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with Matthew Albright | Assistant metro editorGood morning! Check out some of yesterday's most interesting reads: Some big construction in the worksOur business staff has the story behind two big building projects in the works in Baton Rouge: Construction has started on the Capstone at Scotlandville, a $23 million, 84-unit affordable housing development on the former site of the Elm Grove Gardens apartments. Get all the details here.Arlington Marketplace, the shopping center with the Rouses at Burbank and West Lee Drive, has been sold, and it could be getting bigger. Get all the latest here. Kevin Faulk out at LSUKevin Faulk, the LSU running backs coach who was the team's all-time leading rusher from his playing days, won't stay on new coach Brian Kelly's staff. Click here to read all about it, and also check out the latest on QB Myles Brennan and the status of contracts for Kelly and other coaches. Big changes at Baton Rouge prisonThe company that provided health care services in the East Baton Rouge Parish prison faced growing criticism for the number of inmates who died in custody while awaiting trial — a number well above the national average. This week, the Metro Council voted to choose a different company. Here's what that could mean for the city's criminal justice system. Thanks for reading, and have a great day! |
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| Work has started on the Capstone at Scotlandville, a $23 million affordable housing development that will be built on the former site of th… Read more |
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| Arlington Marketplace has been sold for $30.6 million to a California investor, which plans to expand the Rouses-anchored shopping center a… Read more |
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| Kevin Faulk, the school’s all-time leading rusher, coached running backs the last two seasons. Read more |
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| The East Baton Rouge Metro Council has approved a new $6 million annual contract for an Oklahoma-based private company to run the jail medi… Read more |
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| Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, incensed by an LSU professor’s tweet calling his assistant a “flunky,” demanded this week that the … Read more |
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| Amazon, the online retail giant that will soon open locations in Carencro and other cities in Louisiana, had employees suffer high rates of… Read more |
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| Though the arrest of a suspect refocused attention on the two October shootings that killed two and injured 10 on Grambling State Universit… Read more |
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| An attorney for a Baton Rouge man accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend at a Jefferson Highway apartment they shared is questioning th… Read more |
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| The LSU board of supervisors approved the term sheet agreements for head coach Brian Kelly and four assistants at a public meeting Thursday… Read more |
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