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The Baker School Board declared Tuesday that the school system has a critical shortage of certified teachers.
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Democratic hero now clinging to seat
Just two months ago, Rep. Don Cazayoux was the toast of the Democratic Caucus after winning a Republican-held seat in the special election to succeed veteran Rep.
Louisiana Candidates Continue To Qualify
As of 11:51 a.m., here are candidates who have qualified for office in statewide elections and in designated parishes such as Jefferson, Orleans Lafayette .
Baker woman admits guilt in check thefts
Twenty-5-year-old LA'Desha D. Anderson of Baker admitted Wednesday she participated in a conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
Police and fire briefs for July 1, 2008
A 21-year-old man accused of shooting someone with a 12-gauge shotgun Saturday during a robbery inside a Pecue Lane mobile home was arrested, records show.
Brilliant beauty hopes to capture Miss Black USA crown
Tiffany Monique Lloyd is hardly your typical beauty pageant contestant. Far from average, the Ferriday, La.
Baker and St. Francisville to Host Bike Rodeos
On Saturday, June 21, 2008, Louisiana State Police - Troop A will collaborate with police officers, firefighters and volunteers from Baker, Baton Rouge and St.
Elizabeth Anne Waguespack and Kyle Evan Gagnet, both of Baton Rouge, exchanged marriage vows June 13, 2008, at a 6:30 p.m. ceremony at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Lafayette, Louisiana.
More>> 12-year-old shot and killed by another 12 year old in Marshall Updated: Police tell KSLA News 12 two 12-year-old boys and a 10-year-old were at a home by themselves.
Delta Drug Task Force officers arrested a Baker man and seized 20 pounds of marijuana after a traffic stop Wednesday night, Baker Police Chief Mike Knaps said.
Louisiana's newest Congressman faces the voters
Don Cazayoux won the Baton Rouge area's Sixth District Congressional Seat by the narrowest of margin's-less than 3000 votes-to fill the unexpired term of Congressman Richard Baker.
The Baker City Council voted Tuesday to adopt its 2008-09 budget, which includes $7.6 million in general fund revenues.
As the US government closes the trailer parks it built to house Hurricane Katrina refugees, those residents most ill-equipped for real-world survival cling with surprising tenacity to the place they have come ...
Holdouts at FEMA Trailer Park Test Limitations of Aid
Laura Hilton with her grandson, Leander, at the Renaissance Trailer Park in Baker, La.
Man who killed brother gets 2 years in prison
An Army Reserve soldier who fatally shot his brother following a family dispute was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday.
Suspected Impaired Driver Travels Wrong Way on I-10
At 6:32 AM, today, Louisiana State Police - Troop A began investigating a three-vehicle crash.
Displaced by Katrina and edged out of FEMA trailer parks
BAKER, LA. -- Curtis Westbrook cut a lonely figure as he sat outside his trailer this week, chain-smoking as workmen hauled another empty trailer away.
FEMA finishing closure of Louisiana trailer parks
Sister Judith Brun, CSJ, director of the Community Initiative Foundation, encourages Renaissance Village trailer park resident Theresa August to seek help, Saturday, May 31, 2008 in packing her belongings.
FEMA closing trailer parks on eve of hurricane season
BAKER, La. - The federal government has plenty of reasons to move hundreds of families out of trailers they have occupied since Hurricane Katrina: the start of a new hurricane season, concerns about toxic fumes ...
Baker picks operator to host video bingo
The City Council Tuesday night selected the operator of a Texaco gasoline station with convenience store as distributor-licensee of charitable video bingo play within the city.