Baker News

The state's highest court Friday let stand a Baker man's manslaughter conviction and 40-year prison term in the 2009 stabbing death of his wife, lawyer Chiquita Tate, in her downtown Baton Rouge office.

Mayor Harold Rideau made a Freedom of Information request at Tuesday's City Council meeting seeking filled-out evaluation forms of two accounting firms competing to be hired as city auditor.

Lane Regional Medical Center is pleased to announce that Thomas Erwin, LCSW, has been named LCSW supervisor for Behavioral Health Services in Zachary and Baker.

BREC is the premier summer camp operator in East Baton Rouge Parish, offering 41 high quality recreation and specialty camps.

Johanna Mitchell, 34 and Ruth Wicks Smith, 36, could face up to five years if convicted of Medicaid fraud.

Baker FD's fire equipment operator Jonathan Dunaway inspects the damage caused by an early-morning fire at a Groom Road business on Saturday, May 11.

Investigators believe a lightning strike started a fire that heavily damaged a building that holds two businesses in the town of Baker.

An 18-year-old Baton Rouge man, who last year received a life sentence without benefit of parole following his murder conviction, was resentenced Friday and now is eligible for parole in 35 years.

The principal of the year is Tammy Armand-Golden of Park Ridge Academic Magnet School, while teachers of the year are Marcus Bennett, also of Park Ridge, and Brittany Hinyard, Baker Middle School.

Three Baker fifth-graders were recognized by the Mu Zeta chapter of Zeta Phi Beta sorority in a program at Southern University on April 28.

Daryl Jackson, 44, Baker, remand through Baker City Court for sale/possession of a controlled substance Kevin Birdwell, 36, Slaughter, bench warrant for failure to appear for sale/possession of controlled substances, booked for theft of goods, drug paraphernalia and fugitive through EBRSO Temekia McDonald, 21, Baton Rouge, bench warrant for failure ... (more)

Manda Fine Meats' deli and specialty meat products began returning to store shelves over the weekend.

The Baker City Council at its most recent meeting on April 23 selected Postlethwaite & Netterville of Baton Rouge to perform audit services for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013.

District 1 Metropolitan Councilman Trae Welch would like to invite any citizen residing in District 1 to attend the upcoming Metro 1 Meeting on Tuesday, May 7, at 6:30 p.m. The meeting, which rotates from month to month in locations throughout Council District 1, will be held at the Baker Civic Center, located at 3325 Groom Rd.

This is the story of the Sankofa child, whose Nia, or purpose, is to provide balance for the world of ImBalynce.

Manda Fine Meats' deli and specialty meat products will return to store shelves this weekend, the company said Friday, and the Baton Rouge firm expects its distribution will be close to normal levels within a few weeks.

Relatives of three people shot to death in Scotlandville in 2011 urged state District Judge Don Johnson on Friday not to release from custody a teenager convicted of second-degree murder in those killings.

With a goal of fostering a renewed spirit of community pride and fellowship, the Heritage Museum, the City of Baker and the Chamber of Commerce are throwing a Great Big Birthday Party Friday May 3, from 5 - 10 p.m. at Baker City Hall Park.

The Gates Millennium Scholars Program has selected this year's 1,000 new students, including several from Louisiana, to receive good-through-graduation scholarships which can be used to pursue degrees in any undergraduate major at the accredited college or university of the recipients' choice.

Terrance Wilcox, 17, Zachary, charged with simple possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia Jonathan Kneisler, 17, Zachary, charged with simple possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia Jaylan Franklin, 17, Baker, charged with simple criminal damage to property Nequila Ford, 32, Zachary, charged with simple ... (more)