 BY MATTHEW ALBRIGHT | Staff writer The Greater Baton Rouge State Fair is moving from the Airline Highway Park/State Faigrounds, where it has been held for decades, to the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Ascension Parish. A major construction project at the old location spurred the move, but organizers have hinted that the change could be permanent. This story explains why, what it means for the major annual event, and what it might do to traffic in the area.
A fatal shooting and a tense standoff with police rocked a Baton Rouge neighborhood Saturday. Neighbors say the suspected shooter had been terrorizing their neighborhood, and court records say he had previously fired a gun near utility workers. This story looks at the warning signs that might preceded this weekend's violence.
"Tiki Tubing" in the Amite River has been increasingly controversial in recent years, after two people drowned and dozens more were stranded. In the past week, the Tiki Tubing company's owner has been embroiled in major legal trouble: First, lawsuit by the family of one of the men who died, then a criminal arrest on allegations of sexual battery involving a juvenile.
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