Baton Rouge residents file suit against ExxonMobil for 'gross negligence' A group of Baton Rouge residents filed a class action lawsuit against ExxonMobil Corp. and its subsidiaries on Friday, after a substantial chemical leak last year. The homeowners and residents claim the incident, as well as other accidents at the...
June 14, 2013 - New Orleans Times-Picayune
W. Baton Rouge council extends bars closing time The West Baton Rouge Parish Council has issued an executive order establishing a 2 a.m. Sunday closing time for all alcohol-serving businesses in the parish's unincorporated areas.
June 14, 2013 - KPLC Lake Charles
Baton Rouge Metro Council approves $4.2 million budget supplement The East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council approved a $4.2 million budget supplement Wednesday, with money from the supplement going to fund a Mississippi River levee bicycle path, the Smiley Heights Urban Village Development project and a national bowling tournament among other items.
June 13, 2013 - New Orleans Times-Picayune