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Hardy busted flat in Baton Rouge, Brooks calls on city Saturday

By KELLY P. KISSEL | Metro editor​ ​ ​

The country music scene around Baton Rouge provides our top headlines today. Garth Brooks visits the city tomorrow for a show in Tiger Stadium, but everyone is talking today about the arrest of American Idol winner Laine Hardy on an eavesdropping charge. 

The Hardy news is a bit more shocking so we'll go with that one first:

By Jacqueline DeRobertis, Elyse Carmosino and James Finn • Busted flat in Baton Rouge

And here's a look at how businesses have prepared for the influx of people for the Brooks concert.

By Timothy Boone • Businesses excited about Brooks callin' on Baton Rouge


Ascension Parish's moratorium on neighborhood developments expires next month. Moving forward, they want to put additional limits on expansion through their own rules, and not leaving it up to developers themselves.

By David Mitchell • Changing the figurative and literal landscape


And a state senator has stirred up a mess by saying state investigators shared a portion of a child pornography video with him while seeking his vote on a bill.

By Blake Paterson What were they thinking? 


We have all our other Baton Rouge headlines on the website, and you can see our print edition any time, too. 

Businesses excited about Garth Brooks 'Callin' Baton Rouge'

When it was announced that country music superstar Garth Brooks was coming to perform in Tiger Stadium, the staff at Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux started making plans. Read more

Ascension Council approves plan aimed at keeping wetlands from the bulldozer's blade

Nearly two years ago, developer Chris Ingram agreed to donate to Ascension Parish government roughly one-third of his property initially intended for use in a new housing development because the land… Read more

 
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