South Baton Rouge Journal

BATON ROUGE — Parkview Baptist’s Morgan Schuetz was named the Outstanding Athlete in the State 3A Track & Field Championships at the Bernie Moore Stadium at LSU Saturday. Schuetz won 1st Place victories in the 800 meters, 1,600 meters, and 3,200 meters.  She was responsible for all 30 of Parkview’s points in meet.  Parkview finished [...]

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BATON ROUGE — The Capital Region Legislative Delegation wants to study a new East-West highway across East Baton Rouge Parish. Rep. Bodi White (R-Central) said the legislators want to use $500,000 in already-appropriated funds to look at a plan primarily using existing rights-of-way. The plan would probably foreclose further work on the proposed Baton Rouge [...]

BATON ROUGE — The Amite River divides East Baton Rouge and Livingston parishes — which are, respectively, the largest parish in the state and the 2nd fastest growing parish in the state. Traffic between the two parishes is bumper to bumper almost everyday — since there are only three bridges crossing the Amite River between [...]