPlace now and what did the deal cost?
New out-of-state owners have acquired the luxury multifamily development Gates at Citiplace Apartments in Baton Rouge.
Norfolk, Virginia-based real estate investment firm Harbor Group International,...
Proposal could pave the way for expansion at Mansions in the Park
The Planning Commission will review a proposal to rezone a vacant 8.3-acre tract on the Mansions in the Park property along Perkins Road to...
LSU arena stakeholders plan a ‘due diligence review’
Amid disturbing revelations that have emerged about the top pick to develop a new $400 million arena for LSU, stakeholders plan a “due diligence...
Shortages plague the GBR Food Bank as future cuts loom
A mix of economic changes and cuts to federal food assistance over the past year has led to substantial reductions in the amount of...
See which local homebuilders are among the nation’s leaders
Several Louisiana-based homebuilders are among the nation’s leaders in single-family closings.
The five highest-producing builders remained unchanged from 2023, with D.R. Horton leading the way...
