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Ladies Pack Out First Class, More Openings April 4 BATON ROUGE — The Baker Range was packed out last Saturday for the first Chamber of Commerce of East Baton Rouge Gun Training Program. A total of 34 local residents, mostly women, completed the four-hour course, which included classroom instruction by former Sheriff Greg Phares and […]

BATON ROUGE — Leaders of the effort to launch a new independent school district in Southeast Baton Rouge will address the Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon next Tuesday. Norman Browning and Lionel Rainey III of Local Schools for Local Children will discuss legislation for the upcoming legislative session.  The reception is at 11:30 a.m. and lunch […]

Businessman, 33, Upsets Popular Councilman 53-47 CENTRAL — Republican Barry Ivey swept to an upset victory Saturday in a special election to fill a vacancy in the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 65. Ivey, a 33-year-old business owner, defeated Metro Councilman Scott Wilson by a margin of 53 percent to 47 percent.  He will […]

BATON ROUGE — For nearly 50 years, Guaranty Broadcasting — now Guaranty Media Ventures — has been a force in Baton Rouge broadcasting, first as the owner of WAFB-TV (until 1988) and now as owner of five local radio stations. Long-time CEO George Foster, Jr., now in his late 80’s and officially retired, still comes […]

BATON ROUGE — Bob McGregor launched WYNK in 1962 and brought along his conservative values and love of country music.  Baton Rouge’s first country music radio station was born. Today, more than 50 years later, everything has changed, but Baton Rougeans’ love of country music seems to be progressively stronger each year. Sam McGuire, the […]

Country Music: Radio Format That’s Uniquely All-American by Woody Jenkins, Editor BATON ROUGE — While classical music, opera, and  rock and roll are worldwide phenomena, country music is uniquely an American invention. Country music is “Made in the USA!” and country music fans love the Red, White, and Blue. In 1962, a crusty conservative businessman […]

CENTRAL — Central businessman Barry Ivey, 33, won election to the Louisiana House from House District 65 in a Special Election Saturday.  Ivey earned 53 percent to 47 percent for Metro Councilman Scott Wilson. The vote total was 2,202 for Ivey and 1,953 for Wilson. Ivey carried all but three precincts.  He won a majority […]

GOP Is Governed by 17-Member Committee Elected by Republicans BATON ROUGE — Under state law, the Republican Party in each parish is governed by a Parish Executive Committee, or PEC, which is elected by the Republican voters of the parish at the time of the state’s Presidential Primary every four years. In East Baton Rouge […]

CENTRAL — Events coming up in and around Central: February 28 through March 2 • LSU Book Bazaar The annual Friends of the LSU Libraries’ 2013 Book Bazaar will be held on Thursday, Feb. 28 through Saturday, March 2 at the 4-H Mini-Farm and Nelson Memorial Buildings at LSU.  Hours of operation for the event […]