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Riverboat riches: Baton Rouge casino revenues up from last year
Baton Rouge’s trio of riverboat casinos collectively saw a second consecutive month of revenue gains in June after it dipped in earlier spring.
L’Auberge Baton...
First Guaranty Bank sues Greenbrier Hotel Corp. for $36M
First Guaranty Bank, a Hammond-based bank with three branches in the Capital Region, is suing West Virginia-based Greenbrier Hotel Corp. for more than $36...
Currency Bank names new president and CEO
Currency Bank has named Scott Gaudin president and CEO, succeeding Charles Chiasson.
Gaudin, one of the bank’s founders, was previously chief lending officer and executive...
Gas station property on O’Neal Lane sells for $5.2M
A pair of Nevada-registered companies purchased the RaceTrac gas station property on O’Neal Lane near Walmart, according to sales documents filed Wednesday with the...
Strictly Business Episode 18: Steve Mellor
What constitutes an elite team in business, and how do you build one? What are the most critical attributes to look for in its...
Premier Concrete is investing $10M in its Livingston Parish facility
Premier Concrete Products Inc. will invest up to $10 million to add a precast concrete pipe production unit at its manufacturing facility in Livingston...
How this coffee shop is reacting to three burglaries in two weeks
After three burglaries over a span of just 12 days, Light House Coffee on Lee Drive is changing its ways.
The establishment will no longer...
Louisiana’s newly created role of surgeon general, explained
What will Ralph Abraham’s duties as surgeon general actually be, and how much is he getting paid? Here’s what we know about Louisiana’s newest...
A luxury pet hotel brand eyes its first Louisiana location in the Capital Region
Local attorney Tommy Pittenger, the franchisee for luxury pet hotel brand K9 Resorts in south Louisiana, hopes to bring the brand’s first Louisiana location...
RV company purchases land near I-12 for new location
Miller’s RV purchased six acres on Commercial Avenue near O’Neal Lane and I-12 with plans to eventually move its operations from Florida Boulevard to...
This retired doctor just bought lots off Nicholson Drive
Retired plastic surgeon John Williams purchased four lots in Alvarez Construction’s Highcroft townhome community for $1.2 million, according to a deal filed Wednesday with...
FranU purchases property near St. Francis Hall
Editor's note: This story has been updated since its original publication to reflect that FranU purchased the property behind where the newly built St....
How the Baton Rouge metro stacks up when it comes to new apartment permits
With only one multifamily housing permit per 10,000 people so far this year, the Baton Rouge metro ranks near the bottom of the pack...
This 6th District candidate warns ‘we’re in danger of losing America’
Elbert Guillory, a Republican former state senator who’s running for Louisiana’s recently redrawn 6th Congressional District, has a lot of ideas about what’s wrong...
’LaPolitics’: Mayoral contests pepper fall ballot
There's going to be plenty of local action at the bottom of the Nov. 5 ballot this fall, with Louisiana's villages, towns and cities...
LSU assistant athletic director retires, joins Elite Training Academy
Editor's Note: This article has been updated since its original publication.
Greg Stringfellow has stepped down from his position as assistant athletic director at LSU...
Downtown gift shop Brass by Circa 1857 announces closure
Brass by Circa 1857, a gift shop on North Boulevard in downtown Baton Rouge, is closing its doors at the end of the month.
Co-owners...
Bluebonnet office park building sells for $1.2M
An office building in the Mercantile Office Park on Bluebonnet Boulevard sold for $1.2 million, according to a deal filed Wednesday with the East...
BTR expects to see record number of Fourth of July holiday travelers
Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport officials are expecting record-high Fourth of July holiday travel this year with more than a 5.3% increase in passengers compared...
Genesis 360 awarded $12M contract from Barksdale Air Force Base
The Department of Defense has awarded Baton Rouge-based Genesis 360 a $12 million contract to provide essential services at Barksdale Air Force Base in...
