More of Baton Rouge's top headlines inside
with Kelly P. Kissel | Metro editorWe're pretty close to making it to the weekend. Here are some headlines to carry you through the rest of the day.
HOME ALONE: As Louisiana stumbles through a fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the state is taking steps to keep things running, though many government employees will be working from the house again. Capitol Bureau Chief Mark Ballard reports that, in an attempt to reduce infections, some state workers may be at the house three days a week.
THE VERDICT: Why is a Baton Rouge suing all of his colleagues? Two appellate courts told him to. Joe Gyan explains here.
ALIEN: Meet Ziggy, the lime-skinned, long-legged, antennae-topped puppet who stars in the new digital-first series from Louisiana Public Broadcasting. He’s the brainchild of local puppeteer Clay Achee, who says “Ziggy’s Art Adventure” will teach kids about “the arts, music and emotional intelligence, sharing, being a good friend, stuff like that.” Read all about it here. |
|
|
|
 | A good many of the state government’s nearly 40,000 employees will return to working at home, at least three days a week, if possible, in h… Read more |
|
|
 | Masks will be required to enter East Baton Rouge Parish government buildings starting Friday, Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome said Thu… Read more |
|
|
 | Baton Rouge criminal court Judge Beau Higginbotham, who claims he was unlawfully passed over for a seat in civil court despite his seniorit… Read more |
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
 | As a fourth wave of COVID fueled by the contagious delta variant inundates Baton Rouge hospitals, pediatric facilities are seeing a rise in… Read more |
|
|
 | Though the final decision hasn’t been made by the newly installed leadership at LSU, students returning to campus in a few weeks probably w… Read more |
|
|
 | For nearly six years, the Nucor Steel iron plant in St. James Parish released caustic sulfuric acid mist and highly flammable, rotten egg-s… Read more |
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
 | The comfort level has diminished somewhat for some Baton Rouge businesses just as they were easing coronavirus-related restrictions in stor… Read more |
|
|
 | The first-ever visit by LSU football to the historic Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California, will offer another something new for UCLA f… Read more |
|
|
 | Another little alien is coming to Earth, and he's just as lovable as Steven Spielberg's E.T. Read more |
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
|
|
