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Danny Ray Mitchell, state representative; Cecil Morgan (1898–1999), state legislator, led impeachment of Huey Pierce Long, Jr., in 1929; later Standard Oil Company executive. James George Palmer (1875–1952) Mayor of Shreveport, 1930–1932; Buddy Roemer (1943–2021), Governor of Louisiana; Phil Short (born 1947), state senator from St ...
KBTR continues to broadcast syndicated reruns and local programming catered to the Baton Rouge market. From 1991 until 2013, Baton Rouge Today, a news program covering local and state issues, has aired on the station. This program won 1st place as the Best Community News Program in the U.S. from the Community Broadcasters Association.
John Bennett Johnston Jr. (born June 10, 1932) is a retired American attorney, politician, and later lobbyist from Louisiana who served in both chambers of the Louisiana State Legislature as member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1964 to 1968, a member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1968 to 1972, and a member of the United States Senate from 1972 to 1997.
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Ray Crawford (February 7, 1924 – December 30, 1997) was an American jazz guitarist who originally played tenor saxophone, [1] until tuberculosis prevented him continuing with the instrument. [2] He made notable contributions to albums by Ahmad Jamal , Gil Evans , and Sonny Criss , and pioneered a technique of rhythmic bongo-style guitar ...
Seven people were shot, including Jacorvin Taylor, 32, who was fatally wounded.
Rufus D. Hayes (1913–2002), first state insurance commissioner, East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney and judge, Democratic state chairman; William Wright Heard (1853–1926), governor of Louisiana (1900–04) Bobby Hebert (born 1960), New Orleans Saints quarterback known as "Cajun Cannon" Felix Edward Hébert (1901–1979), journalist ...
George Wendell D'Artois, Sr. (December 25, 1925 – June 11, 1977) was an American law enforcement officer and politician in Shreveport, Louisiana, who served as the city's Public Safety Commissioner from 1962 to 1976.