 BY DOUG GRAHAM | Staff writer What would you do with $1,750? East Baton Rouge Parish is spending that much every day to send 10 17-year-old inmates 200 miles away to Jackson Parish Correctional Center in Jonesboro during a dispute over conditions at the local jail. Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome maintains that the juveniles can be held in the parish prison; Sheriff Sid Gautreaux says the facility is unfit to house them.
In an effort to head off potential lawsuits, Louisiana lawmakers made several changes to a bill requiring schools and universities to post the Ten Commandments. But some civil liberties groups are not buying the Republican lawmakers’ claims. Read more about their arguments concerning the bill.
Christian Youth Theatre Baton Rouge's production of "Mary Poppins" opens Thursday. It will feature 90 cast members and a supersized set. One question: Does the magical nanny take to the air in this staging of Disney's classic musical? | 
