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Storage facility targeted by thieves, belongings discarded in mess

Posted 6:26 PM 11/22/2024 by Brittany Weiss

BATON ROUGE - A Square Space Storage facility in Baton Rouge has been ransacked by thieves. Mark Gooden says the theft at the storage buildings went on for several weeks until nearly all 117 units were rummaged through or damaged in some way.

"I don't understand, they just throw your stuff (More)

11/21/2024

Parking ticket resurfaces after driver thought it had been dismissed, wants answers from City Court

Posted 6:54 PM 11/21/2024 by Brittany Weiss

BATON ROUGE - A parking ticket has resurfaced for a man who thought he had it taken care of already. The court has no record of Joseph Saucier showing up for his court date in October and issued him a bench warrant for failure to appear.

Saucier received a parking ticket when he parked on (More)

11/20/2024

Towing companies fight for changes, commission asks for more data

Posted 6:04 PM 11/20/2024 by Brittany Weiss

BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Public Service Commission voted on a measure that would provide changes to the towing industry for non-consensual towing. It's been open for discussion since 2016.

Changes include a 15% rate increase across the board and starting next year, a Producer (More)

11/19/2024

Hackers target concert tickets, Ticketmaster customer calls 2 On Your Side for help

Posted 6:14 PM 11/19/2024 by Brittany Weiss

PRAIRIEVILLE - Imagine having lower-level seats to see your favorite artist in concert only to learn that those tickets were transferred out of your account to someone else without your permission. It happened to one woman in Prairieville.

The scam is happening to Ticketmaster customers (More)

11/18/2024

Ascension Parish: Cracks in historic Donaldsonville courthouse unrelated to pump project

Posted 6:55 PM 11/18/2024 by Brittany Weiss

DONALDSONVILLE - The Donaldsonville Courthouse will undergo another renovation, this one to fix cracks in the walls. Ascension Parish tells 2 On Your Side the cracks are unrelated to the Bayou Lafourche Freshwater District project where many people (More)

11/15/2024

Parishes working together to address waterway troubles

Posted 6:25 PM 11/15/2024 by Brittany Weiss

ST. GABRIEL - Parishes are working together to get waterways cleaned up to improve drainage in the region. The latest endeavor is between Iberville and East Baton Rouge Parishes to clean up the portion of Bayou Manchac from the Alligator Bayou Floodgate to Nicholson Drive.

Parish President (More)

11/12/2024

Cunard-Gore Park neighbor requests lighting to help stop illegal activity

Posted 6:22 PM 11/12/2024 by Brittany Weiss

BATON ROUGE — At Cunard-Gore Park, there's a playground, a walking path, and a basketball court. The updates came in 2018 after Tamara Coleman and her community pointed out the (More)

11/11/2024

BREC's Frenchtown nature building continues to sit idle, months after completion

Posted 6:23 PM 11/11/2024 by Brittany Weiss

CENTRAL - While BREC's tax renewals passed last week, the park system is still existing with some concerns over its (More)

11/10/2024

Towing rate increases coming up at commission meeting, what to know

Posted 10:45 PM 11/9/2024 by Brittany Weiss

BATON ROUGE - During a busy Game Day weekend like this one, towing companies around LSU are busy. Some of them have contracts with businesses in the area that allow them to enter private property and tow at the owner's expense.

On Thursday, (More)

11/7/2024

Towing company seems to do especially well on game days in Baton Rouge

Posted 11:46 AM 11/8/2024 by Brittany Weiss

BATON ROUGE - Several towing companies around the Baton Rouge area make a lot of money, but one has a reputation for keeping especially busy on game day weekends.

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11/5/2024

Three-year-old sinkhole expedited after review of case

Posted 5:51 PM 11/5/2024 by Brittany Weiss

BATON ROUGE — A sinkhole in Broadmoor has been an annoyance for one man for three years. Harley Brown lives on Elizabeth Street and says a child fell into the hole in his front yard on Halloween night in 2021.

"Three years ago, 2021, a kid steps in this hole and ends up to his (More)

11/1/2024

Family sleeps through car wreck, wakes to large hole in side of house

Posted 8:04 AM 11/2/2024 by Brittany Weiss

BATON ROUGE - One man woke up to a hole in the side of his house after a car ran into it and then left. He contacted 2 On Your Side hoping to track down the driver.

Sean Deen says his wife first saw the damage from the inside of the home. The impact knocked the washer and dryer from the (More)

10/31/2024

Cyclist contacts 2 On Your Side over bridge support concerns

Posted 6:40 PM 10/31/2024 by Brittany Weiss

ZACHARY - Ben Ross has ridden his bike all around East Baton Rouge Parish. His cycling has even taken him under bridges, where he says he's found some interesting things.

On Tuesday morning, Ross went below the bridge on Angus Avenue in Zachary. There, he knocked on support pillars. One of (More)

10/30/2024

Squatters staying at city properties, leaving trash for neighbors

Posted 6:07 PM 10/30/2024 by Brittany Weiss

BATON ROUGE - Two boarded-up properties on North 22nd Street are causing trouble for some neighbors.

Robert and Wanda Johnson live in the home next door and spend a lot of time picking up trash people drop on the ground, or calling the city about nuisance incidents they experience.

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10/29/2024

Busy section of Bluebonnet left without multiple streetlights, pedestrian struck in area last week

Posted 6:14 PM 10/29/2024 by Brittany Weiss

BATON ROUGE — There are several street lights out along a busy stretch of road where a pedestrian was hit recently.

Jeannie Williamson drives on Bluebonnet Boulevard between Airline Highway and Jefferson Highway before the sun rises on her way to work. She says the lights have been (More)

10/25/2024

Citing case profiled by 2 On Your Side, state Supreme Court voids automatic court delays for lawmakers

Posted 7:12 PM 10/25/2024 by WBRZ Staff

NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana Supreme Court says lawmakers who are also lawyers are not automatically entitled to delays in court proceedings they're handling — a decision that could impact a Baton Rouge property dispute.

Justices said in a Caddo Parish case that granting (More)

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