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Multiple power outages in Prairieville neighborhood cause frustration
Posted 7:06 PM 6/30/2025 by Brittany Weiss
PRAIRIEVILLE - Several neighbors in the Fountain Hill subdivision say they feel uneasy knowing that their power could go out for a few minutes or a few hours at any moment.
"Why pay your Entergy bill if you have to go through what we go through," resident Jamie Lagattuta said.
The (More)
6/27/2025
TikTok viral truck towed, damaged before ending up at auction lot
Posted 7:58 PM 6/27/2025 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - A TikTok post about a squatted F-150 and the ordeal it's gone through has gone viral. The truck was towed and damaged in the process, then somehow ended up at an auction house.
It all started in the early morning hours of June 14. Savione Ketchens was driving home when a (More)
6/26/2025
Car lot sells stolen vehicle, woman unsure what to do
Posted 6:38 PM 6/26/2025 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - For the past year, De'Nita O'Conner has been driving around the city, unaware that her car has been flagged as stolen. She bought it from a used car lot on Florida Boulevard in July 2024 for her growing family and business. After multiple attempts to get her license plate, this week (More)
6/25/2025
Large debris pickup ending in East Baton Rouge, parish working to renegotiate contract
Posted 5:48 PM 6/25/2025 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - Since September 2023, East Baton Rouge Parish has been voluntarily collecting large woody waste piles. That's coming to an end. There was money available to fund the effort, but that money is running out. Now the new administration is looking to see if they can make changes to what (More)
6/24/2025
Transmission shop 'waiting on part' for months, car owner stuck without vehicle
Posted 9:39 PM 6/24/2025 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - For several months, Brandon Dunn has been getting rides to work from a neighbor. In a perfect world, his car would be fixed and he'd be able to drive himself. Instead, it's sitting at a mechanic shop.
"I don't have money to throw away like that," said Dunn.
He's (More)
6/25/2025
2 ON YOUR SIDE EXCLUSIVE: Couple gets redo reception after caterer allegedly ghosts 250 guests
Posted 1:09 PM 6/25/2025 by Brittany Weiss
UPDATE: WBRZ has since learned that the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office has a warrant out for Sibley's arrest after he did not show up at a grad party last month.
Read the original 2 On Your Side story below:
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Electrical equipment damages property, claims process unsatisfactory for homeowner
Posted 5:57 PM 6/20/2025 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - Last November, Cassandra Chaney was away for the holiday when her neighbor called to tell her they had experienced a power surge. A piece of electrical equipment feeding power to Chaney's home and her neighbor's house blew and, in the process, damaged several appliances and (More)
6/18/2025
Chunks of land drop into canal, homeowner anxious for solution
Posted 7:59 PM 6/18/2025 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - Katherine Moses is trying to be proactive about the erosion behind her property. That includes calling the city, filing a work order, and checking the situation often.
"Every day it rains I come back here to check," said Moses.
Behind Moses' home along Catalpa (More)
6/13/2025
History on display at Lock House grand re-opening
Posted 6:36 PM 6/13/2025 by Brittany Weiss
PLAQUEMINE - Taking shelter from the rain Friday morning was a large group of people witnessing the grand re-opening of the Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site. The project, directed by the Friends of the Lock, is a result of funding from the state (More)
6/12/2025
Sleep-deprived neighbors ask concrete company for compromise
Posted 8:51 AM 6/13/2025 by Brittany Weiss
DENHAM SPRINGS - About two decades ago, the Park Ridge subdivision was built next to a concrete company in Livingston Parish. Premier Concrete Products, Inc. has been operating along Highway 16 with the correct permits since 2000.
In the last few months, the company expanded, bringing (More)
6/11/2025
ICE agents arrest mother of two, wife of Marine at New Orleans hearing
Posted 8:15 AM 6/13/2025 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - A young Baton Rouge family is anxiously waiting for what's next after ICE agents arrested a mother of two in New Orleans last month.
Paola Clouatre had an appointment on May 27 at New Orleans USCIS for an interview pertaining to her permanent residence status. The 25-year-old (More)
6/6/2025
Permit revoked by parish after investment property plans approved by commission
Posted 5:22 PM 6/6/2025 by Brittany Weiss
PLAQUEMINE - It's an expensive he said she said scenario that has left a parish government feeling deceived and a couple of property owners who want to be made whole.
The Iberville Parish Planning Commission gave the green light to a couple with hopes of turning an empty lot into a rental (More)
6/5/2025
Traffic signal coming to notoriously accident-prone intersection
Posted 6:37 PM 6/5/2025 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - There's a traffic light coming to an intersection along Highland Road that has recently been the scene of several traffic incidents and water rescues.
After several meetings and hours of discussion between council members, the City of Baton Rouge, the City of St. George and (More)
6/4/2025
Woman moves from one disaster to another; mobile home a moldy mess
Posted 8:49 PM 6/4/2025 by Brittany Weiss
PRAIRIEVILLE - A mobile home nightmare one woman has lived in for several years. Vickie Carter has kept in touch with 2 On Your Side about her experience and feels like someone took advantage of her from the start. Nearly four years later, Carter has grown frustrated, fearing there is no one (More)
6/3/2025
Coyotes spotted in yards, neighbors concern over canal cave-in
Posted 6:59 PM 6/3/2025 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - Two coyotes have been spotted by neighbors living around a BREC golf course. The animals have been in backyards, on a front porch, and one chased a pet.
Sandy Lemoine moved to Greenside Lane in 2009. He tells 2 On Your Side that they have had coyote sightings in the past, but (More)
6/2/2025
Parish responds to concerns over drainage ditch threatening home, repairs scheduled
Posted 2:34 PM 6/3/2025 by Brittany Weiss
UPDATE The City Parish investigated Shamekia Vaughn's property Tuesday and will schedule repairs to the ditch, which have created sinkholes in her backyard. An inspection also revealed a source of erosion is the lack of gutters on the resident's home and will continue (More)