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Colin Vedros

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Colin Vedros

    Overgrown ditches in Pride spark dispute over who’s responsible for mowing (opens the original)

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    PRIDE, La. (WAFB) - Drivers in Pride say overgrown roadside ditches along Jackson Road are creating hazardous blind spots, while parish leaders say routine ditch mowing is not solely the parish’s responsibility. Brush has grown into ditches in some spots along Jackson Road and other nearby roads. With deer season starting Thursday (Oct. 1) and rain in the forecast, neighbors said navigating the road’s curves has become unpredictable. “If a deer was right there, I would never know... [If] we’re c

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Colin Vedros

    St. George leaders pursue community charter school after school district vote fails (opens the original)

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    ST. GEORGE, La. (WAFB) - City leaders in St. George are evaluating charter school operators to build a community charter school, months after voters statewide and in East Baton Rouge Parish rejected a plan for the city to create its own public school system in May. Mayor Dustin Yates said the vote showed support for the idea within St. George, even though it failed overall. “Everybody else in the state of Louisiana basically voted against it. People in St. George voted for it, so there was still

  3. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Colin Vedros

    Union says Zachary school bus drivers face pay loss over broken AC units (opens the original)

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    ZACHARY, La. (WAFB) - A union representing school bus drivers has filed a workplace safety complaint with OSHA over reports of broken air conditioning units and equipment failures on buses operated by contractor First Student in the Zachary Community School District. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1546, which represents most of Baton Rouge’s bus transit systems, says drivers have reported students becoming sweaty, hot and fatigued on their routes. George DeCuir Jr., president and business agent

  4. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Colin Vedros

    Southern University kicks off homecoming week with parade (opens the original)

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    BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Southern University kicked off homecoming week with a parade on Harding Boulevard and Scenic Highway, with hundreds in attendance to celebrate the Jaguars. The parade featured marching bands, floats, and royalty. This year’s motto is “Nobody does it better.” Terrionna Petties, an attendee, said the day brought good weather and participation. “It’s a good sunny day. We got the floats and the people out here, and they came to show up and show out,” Petties said. JR Hunt,

  5. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Colin Vedros

    EBR council pulls plan to study splitting city, parish government (opens the original)

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    BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - East Baton Rouge Parish has operated with city and parish services under one roof since 1949. A plan to renew conversation about changing that structure is seeing roadblocks. District 5 Councilman Darryl Hurst said EBR cities have grown since the parish’s consolidation, leaving the old model behind. “I just know that after 44 years and these massive changes, there’s something that needs to be looked into,” Hurst said. “Prior to that, it was primarily Zachary and the cit

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