East Baton Rouge Parish is the second-largest traditional school district in Louisiana, home to more than 40,000 students. EBR joins Assumption, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton ...

Weather-related road closures have slowed the ability of school personnel to check on the conditions of Baton Rouge area ...

A three-judge panel in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard arguments about a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms.

Last fall, a federal judge called the law requiring public schools to post the Ten Commandments unconstitutional. On Thursday, an appeals court will take up the case.

A law requiring the religious text to be displayed in all public classrooms was struck down by a lower court judge in November.

One need only glance at headlines about Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and other super-wealthy individuals to understand that wealth in America is increasingly concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. Inequality ...

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Several school districts are monitoring the First Alert Weather forecast to determine if school closures will be necessary ...

R​oads were still closed Thursday morning after a historic winter storm hit The South, bringing inches of snow to areas not ...

LEFT AREAS WITH HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS, SOME UPSTATE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE BACK ON A NORMAL ...

Residents of South Louisiana are being asked to stay put for at least another day, with two more nights of freezing weather – and perilous road conditions – in the forecast.

Multiple parishes in the greater Baton Rouge area has issued a curfew due to severe winter weather conditions.