On Your Side
3/3/2025
After witnessing three decades worth of car wrecks at intersection, traffic study requested
Posted 6:32 PM 3/3/2025 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - After several car accidents, including one into his house, Linwood Wrights is speaking with 2 On Your Side and hoping to get a stoplight at the busy intersection near his front door.
Wrights has lived in his home at the corner of Winbourne Avenue and E. Brookstown Road for (More)
2/28/2025
Temple property removed from condemnation list, remains boarded-up
Posted 7:48 PM 2/28/2025 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - More people are contacting 2 On Your Side about the conditions of properties owned by Collis Temple. It follows a series of reports about a blind (More)
2/27/2025
Metro council member intervenes before emergency condemnation, Temple property spared
Posted 7:33 PM 2/27/2025 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - This month, 2 On Your Side has heard from several people about the condition of properties owned by Collis Temple, after a blind man in a (More)
2/26/2025
Neighbors dub Jefferson Highway lane change 'Suicide Lane,' ask for reconfiguration improvement
Posted 6:48 PM 2/26/2025 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - Crews are about halfway through a project reconstructing Jefferson Highway from Drusilla Lane to Airline Highway. Drivers making left-hand turns in and out of neighborhoods there say it's been difficult navigating the cone configurations, so much so they're calling it "Suicide (More)
2/25/2025
Blind man living in deplorable conditions getting some help; more work to do
Posted 7:40 PM 2/25/2025 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - In the three weeks since 2 On Your Side visited a property on East Boulevard where a blind man in a wheelchair is living, further damage has (More)
2/24/2025
Frenchtown Nature Station to open in spring after sitting idle for more than 2 years
Posted 6:30 PM 2/24/2025 by Brittany Weiss
CENTRAL - BREC's Frenchtown Nature Station is getting closer to opening to visitors. Members of the media and public were invited to tour the facility and trails on Monday.
The $1.7 million building, which is built 12 feet off the ground, was constructed by Capitol Construction and has (More)
2/21/2025
Apartment complex closes amid safety concerns, unlivable conditions
Posted 7:57 PM 2/21/2025 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - An apartment complex on Florida Boulevard is going to be shut down by mid-March. After a management company took over the property in January, it found it was not safe for tenants.
The Summer Grove Apartments in the 12000 block of Florida Boulevard was the subject of a 2 On (More)
2/20/2025
2 On Your Side: Metro Council member still not paying court judgment against fence, cabana
Posted 5:44 PM 2/20/2025 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE — Once again, Metro Council member Cleve Dunn is off the hook after being told to pay for damages to a neighbor's property.
That may change after an April 1 hearing.
Judge Beau Higginbotham on Thursday said he wouldn't re-impose a $57,000 judgment after he found (More)
2/19/2025
D.R. Horton subdivision in Walker back to building, residents still say issues in homes remain
Posted 4:48 AM 2/20/2025 by Brittany Weiss
2/18/2025
Billing dispute at energy-efficient home, solar panels working again
Posted 7:25 PM 2/18/2025 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - Nona Jones has taken measures to make her home more energy efficient. She has solar panels on her roof and recently installed new windows.
Jones had the solar panels installed in 2015 and they made a true difference to her energy consumption. Her Entergy bills were very low (More)
2/13/2025
Driving school closes but offers refunds; parents still waiting for money
Posted 6:19 PM 2/13/2025 by Brittany Weiss
GONZALES - A driving school with two locations closed its doors on January 1 while some students were still completing coursework and driving hours. Parents, grandparents, and students are upset and asking for their promised refunds.
Several instructional vehicles are parked outside the (More)
2/11/2025
Sewage backs up into new house, homeowner caught in the middle of blame game
Posted 8:30 PM 2/11/2025 by Brittany Weiss
WALKER - Karl Molden's parents purchased a brand new home in the Three Lakes neighborhood of Walker last August. Within hours of them moving in, sewage overflowed their toilets and drains and came out of their floor.
The sewage backup happened several times in the eight weeks they have (More)
2/10/2025
Neighbors say 'dangerous, unsightly' drainage design could cause liability
Posted 7:05 PM 2/10/2025 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - Several neighbors have major concerns about the new drainage weirs that have been constructed in their backyards. They live on Foxgate Drive in Woodridge Subdivision near Pecue Lane.
Through the middle of their backyards runs a swale ditch that was recently improved by the (More)