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Another newspaper, the Louisiana Capitolian, was established in 1868 and soon merged with the then-named Weekly Advocate. By 1889 the paper was being published daily. In 1904, a new owner, William Hamilton, renamed it The Baton Rouge Times and later The State-Times, a paper with emphasis on local news. [2]
81,398 Sunday [1] ISSN. 1055-3053. Website. nola.com. The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate is an American newspaper published in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ancestral publications of other names date back to January 25, 1837. The current publication is the result of the 2019 acquisition of The Times-Picayune (which was the result of the 1914 ...
Louisiana State Newspapers: The Advocate: Baton Rouge: 1908 [2] Georges Media Group Plaquemines Gazette: Belle Chasse: The Bernice Banner News: Bernice: Jessie Kelley Boyett The Daily News: Bogalusa: Boone Newspapers: Bossier Press-Tribune: Bossier City: Specht Newspapers The Inquisitor: Bossier City: 1997 [2] Settle Talk LLC The Bunkie Record ...
On July 17, 2016, Gavin Eugene Long shot six police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in an ambush attack, [9] in the wake of the shooting of Alton Sterling.Four died, including one who was critically wounded and died from complications in 2022, and two others were hospitalized; of the officers who initially died, two were members of the Baton Rouge Police Department, while the third worked ...
WBRZ-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, affiliated with ABC. The station is owned by the Manship family, who formerly published the Baton Rouge daily newspaper, The Advocate, and is one of a handful of TV stations today to have locally based ownership. WBRZ-TV is sister to Class A independent ...
2 Louisiana Supreme Court candidates disqualified, leaving 1 on the ballot. August 21, 2024 at 3:37 PM. BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An upcoming election in a new majority-Black state Supreme Court ...
John Georges. John Georges (Greek: Υιάννης Γεωργής) (born October 16, 1960) is an American businessman from New Orleans, who owns Louisiana's two largest newspapers and online news sites. He formerly served on the Louisiana Board of Regents, the body which supervises higher education in his native state. In 2007, he ran for ...
1819 – Baton-Rouge Gazette newspaper begins publication. [ 4] 1833 – State Library of Louisiana headquartered in Baton Rouge. [ 5] 1835 – Louisiana State Penitentiary in operation. [ 6] 1842 – Democratic Advocate newspaper begins publication. [ 4] 1849 – Baton Rouge becomes capital of Louisiana.