Latest Weather Blog
On Your Side
Yesterday
Towing companies fight for changes, commission asks for more data
Posted 6:04 PM 11/20/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Public Service Commission voted on a measure that would provide changes to the towing industry for non-consensual towing. It's been open for discussion since 2016.
Changes include a 15% rate increase across the board and starting next year, a Producer (More)
11/19/2024
Hackers target concert tickets, Ticketmaster customer calls 2 On Your Side for help
Posted 6:14 PM 11/19/2024 by Brittany Weiss
PRAIRIEVILLE - Imagine having lower-level seats to see your favorite artist in concert only to learn that those tickets were transferred out of your account to someone else without your permission. It happened to one woman in Prairieville.
The scam is happening to Ticketmaster customers (More)
11/18/2024
Ascension Parish: Cracks in historic Donaldsonville courthouse unrelated to pump project
Posted 6:55 PM 11/18/2024 by Brittany Weiss
DONALDSONVILLE - The Donaldsonville Courthouse will undergo another renovation, this one to fix cracks in the walls. Ascension Parish tells 2 On Your Side the cracks are unrelated to the Bayou Lafourche Freshwater District project where many people (More)
11/15/2024
Parishes working together to address waterway troubles
Posted 6:25 PM 11/15/2024 by Brittany Weiss
ST. GABRIEL - Parishes are working together to get waterways cleaned up to improve drainage in the region. The latest endeavor is between Iberville and East Baton Rouge Parishes to clean up the portion of Bayou Manchac from the Alligator Bayou Floodgate to Nicholson Drive.
Parish President (More)
11/12/2024
Cunard-Gore Park neighbor requests lighting to help stop illegal activity
Posted 6:22 PM 11/12/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE — At Cunard-Gore Park, there's a playground, a walking path, and a basketball court. The updates came in 2018 after Tamara Coleman and her community pointed out the (More)
11/11/2024
BREC's Frenchtown nature building continues to sit idle, months after completion
Posted 6:23 PM 11/11/2024 by Brittany Weiss
CENTRAL - While BREC's tax renewals passed last week, the park system is still existing with some concerns over its (More)
11/10/2024
Towing rate increases coming up at commission meeting, what to know
Posted 10:45 PM 11/9/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - During a busy Game Day weekend like this one, towing companies around LSU are busy. Some of them have contracts with businesses in the area that allow them to enter private property and tow at the owner's expense.
On Thursday, (More)
11/7/2024
Towing company seems to do especially well on game days in Baton Rouge
Posted 11:46 AM 11/8/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - Several towing companies around the Baton Rouge area make a lot of money, but one has a reputation for keeping especially busy on game day weekends.
Watch the full story here.
11/5/2024
Three-year-old sinkhole expedited after review of case
Posted 5:51 PM 11/5/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE — A sinkhole in Broadmoor has been an annoyance for one man for three years. Harley Brown lives on Elizabeth Street and says a child fell into the hole in his front yard on Halloween night in 2021.
"Three years ago, 2021, a kid steps in this hole and ends up to his (More)
11/1/2024
Family sleeps through car wreck, wakes to large hole in side of house
Posted 8:04 AM 11/2/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - One man woke up to a hole in the side of his house after a car ran into it and then left. He contacted 2 On Your Side hoping to track down the driver.
Sean Deen says his wife first saw the damage from the inside of the home. The impact knocked the washer and dryer from the (More)
10/31/2024
Cyclist contacts 2 On Your Side over bridge support concerns
Posted 6:40 PM 10/31/2024 by Brittany Weiss
ZACHARY - Ben Ross has ridden his bike all around East Baton Rouge Parish. His cycling has even taken him under bridges, where he says he's found some interesting things.
On Tuesday morning, Ross went below the bridge on Angus Avenue in Zachary. There, he knocked on support pillars. One of (More)
10/30/2024
Squatters staying at city properties, leaving trash for neighbors
Posted 6:07 PM 10/30/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - Two boarded-up properties on North 22nd Street are causing trouble for some neighbors.
Robert and Wanda Johnson live in the home next door and spend a lot of time picking up trash people drop on the ground, or calling the city about nuisance incidents they experience.
(More)...10/29/2024
Busy section of Bluebonnet left without multiple streetlights, pedestrian struck in area last week
Posted 6:14 PM 10/29/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE — There are several street lights out along a busy stretch of road where a pedestrian was hit recently.
Jeannie Williamson drives on Bluebonnet Boulevard between Airline Highway and Jefferson Highway before the sun rises on her way to work. She says the lights have been (More)
10/25/2024
Citing case profiled by 2 On Your Side, state Supreme Court voids automatic court delays for lawmakers
Posted 7:12 PM 10/25/2024 by WBRZ Staff
NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana Supreme Court says lawmakers who are also lawyers are not automatically entitled to delays in court proceedings they're handling — a decision that could impact a Baton Rouge property dispute.
Justices said in a Caddo Parish case that granting (More)
10/23/2024
Firefighter under investigation for driving unit to home in another parish against department policy
Posted 7:51 PM 10/23/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - A member of the Baton Rouge Fire Department Hazmat Division accused of driving his department-issued truck home to another parish was placed under investigation Wednesday.
According to city-parish ordinance, that's not allowed.
The marked BRFD unit was seen last week (More)
