Wet week ahead; other Baton Rouge news inside
with Kelly P. Kissel | Metro editorROEMER DIES: Louisiana today is mourning the death of former Gov. Buddy Roemer, the first governor in U.S. history to switch political parties while in office. He served one term, finishing third in the 1991 primary behind Edwin Edwards and David Duke.
WET WEEK: Forecasters are predicting up to 5 inches of rain this week across portions of southern Louisiana. Here's a look at the wet weather ahead.
SUMMERTIME, and the living is easy: What did you do last summer? Janie Spaht Gill spent her pandemic lockdown giving her backyard a makeover, and the results are gorgeous. Thanks for starting your week with us. Stay dry! |
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 | Buddy Roemer, who rode a message of reform in the 1987 governor’s race to vault over three challengers and “slay the dragon” — scandal-torn… Read more |
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 | Charles Elson "Buddy" Roemer III died on Monday in Baton Rouge. A businessman from northwest Louisiana, Roemer served four terms in Congres… Read more |
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 | The East Baton Rouge Parish school system added more than 20,000 Chromebook laptops to its inventory over the past year as students learned… Read more |
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 | The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to make its recent ban on non-unanimous juries retroactive, denying relief to as many as 1,500 Lou… Read more |
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 | Prevost Memorial Hospital saw its surplus cash, investments and other assets hit nearly $25.5 million in the fiscal year ending last August… Read more |
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 | The greatest risk is near and south of Interstate 10. Read more |
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 | Marion Jackson sat on the bleachers at a basketball court in North Sherwood Forest Park on recent afternoon, watching the guys bet on who c… Read more |
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 | It was a perfect day for a college baseball game Sunday. Temperatures in the low 80s, low humidity and little threat of rain, so no danger … Read more |
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 | Janie Spaht Gill had no intention of sitting idle during the COVID-19 pandemic, so she spent the past year giving her backyard a makeover. Read more |
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