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Duvic’s bar property changes hands for $1.1M
The Duvic’s Martini Bar property near the Perkins overpass has changed hands.
Kalurah Christian Properties LLC, led by Duvic’s co-owners Shane Courrege, David Pittman and Robert Ross, bought the property from Duvic Properties LLC for...
LABI calls for a ‘return to the drawing board’ after voters reject Amendment 2
Will Green, president and CEO of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, on Monday issued a statement regarding voters’ rejection of Constitutional Amendment No. 2 on March 29.
The proposed amendment was a sweeping...
Ascension government buys 80 acres in Geismar for stormwater detention
The Ascension Parish government has acquired 80 acres in Geismar to bolster stormwater detention as part of the East Ascension Drainage Floodplain Management plan.
The parish purchased the property off Louis White Road in Geismar...
Why a pipeline company is taking an Ascension Parish landowner to court
Houston-based Gulf South Pipeline Co. has filed a lawsuit to take over private land in Ascension Parish so it can relocate a pipeline as part of a larger federal effort to deepen the Mississippi...
LSU President William Tate announces hiring freeze as part of ‘realignment’
In a letter sent to faculty and staff on Friday morning, President William Tate announced the school would start a hiring freeze and would conduct a review to eliminate redundant positions.
The hiring freeze and...
This Baton Rouge restaurant will be featured on Food Network
Phil’s Oyster Bar & Seafood Restaurant will be featured on the American food reality TV series “Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives” on Food Network next month.
Anthony Piazza, owner of the Baton Rouge restaurant, tells Daily...
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The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport experienced a record year for passenger volume in 2024.
BTR welcomed 844,025 passengers in 2024, an average of 70,335 monthly passengers, up 10.65% from 762,789 the previous year. The year 2019 held the previous record...